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Bigger Table

When you have more than you need, build a bigger table.

Oak Park, IL   |  http://www.biggertable.org

Mission

Drive inclusive economic growth in Chicagoland by bringing together the region’s food & beverage industry to explore, create, and leverage collaborative opportunities and address food insecurity.

Ruling year info

2020

Executive Director

Alan Reed

Board Chair

Andy Dratt

Main address

802 Wesley Ave

Oak Park, IL 60304 USA

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EIN

84-3434671

NTEE code info

Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs (K30)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We fight hunger and food insecurity by bringing together food & beverage industry leaders. Together, we can combine resources to better address the concerns of under investment in our communities by developing and distributing high quality, nutritionally advantaged food & beverage products through food banks/pantires.

Our programs

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Effort to Address Food Insecurity

Bigger Table brings together food and beverage industry companies to donate time, services, know-how, ingredients, flavors, and skills to develop healthy servings of nutritious, shelf-stable food for area food banks and pantries. These collaborative projects not only deliver a nutritious product to those who need it—it also pioneers a new way for companies and communities to feed the hungry. We have created and donated over 2 million servings to food banks, food pantries, and other organizations that are addressing food insecurity since March 2020.

Population(s) Served

We have developed an industry-driven and approved Food Manufacturing Workforce Development Curriculum to help people be trained for an entry level position in food manufacturing -- a good job, with good pay and benefits, and a potential future career. We partner with Industry and Training Providers to help create a high quality workforce that is in high demand.

Population(s) Served
Social and economic status
Ethnic and racial groups
Social and economic status
Ethnic and racial groups

Where we work

Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

As of June 2023, Bigger Table and its generous partners and donors had been able to plan, manufacture, and distribute 2 million servings of nutritionally advantaged** food & beverage products through Chicago-are food banks and pantries.

**These products were high in protein, fiber, and emphasized servings of fruits and vegetables while being lower in sodium, added sugar, and fat.

Ramping up our successful model, we aim to conceive, manufacture, and distribute over 1 million servings of food in 2023 alone, and increase the amount we can creat over time to maximize impact.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Bigger Table

Board of directors
as of 05/16/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Andy Dratt

Imbibe

Term: 2020 - 2024

Katie Sudler

McCormick Fona

John Shapiro

Porter Wright

Steve Marvin

Tilia Holdings LLC

Brett Lutz

ADM

Armand Paradis

Illinois Institute of Technology

Anitra Farmer

Kellogg Company

Nedra Sims-Fears

Greater Chatham Initiative

Britt Burton-Freeman

Illinois Institute of Technology