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Chicago zoos

There are 6zoos and acquariums 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 zoosemploy 1,866 people, earn more than $237 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Job trends for Chicago zoos

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
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1-10
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11-25
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26-100
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101 to 1,000
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1,000+
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Sizes of zoos in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
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$250k to $1M
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$1M to $5M
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$25M to $100M
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Directory of zoos in Chicago

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Lincoln Park Zoological Society

The Lincoln Park Zoological Society is created and organized, and shall be operated, exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes.
Revenue
$48.4m
Assets
$225.9m
Employees
511
EIN
36-2512404
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Zoological Society

The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature. They had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the natural world.
Revenue
$94.3m
Assets
$265.2m
Employees
743
EIN
36-2167016
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Shedd Aquarium

Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. The aquarium contains 32,000 animals and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with 5,000,000 US gallons of water.
Revenue
$93.0m
Assets
$703.9m
Employees
612
EIN
36-2167918
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cosley Foundation

Cosley Foundation raises funds to support Cosley Zoo's operation and offers free admission for children under 18 y/o in Wheaton, IL.
Revenue
$927.7k
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
0
EIN
36-3461739
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Shabbona Lee and Rollo Historical Museum

Shabbona Lee and Rollo Historical Museum is a zoos or acquarium in Shabbona, IL that was founded in 1996.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
36-3813258
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Zoo and Aquarium Video Archive

Zoo and Aquarium Video Archive is a zoos or acquarium in Chicago, IL that was founded in 2023.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
93-2725322
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.
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