Chicago area nonprofits

There are 55,492 organizations 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 nonprofits employ 650,836 people, earn more than $118 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $333 billion.

Job trends for Chicago nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
5,729
1-10
2,844
11-25
1,160
26-100
1,127
101 to 1,000
717
1,000+
92
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of nonprofits in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
13,251
$250k to $1M
3,889
$1M to $5M
2,553
$5M to $25M
1,121
$25M to $100M
335
$100M+
162
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Types of nonprofits in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
9,107
$1,871,483,206
7,952
$22,380,505,440
6,731
$8,472,736,242
4,759
$5,589,835,218
3,933
$5,989,305,079
3,644
$2,325,821,071
3,187
$2,098,210,394
1,928
$1,456,630,076
1,559
$339,428,824
1,500
$16,211,176,284
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Directory of nonprofits in Chicago


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