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Chicago film production organizations

There are 69film and video production 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 film production organizationsemploy 178 people, earn more than $19 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $16 million.
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Job trends for Chicago film production organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
10
1-10
8
11-25
6
26-100
1
101 to 1,000
0
1,000+
0
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Sizes of film production organizations in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
22
$250k to $1M
8
$1M to $5M
7
$5M to $25M
0
$25M to $100M
0
$100M+
0
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Directory of film production organizations in Chicago

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Kartemquin Educational Films

Chicago-based Kartemquin Films fosters documentary media that empowers society, supports diverse voices, and creates social change.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
16
EIN
23-7430402
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Full Spectrum Features NFP

Full Spectrum Features NFP drives equity in indie film by supporting work of underrepresented filmmakers, raising awareness on social issues.
Revenue
$4.6m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
14
EIN
47-4243325
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Iron Light Labs

Iron Light Labs is a Chicago-based creative incubator developing Netflix-quality films, training effective marketing strategies and powerful storytelling.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$312.2k
Employees
0
EIN
86-1206324
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Kindling Group

The Kindling Group creates documentaries and impact campaigns to spark change and inspiration, with a focus on social and political issues.
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$970.3k
Employees
4
EIN
36-4478085
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago

Chicago-based film organization fostering cultural communication through festivals, screenings, and education outreach programs like CineYouth.
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$505.2k
Employees
58
EIN
36-2545170
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago International Social Change Film Festival

A Chicago-based film festival committed to social change and community empowerment through storytelling, organizing, and direct action.
Revenue
$1.0m
Assets
$200.7k
Employees
11
EIN
90-0782008
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Facets Multi-Media Incorporated

Facets Multi-Media distributes and publishes film, conducts seminars, and provides theatrical training. Located in Chicago, IL.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$614.4k
Employees
23
EIN
23-7446373
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Filmmaker for A Cause

Filmmaker for A Cause is a film or video production organization in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2023.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
26-4707175
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cultural and Educational Producations Associations

Cultural and Educational Producations Associations is a film or video production organization in Homewood, IL that was founded in 1992.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-3810682
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ethno Pictures NFP

Chicago-based Ethno Pictures NFP produces educational documentary programming to raise awareness of multi-cultural, social, political and historical issues.
Revenue
$25.4k
Assets
$414.2k
Employees
0
EIN
30-0023501
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Art Works Projects

Art Works Projects raises awareness on human rights issues with design and the arts. Their film, The Prosecutors, is a key focus.
Revenue
$385.0k
Assets
$492.9k
Employees
3
EIN
71-1049669
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago International Movie and Music Festival

Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (aka cimmfest) is an annual,four-day cultural Festival in the spring showcasing films about music,concert films, Music and artist documentaries, fictional narrative, musicvideos, and other syntheses of movin....
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
26-3112019
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Filmmakers

Chicago Filmmakers supports indie filmmakers in Chicago by offering resources like production grants, equipment access, classes, workshops, and summer camps.
Revenue
$678.6k
Assets
$2.6m
Employees
5
EIN
36-2885210
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Show People Give NFP

Show People Give NFP is a film or video production organization in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2021.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-1086777
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Elevated Films Chicago

Elevated Films Chicago is a film or video production organization in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2015.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
47-3753655
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Film Archive of Performance NFP

Chicago Film Archive of Performance NFP is a film or video production organization in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2014.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-4768686
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sawbuck Productions

Sawbuck Productions is a film or video production organization in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2014.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
59-3833461
IRS type
501(c)(3)

After Hours Film Society

After Hours Film Society programs feature foreign, art, and independent films. Each screening is followed by a lecture or group discussion led by a filmmaker, film critic, film educator or other film professional.
Revenue
$27.1k
Assets
$8,943
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-3689391
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Groundswell Educational Films NFP

Chicago-based Groundswell Educational Films NFP creates educational programs, including reports and documentaries.
Revenue
$77.7k
Assets
$32.5k
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-4443365
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fox Valley Film Society NFP

Fox Valley Film Society NFP is a film or video production organization in Geneva, IL that was founded in 2021.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-2136421
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A31: Film, Video" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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