Chicago religious organizations

Name: Top 20 Chicago religious organizations
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There are 9,352religious organizations and churches 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 religious organizationsemploy 9,294 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $9 billion.

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Types of religious organizations in Chicago

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Christian nonprofit organizations	4,710	4,298	$744,062,569	$1,810,110,532
Catholic nonprofit organizations	313	254	$33,297,494	$161,924,484
Jewish nonprofit organizations	249	3,424	$413,777,029	$1,448,713,886
Islamic nonprofit organizations	208	686	$67,349,600	$173,185,497
Religious media production and publishing organizations	125	212	$41,042,067	$67,977,668
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations	91	7	$280,872,148	$4,559,618,181
Buddhist nonprofit organizations	78	91	$9,690,581	$67,931,424
Organizations supporting a single religious organization	76	47	$25,257,307	$289,981,721
Religious professional societies	65	0	$5,062	$23,540
Religious alliances and advocates	22	15	$1,501,932	$1,621,688

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Job trends for Chicago religious organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	407
1-10	218
11-25	53
26-100	41
101 to 1,000	17
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Chicago religious organizations is driven by large organizations like JCC Chicago, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, Agudah Camps, Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation, and Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN).

Sizes of religious organizations in Chicago

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	704
$250k to $1M	241
$1M to $5M	111
$5M to $25M	25
$25M to $100M	6
$100M+	5

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Catholic United Investment Trust (CUIT), IFCJ The Fellowship, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF), Christian Brothers Risk Pooling Trust, and Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Chicago religious organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 9.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Chicago religious organizations with more than $100 million account for 48.7% of nonprofit earnings.

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IFCJ The Fellowship

IFCJ The Fellowship aids impoverished Jews, supports refugees, and promotes cooperation between Jews and Christians through humanitarian care and resettlement assistance.

Revenue

$227.6m

Assets

$121.8m

Employees

136

EIN

36-3256096

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Muslim Community Center (MCC)

The purposes of the Corporation as stated in its Certificate of Incorporation are: to carry on religious, charitable and educational activities in conformity with the religion of Islam.

Revenue

$9.9m

Assets

$19.4m

Employees

145

EIN

23-7060038

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation (UCEF)

The Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation teaches North Americans about the academic and financial needs of Ukrainian Catholic educational institutions in Ukraine.

Revenue

$8.3m

Assets

$22.4m

Employees

EIN

36-4126296

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Greater Europe Mission

The mission of Greater Europe Mission (GEM) is to reach Europe by multiplying disciples and growing Christ's church in order to see God expand His Kingdom through all peoples of Europe to the world.

Revenue

$29.8m

Assets

$17.7m

Employees

266

EIN

36-2345199

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Islamic Oasis

Islamic Oasis provides monthly food pantries and life skills programs for low-income and refugee families in Chicago.

Revenue

$6.0m

Assets

$5.7m

Employees

EIN

26-3531888

IRS type

501(c)(3)

RefugeeOne

RefugeeOne creates opportunity for refugees fleeing war, terror, and persecution to build new lives of safety, dignity, and self-reliance.

Revenue

$9.8m

Assets

$13.6m

Employees

EIN

36-3817743

IRS type

501(c)(3)

5 Stones Group NFP

Lighthouse Catholic Media is a not for profit company that seeks to answer the call for a New Evangelization. They specialize in promoting the Catholic Faith through high quality presentations on audio CDs and MP3s from many of the best Catholic speakers.

Revenue

$8.4m

Assets

$3.7m

Employees

EIN

26-2193509

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Alpha USA

Alpha USA provides Christian faith-based curriculum and training through discussion and debate, with specialty courses for various groups nationwide.

Revenue

$10.3m

Assets

$3.7m

Employees

EIN

13-3962840

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Logos Missions

Logos Missions operates a Christian healthcare sharing ministry to share medical expenses while promoting faith, publishing the Korean Christian Journal.

Revenue

$22.3m

Assets

$71.7m

Employees

EIN

36-2896920

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation

Tyndale House Ministries: publishes Christian literature and media, distributes Bibles, and issues grants to further their mission.

Revenue

$48.0m

Assets

$133.2m

Employees

396

EIN

82-2635353

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Crossway

We seek to help people understand the massive implications of the gospel and the truth of God's Word, for all of life, for all eternity, and for the glory of God.

Revenue

$43.6m

Assets

$63.0m

Employees

150

EIN

36-1143987

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Awana Clubs International and Affiliates

Awana is a global, nonprofit ministry with fully integrated evangelism and long-term discipleship programs for ages 2 to 18 that actively involves parents and church leaders.

Revenue

$28.0m

Assets

$15.5m

Employees

193

EIN

36-2428692

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Agudah Camps

Agudah Camps provides a summer camp experience for Jewish boys and girls in a religious setting. It is a Jewish organization located in Skokie, IL.

Revenue

$6.5m

Assets

$2.9m

Employees

499

EIN

84-4265889

IRS type

501(c)(3)

JCC Chicago

JCC Chicago is a non-profit organization inspired by Jewish values, bridging traditions and generations to create a more vibrant, connected community.

Revenue

$45.6m

Assets

$53.4m

Employees

1,846

EIN

36-2167758

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Christian Today

Since 1956, Christianity Today has challenged the church with real-world content that is timely, compelling, insightful, balanced--and biblical. Christianity Today is regarded worldwide as the foremost evangelical periodical for news and opinion.

Revenue

$14.8m

Assets

$11.4m

Employees

EIN

52-0231554

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Barnabas Foundation

The Barnabas Foundation guides Christians in impactful giving, supporting ministries and charities while promoting Biblical stewardship and generosity across a vast network.

Revenue

$83.3m

Assets

$428.1m

Employees

EIN

36-2904503

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRC)

To advocate, teach and promote the study and practice of orthodox Judaism, as well as supervise Kosher food production and produce educational publications.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$6.8m

Employees

EIN

36-2495289

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Jewish charity funding services for Chicagoans and Jews globally, with 100+ partner agencies, an Israel office, and annual fundraising campaigns.

Revenue

$117.1m

Assets

$238.1m

Employees

586

EIN

36-2167034

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)

IMAN is a community organization that fosters health, wellness and healing in the inner-city by organizing for social change, cultivating the arts and operating a holistic health center.

Revenue

$13.4m

Assets

$17.3m

Employees

289

EIN

36-4167433

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries

Word on Fire is a Christian organization that is dedicated to religious education. It is located in Park Ridge, IL.

Revenue

$21.6m

Assets

$38.7m

Employees

EIN

26-1448551

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 "X00: Religion: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Chicago religious organizations

Types of religious organizations in Chicago

Job trends for Chicago religious organizations

Sizes of religious organizations in Chicago

Directory of religious organizations in Chicago

IFCJ The Fellowship

Muslim Community Center (MCC)

Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation (UCEF)

Greater Europe Mission

Islamic Oasis

RefugeeOne

5 Stones Group NFP

Alpha USA

Logos Missions

Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation

Crossway

Awana Clubs International and Affiliates

Agudah Camps

JCC Chicago

Christian Today

Barnabas Foundation

Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRC)

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries

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