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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 3 of 4

51. Illinois Agricultural Association
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $62K · through 2023 · 3.4% of their giving
$488K
52. The Cma Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2020 · 4.0% of their giving
$400K
53. Forest & Found NFP
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025 · 20.9% of their giving
$80K
54. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.3M
55. The Food Shippers of America Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 19.8% of their giving
$80K
56. 2Fish Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 23.9% of their giving
$76K
57. Ralph J Smith Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 15.1% of their giving
$100K
58. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythi
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 70.8% of their giving
$75K
59. Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $257K · through 2020 · 5.7% of their giving
$257K
60. Community Foundation of East Central Illinois
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$324K
61. Scentsy Family Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2022 · 10.7% of their giving
$135K
62. Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.0M
63. CoreGiving Co
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$390K
64. Adam Don Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 27.7% of their giving
$65K
65. Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$98K
66. The Yum-O Organization Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020 · 8.3% of their giving
$150K
67. Chicago Bulls Charities
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$285K
71. Robert R McCormick Foundation
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$1.9M
81. Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024
$1.0M
85. The Dupage Community Foundation
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$672K
88. Adp Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$735K
100. Telescope Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2024
$600K
101. Impactassetsinc
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$2.5M
112. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$668K
114. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $255K · through 2024
$631K

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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