Illinois foundations

There are 8,657foundations and grantmaking organizations in Illinois. Combined, these Illinoisanfoundationsemploy 14,202 people, earn more than $10 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $62 billion.

Types of foundations in Illinois

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
6,898
$5,490,261,169
657
$4,539,298,696
153
$397,521,970
150
$86,229,297
150
$1,884,290,842
37
$77,169,110
14
$0
11
$4,921,409
5
$237,659
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Foundations by major Illinois cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
6,555
$7,271,890,043
258
$26,914,685
193
$157,431,048
141
$43,246,516
120
$1,794,866,872
114
$42,003,518
104
$43,908,066
93
$24,072,813
68
$412,371,566
67
$11,585,338
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Job trends for Illinois foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
4,139
1-10
512
11-25
37
26-100
16
101 to 1,000
9
1,000+
2
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of foundations in Illinois

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
4,875
$250k to $1M
863
$1M to $5M
479
$5M to $25M
176
$25M to $100M
31
$100M+
17
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of foundations in Illinois


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This category corresponds to the "T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.