Illinois religious organizations

Name: Top 20 Religious organizations in Illinois
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There are 12,474religious organizations and churches in Illinois. Combined, these Illinoisanreligious organizationsemploy 8,667 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	5,743	4,269	$763,535,357	$2,167,419,729
Catholic nonprofit organizations	338	306	$85,496,832	$398,491,803
Jewish nonprofit organizations	251	2,823	$462,152,666	$1,390,446,342
Religious media production and publishing organizations	220	346	$68,034,692	$257,800,192
Islamic nonprofit organizations	204	688	$64,235,366	$165,865,534
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations	123	7	$285,792,288	$4,567,844,556
Religious professional societies	103	3	$3,602,668	$3,094,425
Organizations supporting a single religious organization	97	21	$39,507,128	$315,936,339
Buddhist nonprofit organizations	89	40	$8,299,434	$53,044,774
Religious alliances and advocates	34	15	$2,528,861	$1,755,401

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Religious organizations by major Illinois cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Chicago	8,295	7,584	$1,841,606,752	$8,492,653,771
St. Louis, MO	758	207	$51,529,303	$219,629,663
Peoria	435	266	$22,517,181	$50,323,145
Rockford	292	9	$2,829,123	$4,852,636
Davenport, IA	220	112	$2,410,412	$11,345,234
Springfield, IL	213	58	$8,523,552	$22,523,277
Champaign	204	46	$3,850,369	$16,315,097
Carbondale	192	257	$53,348,474	$347,551,383
Bloomington, IL	177	16	$3,953,922	$15,648,555
Decatur, IL	139	2	$703,076	$1,771,402

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Job trends for Illinois religious organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	446
1-10	269
11-25	65
26-100	38
101 to 1,000	16
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, Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation, Resourcing Christian Education International (RCE), and Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN).

Sizes of religious organizations in Illinois

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	881
$250k to $1M	282
$1M to $5M	119
$5M to $25M	34
$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), 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 10.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Illinois religious organizations with more than $100 million account for 45.8% of nonprofit earnings.

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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)

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

$12.2m

Assets

$20.7m

Employees

EIN

36-4126296

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)

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)

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

$43.2m

Assets

$144.4m

Employees

384

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

$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

$6.5m

Assets

$3.4m

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

$23.7m

Assets

$16.2m

Employees

193

EIN

36-2428692

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)

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

$5.2m

Assets

$1.9m

Employees

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)

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)

Interfaith America

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

Revenue

$14.4m

Assets

$26.8m

Employees

EIN

30-0212534

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

$42.5m

Assets

$34.6m

Employees

1,668

EIN

36-2167758

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Word on Fire

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

Revenue

$13.9m

Assets

$28.2m

Employees

EIN

26-1448551

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Multiplication Network (MNM)

The mission of Multiplication Network Ministries is to equip leaders with the tools to strengthen and multiply healthy churches. The vision of Multiplication Network Ministries is to see a healthy church representing the Kingdom of God in every community.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$4.2m

Employees

EIN

26-0276601

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

$118.5m

Assets

$219.5m

Employees

564

EIN

36-2167034

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

$28.3m

Assets

$24.0m

Employees

129

EIN

36-3529801

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

Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation (UCEF)

RefugeeOne

Muslim Community Center (MCC)

Islamic Oasis

Logos Missions

Tyndale House Publishers and Tyndale House Foundation

Crossway

5 Stones Group NFP

Awana Clubs International and Affiliates

Alpha USA

Agudah Camps

Christian Today

Barnabas Foundation

Interfaith America

JCC Chicago

Word on Fire

Multiplication Network (MNM)

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Agudath Israel of Illinois

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