Grants awarded
Who does The Experimental Station fund?
The Experimental Station has awarded $6.3 million across 212 grants to 146 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in food & agriculture. Its typical grant is $16,000, with most between $10,000 and $33,800. Repeat grantees receive a median $17,750 versus $14,537 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$6.3M
Typical grant
$16K
Grantees
146
Grants
212
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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$280K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Cermak Produce No 7 INC | $267K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Land Connection Foundation INC
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$258K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| O One Stop Foods & Liquor INC | $214K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S South Side Weekly | $211K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A A&s Supermercado INC Aka Mi Mexico | $197K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sugar Beet Food Co-Op | $149K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sugar Beet Food Co-Op | $134K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$132K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$124K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| N Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery | $116K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Food Works
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$102K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C Common Ground Food Co-Op | $102K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cermak Produce No 7 INC | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| 1 118th Corporation | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Black Oaks Center | $99K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Evanston | $91K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$91K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| N Neighborhood Co-Op | $88K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$76K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$74K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| R Rogers Park Business Alliance | $74K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | — |
| S Smooth and Social Roots Cafe | $72K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Albertson's Company INC | $68K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Woodstock Farmers Market | $68K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Green City Market | $65K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$63K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Farmers Market of Carbondale | $62K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| R Run-A-Way Buckers | $60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Downtown Evanston Farmers' Market | $59K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Alton Main Street INC
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$59K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| V Village of Skokie | $58K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fresher Together | $55K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Urban Canopy | $54K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Non-Profit Organzation | $52K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Old Capital Farmers Market | $51K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | — |
| G Green Pastures Eco Community | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Village of Skokie | $48K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Woodstock Farmers Market | $45K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Eden Restoration Project Nfp | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chicago Patchwork Farms | $40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Glenview Park District | $39K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Dill Pickle Food Coop | $36K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Farmer's Market of Carbondale | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$34K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Land Connection | $34K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chicago Market - a Community Co-Op | $34K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery | $33K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Andersonville Development Corporation | $33K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Andersonville Sustainable Community Alliance Nfp | $33K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| M Morgan Food LLC | $32K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Uptown Farmers Market Nfp | $32K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$31K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Northbrook Farmers Market Association | $31K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| D Devcorp North DBA Rogers Park Business Alliance | $31K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Iyabo Farms | $31K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Westside Bee Boyz | $31K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Chicago Horticultural Society Chicago Botanic Garden | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Demange Farms | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Andersonville Sustainable Community | $29K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Community Dev Corp of Vernon Park | $28K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Urban Canopy | $28K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A A&s Supermercado INC | $26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Harvest Marketplace | $26K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Town Square Market LLC | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Arthur Ashe Park Advisory Council | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O One Stop Foods | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| K Kankakee Development Corporation | $25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Green Top Grocery Cooperative | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Aurora | $24K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A A & S Supermercadio | $22K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Green Top Grocery | $22K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Palos Heights | $21K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Terripin Farms | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Illinois Department of Agriculture - Vend | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Dill Pickle Food Co-Op | $19K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Bloomington | $19K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
South Side Weekly Nfp
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$19K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Goshen Market Foundation
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$18K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Garfield Park Community Council
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$18K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| R Rantoul Farmers Market | $18K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Chicago Market - a Community Co-Op | $18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Village of Oak Park | $18K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Old Capital Farmers Market | $18K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Illinois Department of Agriculture | $18K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N New Magnolia Gerden Center | $17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Wicker Park Chamber of Commerce
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$16K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| P Presence Chicago Hospitals Network | $16K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MO | |
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$16K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
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$16K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| W Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce | $16K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Yellow Banana Illinois LLC | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Passavant Jacksonville Mem Hospital | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C City of Oregon | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$14K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| P Peoria Riverfront Market | $14K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Town Square Market | $14K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Neighbor Space | $13K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Town Square Market | $13K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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