Funding search · EIN 320017985 · Chicago, IL

The Experimental Station

Name: The Experimental Station grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

139
grants reported: $4.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $18,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

local market farmer famer

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “northbrook” · $31,362

$17,362
Northbrook Farmers Market Association · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$14,000
Northbrook Farmers Market Association · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Green City Market3 grants · $345,000
Cermak Produce No 72 grants · $266,825
Sugar Beet Food Co-Op3 grants · $235,869
The Land Connection3 grants · $217,950
One Stop Foods & Liquor2 grants · $213,839
A&S Supermercado Inc Aka Mi Mexico2 grants · $197,105
Rock River Development Partnership2 grants · $132,222
Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery2 grants · $115,528
Common Ground Food Co-Op2 grants · $102,219
118th Corporation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 139 grants.

$177,500
Green City Market · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$173,175
Cermak Produce No 7 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$134,287
One Stop Foods & Liquor · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$126,222
Rock River Development Partnership · Rockford, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$109,000
A&S Supermercado Inc Aka Mi Mexico · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$102,500
Green City Market · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$100,000
The Land Connection · Champaign, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$100,000
118th Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$100,000
Top Box Foods · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$93,650
Cermak Produce No 7 · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$88,105
A&S Supermercado Inc Aka Mi Mexico · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$88,000
Neighborhood Co-Op · Carbondale, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$86,531
Sugar Beet Food Co-Op · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$85,471
Sugar Beet Food Co-Op · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$83,950
The Land Connection · Champaign, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$79,552
One Stop Foods & Liquor · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$75,738
Common Ground Food Co-Op · Urbana, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$68,324
Albertson'S Company · Los Angelea, CA · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$65,000
Green City Market · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$64,604
City of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$64,525
Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery · Carbondale, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$63,867
Sugar Beet Food Co-Op · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$61,000
Food Works · Carbondale, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$53,000
Logan Square Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$52,000
Non-Profit Organzation · Cobden, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$51,003
Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery · Carbondale, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$50,000
Downtown Evanston Farmers' Market · Evanston, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$45,000
Woodstock Farmers Market · Woodstock, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$40,500
Eden Restoration Project Nfp · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$40,000
Farmers Market of Carbondale · Cobden, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$39,800
Woodstock Farmers Market · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$36,000
Dill Pickle Food Coop · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$34,973
Glenwood Sunday Market Aka Rogers Park Business Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$34,500
Logan Square Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$34,000
The Urban Canopy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$34,000
Peoria Riverfront Association · Peoria, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$34,000
The Land Connection · Champaign, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$33,800
Chicago Market - a Community Co-Op · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$33,000
Andersonville Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$33,000
Andersonville Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$32,000
Uptown Farmers Market Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$31,000
Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$30,761
Village of Skokie · Skokie, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$30,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$30,000
Demange Farms · Collinsville, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$30,000
Chicago Horticultural Society Chicago Botanic Garden · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$27,440
Village of Skokie · Skokie, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$26,481
Common Ground Food Co-Op · Urbana, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$26,000
Harvest Marketplace · East St Louis, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$25,000
Arthur Ashe Park Advisory Council · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$25,000
Green Top Grocery Cooperative · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$25,000
One Stop Foods · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$25,000
Town Square Market Llc · Carbondale, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$25,000
Village of Skokie · Skokie, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$24,500
City of Aurora · Aurora, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$24,000
Old Capital Farmers Market · Springfield, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$22,500
A & S Supermercadio · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$22,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$22,000
Farmers Market of Carbondale · Cobden, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$21,860
Morgan Food Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$21,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$20,000
The Urban Canopy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$20,000
Terripin Farms · Quincy, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$20,000
Alton Main Street · Alton, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$20,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$19,430
Lincoln Square Farmers Market · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$18,533
South Side Weekly · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$18,000
Rantoul Farmers Market · Philo, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$18,000
Village of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$18,000
Chicago Market - a Community Co-Op · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$17,362
Northbrook Farmers Market Association · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$17,000
Old Capital Farmers Market · Springfield, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$16,250
Glenwood Sunday Market Aka Rogers Park Business Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$16,100
Glenview Park District · Glenview, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$16,000
Alton Main Street · Alton, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$16,000
Amita Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$16,000
Peoria Riverfront Association · Peoria, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$16,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$15,500
Burst Into Books · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$15,500
Northcenter Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$15,500
Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$15,000
Lincoln Square Farmers Market · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$15,000
Yellow Banana Illinois Llc · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$15,000
Jacksonville Farmers Market · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$15,000
City of Oregon · Oregon, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$15,000
Kankakee Development Corporation · Kankakee, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$15,000
The Urban Canopy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$14,000
Northbrook Farmers Market Association · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$13,351
Dill Pickle Food Co-Op · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$13,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,524
Peoria Riverfront Association · Peoria, IL · 2024
Support for local famer's market
$12,500
Ascension St Mary · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,500
Downtown Neighborhood Association · Elgin, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,500
Ian Forslund · Rock Island, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,500
Illinois Department of Agriculture · Springfield, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,500
Jacksonville Memorial Foundation · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,500
Plant Chicago Firehouse Market · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for local farmer's market
$12,000
City of Palos Heights · Palos Heights, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$12,000
Illinois Department of Agriculture - Vend · Springfield, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market
$12,000
Kankakee Development Corporation · Kankakee, IL · 2023
Support for local farmer's market

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.