Evanston Equitable Recovery Fund
The Evanston Equitable Recovery Fund is a seed-sourced entry describing a small guaranteed income pilot reportedly run in Evanston, Illinois via UpTogether (formerly Family Independence Initiative/FII-National), a national nonprofit that partners with cities and community organizations to deliver unrestricted cash to families experiencing financial hardship. UpTogether's own 2021 Impact Report confirms it launched multiple city-level funds in the Midwest region in 2021 and lists Northwestern University and the City of Chicago among its 2021 donors, but no page on UpTogether's site independently names an 'Evanston Equitable Recovery Fund' or confirms partners 'Evanston City Council' or 'Economic Security Illinois.' Funding is described in seed data as private/philanthropic. This entry should be treated as unconfirmed pending direct verification.
Guaranteed Income, Race/Ethnicity Equity, Reparations-Adjacent, Illinois, COVID-19 Recovery, UpTogether, FII-National
Headquarters
- Organization Name
- UpTogether (formerly Family Independence Initiative / FII-National)
- City
- Evanston
- State / Province
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
Contact
- Website
- https://www.uptogether.org/
- Social media links
Status & Funding
- Organization status
- Active
- Program status
- Inactive
- Application status
- Timed
- Number of recipients
- 25
- Funding type
- Philanthropic
Benefits
- Currency Type
- Fiat
- Currency
- USD
- Total Amount
- 3,000 USD
- Avg. Per Month
- 300 USD
- Payment frequency
- Monthly
- How long the program lasts
- 10 months
- Benefit details
Per seed data, 25 participants reportedly received $300 per month in unrestricted cash assistance for 10 months (April 2021 - January 2022), totaling approximately $3,000 per participant. This structure is consistent with UpTogether's typical model of unconditional, no-strings-attached monthly cash investments delivered via its UpTogether Connect platform, though the specific payment mechanism for this fund could not be independently confirmed.
Eligibility
Overview
- Eligibility details
Seed data indicates the program targeted low-income Evanston, Illinois residents, with eligibility factors including 'Heritage' and 'Race/Ethnicity,' suggesting a race-conscious or reparations-adjacent equity framing consistent with Evanston's broader local equity initiatives. Specific race/ethnicity criteria, income thresholds, and application requirements were not independently verifiable through available sources.
Geography
- US states covered
- Illinois
- Countries covered
- United States
- Cities covered
- Evanston
- Counties covered
- Cook
- Residency of Target Geography
- Yes
