Illinois · Public charity
Eastern Illinois Foodbank
EASTERN ILLINOIS FOODBANK exists to alleviate hunger in eastern illinois by providing a reliable source of food for the hungry through cooperation with a network of food pantries and agencies.
- $14M
- Granted FY2022
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,762
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $8,560
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations Eastern Illinois Foodbank funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 12 | $34k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $105k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $63k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Our Kids | $73,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mattoon Community Food Center | $20,678 | 9 | 9% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $20,678 | 9 | n/a |
| Livingston County Community Pantry | $13,560 | 9 | n/a |
| Embarras River Basin Agency Inc | $10,530 | 9 | 0% |
| Mt Pisgah Food Pantry | $10,342 | 9 | n/a |
| McKinley Foundation at the University of Illinois | $9,220 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $6,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Cultivadorescultivators | $6,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Tuscola High School Warrior Pantry | $5,841 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Our Kids | $73,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mattoon Community Food Center | $20,678 | 9 | 9% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $20,678 | 9 | n/a |
| Livingston County Community Pantry | $13,560 | 9 | n/a |
| Embarras River Basin Agency Inc | $10,530 | 9 | 0% |
| Mt Pisgah Food Pantry | $10,342 | 9 | n/a |
| McKinley Foundation at the University of Illinois | $9,220 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $6,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Cultivadorescultivators | $6,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Tuscola High School Warrior Pantry | $5,841 | 9 | n/a |
| Palestine Community Food Bank | $5,325 | 9 | n/a |
| Cumberland Backpack Ministry | $4,810 | 3 | n/a |
| Standing Stone Community Center Nfp | $4,590 | 9 | 4% |
| Charleston Area Churches Food Pantr | $4,506 | 9 | n/a |
| Minonk Township Food Pantry | $4,250 | 7 | n/a |
| The Community Well | $4,200 | 6 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield | $4,000 | 9 | n/a |
| United Pentecostal Church International Inc | $3,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Christian Fellowship of Pontiac | $3,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Channing-Murray Foundation | $2,960 | 3 | 2% |
| Marshall Food Disbursement Center | $2,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Clay County Ministerial Alliance Inc | $2,534 | 9 | 5% |
| Mahomet Helping Hands | $2,495 | 9 | n/a |
| Hope Food Pantry | $2,433 | 9 | n/a |
| The Masters Hands Inc Nfp | $2,300 | 9 | 2% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,266 | 9 | n/a |
| Arcola Food Pantry | $2,079 | 9 | n/a |
| Watseka Area Food Pantry | $1,705 | 9 | n/a |
| Chrisman Christian Church | $1,248 | 7 | n/a |
| Chad David Johnson Food Pantry | $1,128 | 9 | n/a |
| St James United Methodist Church | $967 | 9 | n/a |
| Cissna Park Area Food Pantry | $949 | 4 | n/a |
| St Luke Cme Church | $841 | 9 | n/a |
| The Dwelling Place of Vermilion County | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Upper Room Street Ministries Inc | $250 | 3 | n/a |
| The United Church of Christ | $250 | 6 | n/a |
| Eastview Christian Church | $250 | 6 | n/a |
| Urbana Wesley Umc | $250 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Peoria | $250 | 6 | n/a |
| Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Champaign Urban | $250 | 9 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Champaign | $250 | 6 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $250 | 7 | n/a |
| Restoration Urban Ministries | $250 | 9 | n/a |
| Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | $250 | 9 | 0% |
| Hands of Christ Food Pantry | $220 | 9 | n/a |
| Hoopeston Multi Agency Service | $213 | 5 | 0% |
| St Patricks Church | $212 | 9 | n/a |
| The Wesley Foundation at the University of Illinois | $166 | 4 | n/a |
| W Hope Corporation | $157 | 4 | n/a |
| Clifton Community Food Pantry | $132 | 9 | 0% |
| The Robinson Area Food Pantry | $121 | 9 | 0% |
| Westfield Food Pantry | $68 | 9 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eastern Illinois Foodbank supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of East Central Illinois · United Way of Champaign County · Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc · Wgrc Inc · John P Cadle Foundation · United Way of Coles County Inc · Reichard Foundation · The Meyer Charitable Foundation · Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation · Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank
How this is measured
About Eastern Illinois Foodbank
- How much does Eastern Illinois Foodbank give?
- Eastern Illinois Foodbank reported 12 itemized grants totaling $33,561, out of $14,344,771 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Eastern Illinois Foodbank fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%).
- Who are Eastern Illinois Foodbank's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Feeding Our Kids ($73k), Mattoon Community Food Center ($21k), United States Catholic Conference ($21k).
- Does Eastern Illinois Foodbank fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Eastern Illinois Foodbank?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, United Way of Champaign County, Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc.
- Where is Eastern Illinois Foodbank based?
- Eastern Illinois Foodbank is based in IL.
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