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Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Illinois

Imperigo has identified 533 funders that made 3,400 grants totaling $695.0M to 221 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 $695.0M
Funders 533
Grants 3,400
Organizations funded 221

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

118. Pwc Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $651K · through 2020
$701K
120. Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $400K · through 2020
$576K
124. Arizona Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $466K · through 2024
$1.0M
125. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$668K
126. Dayton Foundation Plus Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2024
$625K
130. The Winston-Salem Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020
$1.0M
137. Crown Family Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$650K
141. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $461K · through 2024
$1.3M
148. United Way Worldwide
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $300K · through 2020
$594K
149. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
24 grants to 7 organizations · largest $330K · through 2025
$1.9M
152. Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $183K · through 2022
$717K
155. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $356K · through 2024
$879K
158. Greater Washington Community Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $252K · through 2024
$832K
166. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $987K · through 2024
$987K
178. The Minneapolis Foundation
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024
$557K
187. Tides Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $754K · through 2023
$968K
190. Jewish Communal Fund
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $398K · through 2024
$1.1M
207. Foundation for the Carolinas
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$580K
245. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
26 grants to 8 organizations · largest $115K · through 2024
$780K
266. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $218K · through 2024
$609K
363. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
171 grants to 46 organizations · largest $13.7M · through 2024
$62.7M
364. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
254 grants to 89 organizations · largest $37.9M · through 2024
$110.4M
365. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
69 grants to 29 organizations · largest $6.5M · through 2024
$24.7M
366. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
151 grants to 49 organizations · largest $4.9M · through 2024
$30.6M
367. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
35 grants to 15 organizations · largest $3.8M · through 2024
$7.5M

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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