Northbrook Days Festival 2025 Raised $115K For Local Scholarships, Community Events

NORTHBROOK, IL — Last year's Northbrook Days Festival was another big hit for residents, as well as local recipients of scholarships and community grants from the organizations that put on the five-day event.

The Northbrook Civic Foundation and the Northbrook Days Festival Committee tell Patch the annual fundraiser brought in $115,000 for the scholarships and grants, which they say marks the best year since its inception in 1925.

"The 2025 festival was a huge success. We raised an incredible amount of money to give back to our local community – all while watching families and residents build memories that will last a lifetime," said Leslie Pinto, co-chair of Northbrook Days. "This past year, we brought bingo back and introduced a free shuttle bus service to surrounding areas. The civic foundation and the Northbrook Days Committee is very proud of everything that we accomplished, but we couldn't do it without the amazing volunteers."

The festival schedule included live entertainment daily, festival fare, community and sponsor booths and many carnival rides. The event also featured the annual Scott Berger Special Friends Morning.

Organizers say plans for the 2026 edition of the festival are "well underway" and is scheduled for July 30 through Aug. 3.

Over the years, the Northbrook Civic Foundation said it has provided grants to many Northbrook non-profit and social service agencies, such as Cancer Wellness Center, Northbrook Girls Softball Association, CATCH-Community Action Together for Children’s Health, GBN Grad Night, the Northbrook Public Library, Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook, Northbrook Community Nursery School, Northbrook Historical Society, Northfield Township Food Pantry, Josselyn Center, Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association and Northbrook Baseball.

Non-profit organization that serve the citizens of Northbrook and needs grant support are encouraged to visit the Project Funding page and consider submitting a Foundation Grant Request. Anyone interested in joining the Northbrook Civic Foundation can contact info@northbrookcivic.com.