To get a better idea of where the grant money is going, I've compiled the grant recipients for 2008 and summed the amount given to each recipient. The table below lists the 50 largest grant recipients in 2008. There were 681 total grant recipients and $119,441,028.84 in total grant payouts in 2008. The 50 largest recipients received a total of $83,745,582.13, or 70.1% of the total grant payouts for 2008.
This data is a bit more time consuming to find than most searches on the database due to the format of the spending descriptions. The easiest way to see the data used in the table below is go to "Checks to Businesses & People", select "Department of Commerce" under "Department" and click go. Download the search results by clicking on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results (note: you must have Excel 2007 or greater to download the full results due to Excel limitations). Once the file is downloaded, you can easily sort the data to see all the "Cash Requests."
|
2008 |
Grant Recipient |
City |
Amount |
|
1 |
|
|
$23,543,161.21 |
|
2 |
Southern |
Carbondale/Edwardsville |
$4,133,131.66 |
|
3 |
MANAGEMENT
TRAINING & |
|
$3,416,138.00 |
|
4 |
CHICAGO
CNVNTN TOURISM BUR INC |
|
$3,357,772.48 |
|
5 |
|
|
$3,050,291.28 |
|
6 |
Dupage
County Department Of |
|
$2,546,172.59 |
|
7 |
|
Rochelle |
$2,400,000.00 |
|
8 |
ABENGOA
BIOENERGY OP LLC |
|
$2,400,000.00 |
|
9 |
THE
WORKFORCE BRD OF NORTHERN |
|
$2,211,400.40 |
|
10 |
|
|
$1,888,050.11 |
|
11 |
|
Edwardsville/Wood
River |
$1,840,884.82 |
|
12 |
|
|
$1,832,815.91 |
|
13 |
City Of |
|
$1,820,181.55 |
|
14 |
ICG INC |
Williamsville |
$1,664,250.00 |
|
15 |
|
|
$1,578,999.70 |
|
16 |
Community
& Ecnmc Dev Assn |
|
$1,496,668.57 |
|
17 |
St |
|
$1,470,966.00 |
|
18 |
CROSSROADS
WORKFORCE INV BD |
|
$1,207,787.20 |
|
19 |
National
Able Network Inc |
|
$1,084,357.18 |
|
20 |
|
|
$1,081,552.95 |
|
21 |
City Of |
|
$1,055,449.00 |
|
22 |
SOUTHERN
14 WORKFORCE |
Carmi |
$1,023,954.76 |
|
23 |
WEST
CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT |
Carlinville |
$1,018,672.49 |
|
24 |
SIEMENS
ENERGY & AUTOMATION |
|
$1,000,000.00 |
|
25 |
CHAMPAIGN
CONSORTIUM |
|
$982,843.00 |
|
26 |
|
|
$823,777.00 |
|
27 |
|
|
$820,020.63 |
|
28 |
CONSOLIDATED
GRAIN & BARGE CO |
|
$750,000.00 |
|
29 |
PEABODY
INVESTMENTS CORP |
|
$750,000.00 |
|
30 |
|
|
$740,717.07 |
|
31 |
|
|
$733,718.92 |
|
32 |
|
|
$711,000.00 |
|
33 |
|
|
$700,000.00 |
|
34 |
BUSINESS
EMPLMNT SKILLS TEAM I |
|
$656,825.50 |
|
35 |
WESTERN
ILLINOIS WORKS INC |
|
$646,000.00 |
|
36 |
UNITED
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT |
|
$645,648.00 |
|
37 |
|
|
$600,000.00 |
|
38 |
|
|
$584,283.95 |
|
39 |
CHICAGOLAND
CHMBR OF COMMRCE |
|
$584,219.00 |
|
40 |
|
|
$540,305.01 |
|
41 |
Community
Action Partnership |
Lincoln/Waukegan |
$510,299.88 |
|
42 |
MAYWOOD
PARK DISTRICT |
|
$481,682.02 |
|
43 |
ST CLAIR
CNTY CMNTY ACTN AGCY |
|
$481,211.37 |
|
44 |
|
Champaign/Chicago |
$463,527.42 |
|
45 |
City Of |
|
$420,376.76 |
|
46 |
GREATER
WOODFIELD CONVENTION & |
|
$415,020.94 |
|
47 |
DUPAGE
CNVNTN & VSTRS BUR INC |
Oak Brook |
$413,566.80 |
|
48 |
CITY OF |
Zeigler |
$400,647.50 |
|
49 |
|
|
$385,687.50 |
|
50 |
|
Gurnee |
$381,546.00 |
|
|
Total |
|
$83,745,582.13 |
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