Illinois religious organizations

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There are 12,666religious organizations and churches in Illinois. Combined, these Illinoisanreligious organizationsemploy 9,981 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 Illinois

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Christian nonprofit organizations	5,760	4,727	$814,977,094	$2,217,358,345
Catholic nonprofit organizations	342	307	$74,196,683	$417,448,132
Jewish nonprofit organizations	258	3,436	$414,242,594	$1,446,097,947
Islamic nonprofit organizations	225	696	$67,621,452	$174,230,863
Religious media production and publishing organizations	190	347	$76,135,082	$268,138,505
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations	121	7	$283,564,594	$4,571,956,513
Religious professional societies	98	4	$3,619,601	$2,374,294
Organizations supporting a single religious organization	96	25	$31,327,621	$314,275,553
Buddhist nonprofit organizations	92	90	$10,658,832	$75,203,413
Religious alliances and advocates	33	35	$2,727,154	$1,698,598

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Religious organizations by major Illinois cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Chicago	8,433	8,849	$1,830,048,854	$8,647,179,533
St. Louis, MO	765	229	$51,435,540	$219,805,621
Peoria	445	292	$26,252,343	$52,661,949
Rockford	296	10	$5,603,259	$5,323,966
Davenport, IA	223	115	$2,323,906	$11,267,503
Springfield, IL	218	59	$7,935,524	$22,409,214
Champaign	206	45	$4,255,023	$16,584,497
Carbondale	193	261	$52,621,972	$344,319,052
Bloomington, IL	181	16	$4,137,499	$15,590,245
Decatur, IL	141	3	$795,958	$1,766,807

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Job trends for Illinois religious organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	516
1-10	272
11-25	67
26-100	43
101 to 1,000	18
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Illinois 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 Illinois

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	913
$250k to $1M	294
$1M to $5M	123
$5M to $25M	30
$25M to $100M	7
$100M+	5

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Catholic United Investment Trust (CUIT), IFCJ The Fellowship, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, and Christian Brothers Risk Pooling Trust earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Illinois religious organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 10.7% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Illinois religious organizations with more than $100 million account for 44.1% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of religious organizations in Illinois

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IFCJ The Fellowship

The IFCJ Fellowship promotes cooperation between Jews and Christians by supporting Israel and providing humanitarian aid to the Jewish people.

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)

Islamic Oasis

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

Revenue

$5.3m

Assets

$3.7m

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)

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)

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)

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

$31.1m

Assets

$48.0m

Employees

154

EIN

36-1143987

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Interfaith America

Interfaith America partners with higher education to elevate interfaith as a civic priority, inspiring leaders to unlock potential religious diversity.

Revenue

$22.8m

Assets

$37.8m

Employees

EIN

30-0212534

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Barnabas Foundation

Barnabas Foundation promotes Christian stewardship, provides planned giving resources, and supports churches and ministries with financial aid.

Revenue

$83.3m

Assets

$428.1m

Employees

EIN

36-2904503

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)

Agudath Israel of Illinois

Agudath Israel of Illinois was incorporated in 1976 with the goal of building a stronger Jewish community in the Midwest. The organization provides a broad range of educational, senior, advocacy, and social and human services.

Revenue

$9.8m

Assets

$20.8m

Employees

EIN

36-3529801

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)

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)

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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.

Illinois religious organizations

Types of religious organizations in Illinois

Religious organizations by major Illinois cities

Job trends for Illinois religious organizations

Sizes of religious organizations in Illinois

Directory of religious organizations in Illinois

IFCJ The Fellowship

Muslim Community Center (MCC)

Islamic Oasis

RefugeeOne

Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation (UCEF)

Greater Europe Mission

Alpha USA

Crossway

5 Stones Group NFP

Awana Clubs International and Affiliates

Logos Missions

Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation

Agudah Camps

Christian Today

Interfaith America

Barnabas Foundation

JCC Chicago

Agudath Israel of Illinois

Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)

Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRC)

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