Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United KingdomIrelandUnited States (current)New ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland
US nonprofit · EIN 320017985 · Chicago, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 320017985) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Experimental Station

Donations deductible
Revenue
$3.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$3.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.6m
$106k liabilities
Net assets
$1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.7y av
Staff
21
80 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Experimental Station's network

10 people6 organisationsi10 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Beth LoebDirector2020
6 yrs
Constance SpreenExecutive Director2023
3 yrs
Corliss KingDirector2020
6 yrs
Dan PetermanDirector2018
8 yrs
Emmitt HouseVice President2018
8 yrs
Jill IngrassiaDirector2022
4 yrs
Martin FriedmanPresident2018
8 yrs
Mulubwa MunkantaTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Richard WrightDirector2022
4 yrs
Steve WiesenthalDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Connie Spreen PHDExecutive Director2020
Constance SpreenExecutive Director2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Constance SpreenExecutive Director40$109k$18k
Martin FriedmanPresident6$0
Emmitt HouseVice President6$0
Mulubwa MunkantaTreasurer2$0
Beth LoebDirector0.25$0
Steve WiesenthalDirector0.25$0
Corliss KingDirector0.25$0
Jill IngrassiaDirector0.25$0
Richard WrightDirector0.25$0
Dan PetermanDirector0.25$0

About

Legal name
Experimental Station
EIN
320017985
Address
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637-2912
State
Illinois
Mission
The experimental station was organized to promote, encourage and foster innovative educational and cultural initiatives of all genres, including but not limited to art and design, innovative educational models, food, and alternative media and journalism. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S99 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2002
Principal officer
Constance Spreen (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDan Peterman
≥8years on the filingsEmmitt House
≥8years on the filingsMartin Friedman
≥8years on the filingsMulubwa Munkanta

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.6m
Total liabilities
$106k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.5m
Contributions and grants received
$2.8m
Program service revenue
$213k
Grants and similar paid out
$1.5m
Employees
21
Volunteers
80

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$3.1m$3.3mDeficit $190k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Green City MarketSupport for local famer's market$178k
Cermak Produce No 7 IncSupport for local famer's market$173k
One Stop Foods & Liquor IncSupport for local famer's market$134k
A&s Supermercado Inc Aka Mi MexicoSupport for local famer's market$109k
The Land ConnectionSupport for local famer's market$84k
Common Ground Food Co-OpSupport for local famer's market$76k
Albertson's Company IncSupport for local famer's market$68k
Neighborhood Co-Op GrocerySupport for local famer's market$65k
Sugar Beet Food Co-OpSupport for local famer's market$64k
Uptown Farmers Market NFPSupport for local famer's market$32k
Village of SkokieSupport for local famer's market$31k
Chicago Botanic GardenSupport for local famer's market$22k
Farmers Market of CarbondaleSupport for local famer's market$22k
Morgan Food LLCSupport for local famer's market$22k
The Urban CanopySupport for local famer's market$20k
Northbrook Farmers Market AssociationSupport for local famer's market$17k
Old Capital Farmers MarketSupport for local famer's market$17k
Glenwood Sunday Market Aka Rogers Park Business AllianceSupport for local famer's market$16k
Lincoln Square Farmers MarketSupport for local famer's market$15k
Yellow Banana Illinois LLCSupport for local famer's market$15k
Dill Pickle Food Co-OpSupport for local famer's market$13k
Peoria Riverfront AssociationSupport for local famer's market$13k
Inner-City Muslim Action NetworkSupport for local famer's market$11k
Downtown Evanston Farmers' MarketSupport for local famer's market$9k
Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of CommerceSupport for local famer's market$9k