Chicago natural history museums
There are 6natural history and sciences museums 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 natural history museumsemploy 733 people, earn more than $103 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $800 million.
Job trends for Chicago natural history museums
| Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1-10 | 1 |
| 11-25 | 0 |
| 26-100 | 1 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 1 |
| 1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Chicago natural history museums is driven by large organizations like Field Museum of Natural History, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Elgin Public Museum, The Insect Asylum, and Specimen Museum.
Sizes of natural history museums in Chicago
| Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| < $250k | 2 |
| $250k to $1M | 0 |
| $1M to $5M | 0 |
| $5M to $25M | 1 |
| $25M to $100M | 1 |
| $100M+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Field Museum of Natural History, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, The Insect Asylum, Elgin Public Museum, and Specimen Museum earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Chicago natural history museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Chicago natural history museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of natural history museums in Chicago
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Revenue
$10.7m
Assets
$22.7m
Employees
74
EIN
36-0895575
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Field Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$91.9m
Assets
$777.3m
Employees
655
EIN
36-2167011
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Insect Asylum
Revenue
$138.2k
Assets
$23.1k
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-0581661
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Specimen Museum
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-1272791
IRS type
501(c)(3)
NigerHeritage Foundation
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-1319402
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Elgin Public Museum
Revenue
$136.7k
Assets
$270.1k
Employees
4
EIN
36-3282370
IRS type
501(c)(3)
