Illinois · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Illinois

Imperigo has identified 523 funders that made 3,247 grants totaling $667.8M to 218 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Illinois, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Illinois

Total granted $667.8M
Funders 523
Grants 3,247
Organizations funded 218

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. TD Ameritrade Charitable Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2019 · 33.3% of their giving
$500K
27. United Way of Champaign County
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $297K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$1.2M
28. United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
28 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$3.9M
29. The Albertsons Companies Foundation
31 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$5.1M
30. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
26 grants to 14 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2024
$12.0M
31. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$5.2M
32. Ufcw Charity Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 36.6% of their giving
$300K
33. US Livestock Genetics Exports Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $221K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$635K
34. United Way of Central Illinois Inc
23 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$596K
35. Give Lively Foundation Inc
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $567K · through 2025 · 2.1% of their giving
$2.3M
36. Means Database Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$2.3M
37. United Way of Decatur and Mid Il
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $265K · through 2023 · 8.9% of their giving
$368K
38. Round It Up America Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $571K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$698K
39. IAA Foundation
40 grants to 12 organizations · largest $9K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$347K
40. Foundation of Food Processing Suppliers Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2021 · 57.4% of their giving
$155K
41. United Way - McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$1.0M
42. Ahold Delhaize USA Family Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$1.2M
43. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
29 grants to 13 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024
$7.0M
44. Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot Foundation Nfp
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $22K · through 2025 · 14.5% of their giving
$150K
45. Curtis Granderson Foundation Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024 · 43.9% of their giving
$109K
46. Dine Brands Global Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $104K · through 2024 · 36.2% of their giving
$104K
47. Economy Shop
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 14.4% of their giving
$143K
48. Pledgeling Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $949K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$1.4M
49. Eurith Leydig Memorial Center
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2020 · 24.1% of their giving
$85K
50. United Way of Rock River Valley
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $122K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$332K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition work in Illinois, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 18 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering food, agriculture & nutrition work, with an address in Illinois. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Illinois, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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