Chicago area nonprofits
There are 56,626 organizations in the greater Chicagometro area, including the cities of Chicago, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Elgin, Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie, and Gary within the states of Illinois and Indiana. Combined, these Chicago metro nonprofits employ 829,680 people, earn more than $130 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $356 billion.
Job trends for Chicago nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 8,898 |
1-10 | 2,872 |
11-25 | 1,164 |
26-100 | 1,134 |
101 to 1,000 | 736 |
1,000+ | 95 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Chicago is driven by large organizations like Polish Teachers Association in America, Lake Courthouse Foundation, Waukegan Housing Development Corp, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group, and Advocate Health Care.
- The largest employers tend to be universities, cultural awareness organizations, hospital systems, general hospitals, and managed care organizations.
Sizes of nonprofits in Chicago
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 13,325 |
$250k to $1M | 3,973 |
$1M to $5M | 2,582 |
$5M to $25M | 1,118 |
$25M to $100M | 340 |
$100M+ | 175 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group, Advocate Health Care, Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund, Feeding America, and The University of Chicago (UChicago) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Chicago.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.2% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Chicago with more than $100 million account for 71.5% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be hospital systems, managed care organizations, universities, fraternal societies, and general hospitals.
Types of nonprofits in Chicago
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
9,351 | $1,873,241,684 | |
7,840 | $21,456,643,542 | |
6,840 | $8,694,561,921 | |
4,914 | $5,889,089,241 | |
3,986 | $6,364,203,862 | |
3,722 | $2,085,508,574 | |
3,229 | $2,240,840,608 | |
1,936 | $1,546,130,390 | |
1,639 | $340,795,369 | |
1,552 | $16,772,956,150 |
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1-20 of 56,626
American Marketing Association
Revenue
$14.4m
Assets
$13.0m
Employees
99
EIN
36-2130315
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID)
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$13.0m
Employees
22
EIN
41-6044864
IRS type
501(c)(6)
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Revenue
$52.4m
Assets
$109.0m
Employees
184
EIN
36-2181944
IRS type
501(c)(6)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Revenue
$63.5m
Assets
$195.1m
Employees
293
EIN
15-0539115
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Academy of Dermatology
Revenue
$38.2m
Assets
$93.5m
Employees
225
EIN
41-0793046
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Revenue
$129.5m
Assets
$678.4m
Employees
475
EIN
36-2192800
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Revenue
$58.5m
Assets
$214.4m
Employees
2,442
EIN
36-2179782
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Association of Realtors
Revenue
$328.4m
Assets
$1.0b
Employees
379
EIN
36-1520690
IRS type
501(c)(6)
Association for Corporate Growth
Revenue
$26.5m
Assets
$18.8m
Employees
83
EIN
13-6163137
IRS type
501(c)(6)
The Society of American Archivists
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
11
EIN
84-6023531
IRS type
501(c)(6)
The Obama Foundation
Revenue
$140.6m
Assets
$986.6m
Employees
312
EIN
46-4950751
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
23
EIN
36-6009226
IRS type
501(c)(3)
GiGi's Playhouse
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
51
EIN
20-0058563
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights
Revenue
$57.5m
Assets
$44.8m
Employees
405
EIN
36-1877640
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lions Clubs - Catherine M Rizzo (LCI)
Revenue
$67.3m
Assets
$178.3m
Employees
285
EIN
36-1263962
IRS type
501(c)(4)
Art Institute of Chicago (AIC)
Revenue
$359.5m
Assets
$1.9b
Employees
3,517
EIN
36-2167725
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Brain Tumor Association
Revenue
$8.1m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
36
EIN
23-7286648
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Revenue
$31.4m
Assets
$50.8m
Employees
89
EIN
36-2136957
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Revenue
$8.7m
Assets
$10.9m
Employees
28
EIN
36-3166049
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Association for Corporate Growth - Group
Revenue
$13.5m
Assets
$10.8m
Employees
7
EIN
91-1868118
IRS type
501(c)(6)