Endowment Grants by Year

Soup Kitchen (Food and Shelter Team): $4,725 to pay for the cost of supplies for bag lunches and salads to assist food-insecure and other at-risk populations

Immigrant Solidarity (Refugee Support Team): $9,380 to provide child care while the immigrant mother attends English as a Second Language classes

UCE Garden Team: $1,174 to provide plants and supplies to improve and maintain the UCE gardens

UCE Website Refresh Project: $5,112 to pay for the first phase of an overhaul of the UCE website

Evanston Pro-Choice Rally: $1,500 to help cover the costs of hiring a special events planner, security, promotion, and rental equipment

UCE Buildings and Grounds: $15,000 for repair and improvements to provide for a safe, clean, and welcoming place of worship and gatherings

Prision Ministry Team: $2,000 for work with the UU Prison Ministry of Illinois for a new Advisory Council Project

UCE Music Team: $4,500 to help in hiring choir section leaders

UCE REAL Team: $1,328 for YoFresh Café lawn party

UCE Immigrant Solidarity Team: $2,000 for Evanston Interfaith Clergy and Leaders education initiatives on the conflict in Gaza

UCE Denominational Affairs Committee: $550 leadership grants for 2024 UUA General Assembly

8 Community Partner Grants recommended by the Social Justice Council:

• Legislative Action Team Community Renewal Society: $3,000
• FAST Team Interfaith Action of Evanston: $3,000
• Legislative Advocacy Team: UU Advocacy Network of Illinois: 3,000
• Prison Ministry Team UU Prison Ministry of Illinois: $3,000
• Denominational Affairs Committee UU Service Committee: $3,000
• REAL Team Family Focus: $1,296
• Green Team Faith in Place: $1,296
• Immigrant Solidarity Team Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: $1,296

Racial Equity Action Leadership (REAL)/Anti-Oppression Task Force/Social Justice Council: $20,000 as matching funds for UCE fundraising for the Evanston Reparations Community Fund

Building & Grounds: $15,000 for repairs and improvements expenses expected over the course of this year

REAL/Prison Ministry: $7,500 for READI For Re-Entry, a program to support Chicago-area incarcerated men reentering society. Our grant will be used to pay interns serving as peer-to-peer mentors.

Worship Arts: $7,000 for Choir Section Leaders expense (with the remaining cost of that program coming from the Music Fund)

Food and Shelter Team: $4,320 to Interfaith Action of Evanston to cover the cost of a new weekend breakfast program

Immigrant Solidarity (Refugee Support Team): $5,950 for rent and other expenses for 4 months for an Afghan refugee family in great need of support

Immigrant Solidarity Team: $5,290 for rent for the Afghan refugee family we have been assisting.

Immigrant Solidarity (Refugee Support Team): $2,160 to cover the cost of childcare for the family’s mother to attend ESL classes

Hospitality Team:  $1,600 for First Aid/CPR training for Hospitality team members

Native Communities Solidarity Team:  $1,500 to jointly sponsor a play at Reba Place Church

Food and Shelter Team: $1,450 to cover cost of purchased meals for the two fall Soup Kitchens held at UCE

Garden Team: $1,380 for plants, tools and mulch to support various UCE gardens and the Cahill vegetable garden (which supports food pantries)

Denominational Affairs:  $1,025 General Assembly Scholarships

Food and Shelter Team: $1,000 to cover the cost of supplies and some food for the two spring Soup Kitchens held at UCE

Prison Ministry Team: $500 for Family Circle training for UCE families

$2,000 for Chalice House – sponsored by Immigrant Solidarity Team

$8,000 for Buildings and Grounds – sponsored by Integrated Stewardship Council (ISC)

$1,600 for Racism, Reparations and Reconciliation – sponsored by REAL, Peace & Justice, Reparations Task Force

$950 for 8th Principle – sponsored by the Board of Trustees, REAL, Team 8th

$18,600 for Hybrid Worship/Conferencing Equipment – sponsored by Administrative Staff

$15,000 for Interfaith Action Community Support – sponsored by Food and Shelter Team (FAST)

$6,650 for Family Focus Scholarships – sponsored by Fair Trade and Food and Shelter Team

$900 for Leadership Development Scholarships – sponsored by Denominational Affairs

$1,800 for Religious Education Storyteller – sponsored by Faith Formation Force

$9,000 for Worship Arts-Choir Section Leads – sponsored by Worship Arts Team

$15,000 for Building and Grounds Maintenance – sponsored by Board of Trustees

$2,400 for Solidarity Grants (Prison Ministry) – sponsored by UU Prison Ministries of Illinois (UUPMI)

$40,000 for Housing Specialist/Connections for Homeless – sponsored by UUPMI & Food and Shelter Team (FAST)

$950 for 8th Principle – sponsored by the Board of Trustees, REAL, Team 8th

$10,000 for Ministerial Search Committee Expenses – sponsored by the Ministerial Search Committee

$500 for Non-Violent Communication – sponsored by Congregational Relations & Green Team

$2,000 for Leadership Development Scholarships for Midwest Leadership School and Regional Assembly – sponsored by Denominational Affairs, Lifespan Learning, and Nominating & Recruiting

$5,000 for Affordable Housing Video – sponsored by Racial Equity Action and Leadership (REAL) Team & FAST

$11,600 for Anti-Racism/Oppression Fund – sponsored by REAL & Anti-Oppression Task Force