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Illinois civil rights organizations

There are 245 civil rights organizations in Illinois. Combined, these Illinoisan civil rights organizations employ 835 people, earn more than $113 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $173 million.
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Types of civil rights organizations in Illinois

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Civil rights organizations
 
245
 
$112,938,370
LGBT rights organizations
 
73
 
$7,844,190
Women's rights advocacy organizations
 
35
 
$8,925,939
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Civil rights organizations by major Illinois cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Chicago
 
178
 
$101,042,380
St. Louis, MO
 
16
 
$2,249,534
Springfield, IL
 
9
 
$4,951,258
Peoria
 
7
 
$1,196,312
Davenport, IA
 
4
 
$222,211
Carbondale
 
4
 
$264,478
Rockford
 
3
 
$201,854
Decatur, IL
 
3
 
$685,486
Champaign
 
2
 
$0
Bloomington, IL
 
2
 
$0
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Job trends for Illinois civil rights organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
25
1-10
 
29
11-25
 
16
26-100
 
8
101 to 1,000
 
1
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of civil rights organizations in Illinois

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
45
$250k to $1M
 
27
$1M to $5M
 
24
$5M to $25M
 
6
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of civil rights organizations in Illinois

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1-20 of 245

Center for Economic Research and Social Change

The Center for Economic Research and Social Change is dedicated to a better understanding of today's world, and helping to put forward a vision of a better future.
Revenue
$9.7m
Assets
$16.7m
Employees
32
EIN
36-4400754
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Equip for Equality (EFE)

Equip for Equality is a private, not-for-profit legal advocacy organization and is the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System designated to safeguard the rights of people with physical and mental disabilities.
Revenue
$9.4m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
76
EIN
36-3361312
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights protects and advances The Rights and best interests of Immigrant children according to The convention on The Rights of The child and state and federal law.
Revenue
$13.4m
Assets
$13.3m
Employees
121
EIN
26-1839249
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates

Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates empowers volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children, ensuring their safety and promoting permanent, loving homes.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$804.4k
Employees
10
EIN
36-3906070
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum empowers AAPI women through grassroots organizing, impact litigation, and non-partisan voter engagement.
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$20.9m
Employees
53
EIN
36-4799986
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Korean American Service and Education Consortium

National organization empowering Korean and Asian Americans through civic participation, education access, youth development, and leadership.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$6.8m
Employees
64
EIN
11-3303986
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County

Casa of Cook County's vision is to protect abused and neglected children by providing them a voice in Court, a safe and permanent home, and an opportunity to grow, learn and thrive. To advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$329.0k
Employees
22
EIN
36-4461307
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)

To build a global community free from sexual exploitation. We know that all forms of sexual exploitation, including sexual assault and the commercial sex trade, are detrimental to a healthy society and undermine the dignity of all people.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
29
EIN
26-0220074
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute

ACRE Institute partners with organizations and provides programs to reduce inequality, promote justice, and hold conferences on related topics.
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$3.5m
Employees
33
EIN
82-1199695
IRS type
501(c)(3)

CASA Kane County

CASA Kane County is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the Juvenile Court system.
Revenue
$2.9m
Assets
$5.7m
Employees
31
EIN
36-3653491
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago

To empower the Asian American community through advocacy, by utilizing education, research, and coalition-building. Advancing Justice-Chicago projects a united voice on the most pressing issues of concern to Asian Americans in metropolitan Chicago.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$5.5m
Employees
14
EIN
36-3844385
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Casa of Dupage County

Casa recruits, trains and supports volunteer advocates for abused children in Dupage County's juvenile court system.
Revenue
$982.4k
Assets
$1.5m
Employees
9
EIN
36-3875807
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago United for Equity

Chicago United for Equity connects racial justice advocates, demonstrates equitable policies/models and develops accountability models to build an inclusive city.
Revenue
$870.4k
Assets
$1.4m
Employees
5
EIN
37-1916156
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Woodstock Institute

Advocacy group promoting equitable lending & investment, with research and policy initiatives to create wealth and economic security for low-wealth communities.
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
10
EIN
36-2907408
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Community and Workers Rightsnfp

Worker-led NFP in Chicago educating and empowering workers regardless of immigration status to resist labor rights abuses.
Revenue
$828.7k
Assets
$669.3k
Employees
6
EIN
80-0442573
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Justice for All

Justice for All is a nonprofit that advocates for oppressed minorities peace and antiwar. Its programs include helping opressed minorities and public awareness. Justice for All is located in Chicago, IL.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$2.9m
Employees
7
EIN
36-4293503
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The GenderCool Project

GenderCool connects people with positive experiences meeting thriving transgender and non-binary youth, breaking through to millions with its youth-led movement.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$650.2k
Employees
12
EIN
82-1770892
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Death Penalty Information Center

Death Penalty Information Center is a private foundation located in Niles, IL that provides information to the public to further education about and increase public debate on the merits of capital punishment.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$693.1k
Employees
4
EIN
36-4056815
IRS type
501(c)(3)

BYP100 Education Fund

BYP100 Education Fund develops transformative leaders, advocates, and organizers through a Black Queer Feminist lens in Chicago.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$16.2m
Employees
15
EIN
81-0975889
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Invisible Institute

Invisible Institute enhances public accountability through investigative journalism, police data transparency, and youth engagement on race and policing in Chicago.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
20
EIN
47-3551981
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 "R20: Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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