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Food Export Association of the Midwest USA

Food Export Association of the Midwest U.S.A. is a nonprofit organization chartered in Illinois by the dues paying agricultural promotion agencies of thirteen Midwestern states. Its mission is to assist small and medium-sized companies, in those states, in the exportation of agricultural product

$10M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
147
Grants FY2024
130
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,870
Largest grant, FY2024
$610,585
Organizations funded a year
79 to 139
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$3.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Food Export Association of the Midwest USA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving146$10M23%
FY2023130$9.6M23%
FY2022116$8.4M25%
FY202179$8.9M14%
FY202095$5.4M29%
FY2019139$6.0M30%
FY2018132$6.4M33%
FY2017129$5.9Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$21MCommunity Improvement$19MEnvironment$8.0MInternational$3.8MAnimals$3.4MScience & Tech$2.5MReligion$1.3MHealth$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
CA
NE
MO
AZ
KS
DC
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schell and Kempeter Inc$2,767,4228n/a
Caramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee$2,647,3366n/a
Midwestern Pet Foods Inc$2,145,4258n/a
Woeber Mustard Mfg Co$2,132,5938n/a
Natures One Ach Payee$2,096,2656n/a
American Trading International$1,814,4307n/a
Color Brands$1,510,8898n/a
Doumak Inc$1,495,1558n/a
Blackwood Pet Food Ach Payee$1,483,4938n/a
Instinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye$1,445,1253n/a
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All grantees of Food Export Association of the Midwest USA by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schell and Kempeter Inc$2,767,4228n/a
Caramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee$2,647,3366n/a
Midwestern Pet Foods Inc$2,145,4258n/a
Woeber Mustard Mfg Co$2,132,5938n/a
Natures One Ach Payee$2,096,2656n/a
American Trading International$1,814,4307n/a
Color Brands$1,510,8898n/a
Doumak Inc$1,495,1558n/a
Blackwood Pet Food Ach Payee$1,483,4938n/a
Instinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye$1,445,1253n/a
Carnivore Meat LLC$1,363,2505n/a
Graceland Fruit$1,285,3238n/a
Clements Foods Ach Payee$1,258,9235n/a
Ckb Mgmnt Svcs LLC$1,194,7867n/a
Cooperative Elevator Co$1,157,7898n/a
American Pop Corn Company$1,144,1327n/a
Sioux Honey Association$1,138,1458n/a
New Composite Partners$1,115,3505n/a
Lillies Q Sauces$1,090,1508n/a
Ginseng Herb Coop$1,089,2108n/a
Export Trade of Amer$1,088,4448n/a
Global Development and Management LLC$1,067,5838n/a
Global Groceries Sales Inc$964,8215n/a
Agave Loco LLC$904,8045n/a
Dairy Farmers of Amer$899,5837n/a
Oxbow Animal Health$881,0405n/a
Organic Valley Family of Farms$836,4125n/a
The Edlong Corporation$760,3087n/a
Export Support Services Inc$707,8643n/a
Muldoon Dairy I$670,2615n/a
King Orchards Ach Payee$594,7617n/a
Pureluxe Inc Ach Payee$557,5727n/a
Best Breed Inc Ach Payee$530,9678n/a
Sd Oil Co$478,6503n/a
Healthy Food Ingred Ach Payee$470,7727n/a
International M$459,8024n/a
Equitrade Group Inc Ach Payee$454,0187n/a
McClures Pickles LLC$423,3985n/a
Graminex LLC$391,5307n/a
Stella and Chewys$386,0842n/a
Lodaat LLC$379,3275n/a
Cherry Central Cooperative Inc$378,5608n/a
Sb and B Foods Ach Payee$365,8912n/a
Butter Buds Inc$362,2407n/a
NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILD RICE Producers Inc$350,9696n/a
Minhas Micro Distillery$343,3712n/a
Cherry Republic$340,0433n/a
Nutripack LLC$335,8755n/a
Pop Daddy Popcorn Ach Payee$330,3335n/a
Primal Pet Group Inc$275,5622n/a
Lakeview Farms LLC$270,7117n/a
Brushvale Seed Inc$240,1692n/a
Grecian Delight$222,7564n/a
Shinestone Trade LLC$219,4547n/a
Rufus Teague$214,4628n/a
Deaths Door Spirit LLC$207,8883n/a
W Thomas Ptr Dba Gluten Ach Pa$206,6067n/a
American Pharmaceutical Innova$185,4796n/a
Ribus Inc Ach Payee$184,4257n/a
John Zidian Company$180,6936n/a
Giant Snacks Inc$173,7573n/a
Jonnypops LLC Ach Payee$171,8408n/a
Founders Brewing Company$171,2935n/a
Snappy Popcorn Inc$165,2692n/a
Shoreline Fruit Growers Inc$153,5537n/a
Natural Products Inc$148,8196n/a
Nutra Food Ingredients LLC$147,5174n/a
North Bay Produce Inc$147,4877n/a
Quatrefoil Skincare LLC$146,9865n/a
Sb and B Foods Ach Payee$142,0661n/a
Biozyme Incorporated$130,7514n/a
Jm Grain Inc$122,5933n/a
Koval Inc$121,9907n/a
Briess Malt & Ingredients$112,4452n/a
Lafeber Company$112,1905n/a
Milk Specialties Global Inc$110,9003n/a
Dakota Specialty Milling Inc$109,3014n/a
Sartori Company$105,7133n/a
Jacksons Food Co LLC$104,6121n/a
Live Better Brands$99,7201n/a
R2h Flavor Tech$99,6755n/a
Hometown Bagel Inc$99,3593n/a
Gehl Foods LLC$99,1324n/a
Biova LLC Ach Payee$97,7816n/a
Suckerpunch Gour Ach Payee$96,6543n/a
Think Jerky Ach Payee$95,7734n/a
Lorann Oils Inc$93,7346n/a
Preferred Pop$92,9555n/a
Midamar Corporation$92,6715n/a
Value Added Science and Technologies LLC$91,7404n/a
Land O'Lakes International Development Fund$91,1592n/a
US International Foods LLC$85,8176n/a
Vesta Ingred Inc Ach Payee$84,6976n/a
Frozen Specialties Inc$84,4612n/a
Biadgi LLC$81,9296n/a
Fiberstar Inc$78,9813n/a
Nurish Brand In$77,7553n/a
Foodsource Inc$76,8556n/a
Transagra Intl$74,9504n/a
Regal Pet Food Ach Payee$73,4105n/a
Eniva USA Inc$73,3374n/a
Lolas Fine Sauces$72,9413n/a
Isle of Dogs Corp$71,6712n/a
Ethels Bakery LLC Ach Payee$71,6193n/a
The Delong Company Inc Pay$71,4573n/a
E Formella & Sons Inc$70,4625n/a
Gurleys Foods$70,3934n/a
Registry Steaks & Seafood Ltd$67,7584n/a
East-West Intl Group$65,8425n/a
Wabash Valley Farms$64,2445n/a
Dairychem Laboratories Inc$64,0635n/a
Midwest Ag Enterprises Inc$64,0057n/a
Banza LLC$62,7742n/a
Connoils LLC$62,1883n/a
Gp Concept Labs$61,7764n/a
Great Lakes Exporting Company$60,7065n/a
1-2-3 Gluten Free Inc$60,3692n/a
Wenzels Farm LLC Ach Payee$59,5236n/a
Miraclecorp$59,3112n/a
Hollander Chocalate$59,0322n/a
International Feedcom$52,9393n/a
Diamond V Mills Inc$52,8142n/a
World Food Processing$51,4521n/a
Tribe 9 Foods LLC$51,2783n/a
Daniel T Schmitt Ach Payee$50,2094n/a
Mosul Kubba Inc$50,1192n/a
Iya Foods$49,8745n/a
Great Lakes Biosystems Inc$49,7575n/a
Gomacro LLC$48,1013n/a
Spinning Wheel Ip LLC$47,4533n/a
Morrison Farms$46,8125n/a
Natures Logic$46,1913n/a
Omega Sea LLC$45,6984n/a
First Choice Ingredients Inc$45,6685n/a
Van Holten Inc Ach Payee$44,8892n/a
Bongards Creameries$44,6673n/a
Foods Alive$44,6393n/a
Hammons Products Co$44,3624n/a
Glk Foods LLC$42,7753n/a
Northern United$41,1681n/a
Core Rind LLC$41,1673n/a
Brew Export LLC Ach Payee$40,4042n/a
Columbus Vegatables$39,8751n/a
Advanced Sunflower Ach Payee$39,7614n/a
Yz Enterprises Inc$39,7293n/a
U Fisheries Ach Payee$38,0413n/a
Acg Products Ltd$37,9784n/a
B Nutty LLC$37,4463n/a
US Wine Export Ltd Ach Payee$36,7314n/a
Dakota Spec Milling$35,9752n/a
Prefer Products Brands$35,9064n/a
Tempesta Artisan Salumi$35,2372n/a
Puris$35,2073n/a
Gaim Engineering Inc$35,0001n/a
Great Spirits Baking Ach Payee$32,5963n/a
US Dairy Trade Inc$32,5293n/a
Dan's Fish Inc$32,5031n/a
Latinex$32,1624n/a
Fdmr Inc$31,6011n/a
Gary Poppins Popcorn$31,3012n/a
Grandma Mauds Inc$31,0962n/a
Cereal Ingredients Inc$30,8571n/a
Oskri Corp$30,4592n/a
Safflower Technologies Pay$30,3963n/a
Brand Castle LLC$30,0001n/a
Selfeco$29,1311n/a
J and J Corporation Inc$29,1034n/a
Rileys Premium Pet Products$29,0903n/a
PREMIUM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS Inc$29,0003n/a
Ethels Edibles LLC$28,5422n/a
La Preferida$27,9933n/a
Amlat LLC$27,6371n/a
Puretein Bioscience LLC$27,5662n/a
Lawrence Foods Inc$27,3792n/a
Laclare Family$27,3782n/a
Phydeaux Enterprises Inc Dba$27,3383n/a
Crystal Freeze Dry LLC$26,9173n/a
Krienke Foods International$26,8971n/a
Kize Concepts Inc Ach Payee$25,5302n/a
Michaels Bakery Products LLC$25,2383n/a
United Animal Health$25,0001n/a
Safie Specialty$24,8901n/a
Mediterranean Brands Inc$24,5213n/a
United States Distilled$24,4511n/a
Evangers Dog & Cat Food Co Inc$24,3491n/a
GENCHI CORP DBA GENCHI Associates$24,0891n/a
Acg Products Ltd$24,0732n/a
Original Juan Specialty Foods Inc$23,6792n/a
Market Square Food$22,9863n/a
Sunday Night Foods$22,9733n/a
Cleveland Kraut Ltd$22,4823n/a
Al Dente Pasta Company Inc$22,4632n/a
US Greens LLC$22,2802n/a
Jeneil Biotech Inc$21,9801n/a
Chicago American Sweets And$21,8512n/a
Ganeden Biotech Inc$21,4111n/a
Bkbg Enterprises Inc$21,3412n/a
Fullfill Food & Bev Ach Payee$21,0812n/a
Plant B LLC$20,4321n/a
Prevail Jerky$20,3793n/a
Ja Butler Companies Inc$20,1752n/a
Floricon Partners$20,0001n/a
Tstmkrs LLC Dba Maazah Pa$19,9242n/a
Famous Products Inc$19,4491n/a
Dancing Goat Dist Ach Payee$19,3452n/a
Stone Arch LLC Ach Payee$19,1572n/a
Sugarfox Pet$19,1311n/a
Jimmy Luvs Enterprises LLC$19,0552n/a
Belmont Foods L$18,9011n/a
Cheeses of Wisconsin Ach Payee$18,7362n/a
Stryve Foods Ach Payee$18,5601n/a
Stone Group$18,4632n/a
Redwood Group$17,9692n/a
Schafer Fisheries Inc$17,8962n/a
Masters Gallery Foods Pay$17,7641n/a
Cedar Ridge Distillery$17,6681n/a
Beer Nuts Inc$17,6101n/a
Mill Haven Foods LLC$17,5702n/a
Maple Leaf Farms$16,7341n/a
Rotem Inc Dba Tomer Kosher$16,4292n/a
Reichel Foods Inc$16,3891n/a
Healthy America$15,9021n/a
Beas Beverages Ach Payee$15,8471n/a
Joyce Family Foods$15,3171n/a
Zfs Creston LLC$15,2151n/a
Instinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye$15,0481n/a
Gaim Engineer$15,0001n/a
Baumann Farms LLP$14,8822n/a
Nutraferma Inc$14,8142n/a
Macdonald & Owen Veneer$13,6792n/a
Dietary Pros Inc Dba Dp Labs$13,6462n/a
Zerocarb Inc$13,3521n/a
Wheaton Grain$13,1552n/a
Bright Planet Pet LLC Pay$13,1501n/a
Givepet$12,9631n/a
Thistle Down Farms$12,5211n/a
Select Food Products$12,4841n/a
V & V Supremo Foods$12,3171n/a
Bank Hardwoods$12,2771n/a
Stone Mill LLC$12,0812n/a
Wixon Dba Gott Pet$12,0001n/a
Acme Organics LLC$11,7642n/a
International Modem Investment Inc$11,4671n/a
Simple Times Mixers$11,4281n/a
Brookside Agra LLC$11,2072n/a
Maisie Nutritio$11,0481n/a
Log House Foods$11,0001n/a
Cool Beans Ach Payee$11,0001n/a
Marathon Ginseng International Inc$10,9151n/a
Castor River Fa$10,7291n/a
Missouri Northern Pecan Ach Pa$10,6052n/a
Phusis Bio$10,3271n/a
Cooper St Cookies$10,2001n/a
Rosewood Dairy Inc$10,1501n/a
Ch Agricultural Technical LLC$10,0252n/a
Nasonville Dairy Inc$9,9811n/a
Pioneer Pet Products$9,9771n/a
Nu Life Market LLC$9,8931n/a
Federated Group Inc$9,8801n/a
Native American Natural Foods$9,7731n/a
Kronos Food Corp$9,6251n/a
Love Your Health Foods LLC$9,6121n/a
Thunder Ridge Beef Co$9,4511n/a
Vitaminseed$9,0801n/a
George Abi Ghanem Dba Papa$9,0331n/a
Poppilu Inc$9,0001n/a
Healthy Dogma$8,9891n/a
Koeze Company$8,7501n/a
Dtrs Enterprises Inc$8,6731n/a
Abe Discovery Dba Optum Immuni$8,6641n/a
Chill Pop$8,6401n/a
John Volpi$8,1441n/a
Nutcase Vegan Ach Payee$7,9211n/a
Rabbit Creek Products Inc$7,8111n/a
The Redwood Group Ach Payee$7,7491n/a
Bar B Que Specialties Inc$7,7261n/a
Preferred Wholesale$7,6231n/a
Salad Girl$7,5001n/a
Lamex Foods Inc Ach Payee$7,4951n/a
Fortified Nutritional Brands$7,3951n/a
Hogson Mill Inc$7,2571n/a
International Sprout Holdings$7,2361n/a
Fry Krisp Foods$7,2221n/a
Kay's Naturals Inc$7,2171n/a
Rush Direct Inc$7,0981n/a
International Nutrition$7,0001n/a
Randy's Pickles$7,0001n/a
Carefree$6,9771n/a
Northwoods International LLC$6,9121n/a
La Crosse Distilling$6,8091n/a
Finish Line Horse Products Inc$6,7001n/a
Global Processng Inc Ach Payee$6,6871n/a
Croix Valley Foods Ach Payee$6,5501n/a
Whole and Free Foods LLC$6,5081n/a
Glenn Valley Foods$6,5001n/a
Meat Mitch Ach Payee$6,4911n/a
Apres Beverages Ach Payee$6,4891n/a
Curry Fresh Inc Ach Payee$6,4501n/a
Shameless Pets Ach Payee$6,3741n/a
Simply Sunflower$6,3511n/a
K Mama Sauce LLC$6,3111n/a
Whoa Dough$6,2991n/a
Weaver Popcorn Bulk$6,2881n/a
Safely Delicious$6,1631n/a
Olympia Food Industries Inc$6,1511n/a
Southern Okie LLC$6,1441n/a
American Berry$6,0771n/a
Simply Incredible Foods LLC$6,0581n/a
Daily Dental Care LLC Dba Primal Health$6,0341n/a
Country Home Creations Inc$6,0111n/a
Galassi Foods$5,9631n/a
Stengel Oils Ach Payee$5,8631n/a
Red River Commod Ach Payee$5,7781n/a
Global Res Direct Ach Payee$5,7621n/a
Tefco$5,7501n/a
Giovannis Food Prod Ach Payee$5,7181n/a
Seven Sundays LLC$5,6831n/a
Barebones Broth Ach Payee$5,6331n/a
Artic Food Services Inc$5,6001n/a
Pcs Gourmet$5,5991n/a
United Wisconsin Grain Producers Inc$5,5551n/a
J Rieger & Co$5,5031n/a
Honeytree Inc$5,4701n/a
Associated Milk Producers Inc$5,4541n/a
Exclusively Pet Inc$5,4341n/a
Wilderness Prod$5,4031n/a
Split Nutrition$5,3921n/a
Jac Pet Nutrition LLC Ach Paye$5,3761n/a
Grassland Dairy Prod$5,2621n/a
Alinosi Inc$5,2571n/a
Hinterland Brewery$5,0961n/a
Barron County Cheese LLC$5,0881n/a
Essen Nutrition Corp$5,0331n/a
Amlat LLC Ach Payee$5,0001n/a
Nutra Source Trading$5,0001n/a
Margarita Man Hq LLC$5,0001n/a

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($619k), not named here.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationWI14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Food Export Association of the Midwest USA

How much does Food Export Association of the Midwest USA give?
Food Export Association of the Midwest USA reported 147 grants totaling $10,434,292 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 79 and 139 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Food Export Association of the Midwest USA fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (34%), Community Improvement (31%), Environment (13%).
Who are Food Export Association of the Midwest USA's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Schell and Kempeter Inc ($2.8M), Caramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee ($2.6M), Midwestern Pet Foods Inc ($2.1M).
Does Food Export Association of the Midwest USA fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Food Export Association of the Midwest USA?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.
Where is Food Export Association of the Midwest USA based?
Food Export Association of the Midwest USA is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 346 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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