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Chicago housing providers and shelters

There are 882 housing providers and shelters in the greater Chicago metro 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 housing providers and shelters employ 44,957 people, earn more than $1 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Types of housing providers and shelters in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Housing development and management nonprofits
 
421
 
$564,664,665
Homeless housing programs
 
155
 
$118,988,252
Retirement homes and senior housing programs
 
151
 
$210,044,521
Home improvement and support programs
 
143
 
$273,935,135
Public housing facilities
 
81
 
$93,054,787
Homeowner and tenant associations
 
51
 
$22,929,844
Housing rehabilitation nonprofits
 
35
 
$27,279,324
Organizations supporting multiple housing providers and shelters
 
14
 
$297,554
Housing provider and shelter alliances and advocates
 
12
 
$5,103,657
Organizations supporting a single housing provider or shelter
 
8
 
$16,756,558
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Job trends for Chicago housing providers and shelters

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
269
1-10
 
77
11-25
 
36
26-100
 
43
101 to 1,000
 
16
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of housing providers and shelters in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
206
$250k to $1M
 
134
$1M to $5M
 
135
$5M to $25M
 
37
$25M to $100M
 
6
$100M+
 
1
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Directory of housing providers and shelters in Chicago

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Community Investment Corporation

Community Investment Corporation, Chicago's Multifamily Rehab Lender, is a mortgage lender that provides financing to buy and rehab multifamily apartment buildings with five units or more in the six-county metropolitan Chicago area.
Revenue
$17.6m
Assets
$316.5m
Employees
55
EIN
36-2780862
IRS type
501(c)(3)

FMH Foundation

The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes including, but not limited to, operating hospitals, retirement homes and housing for low income and disabled elderly.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$31.5m
Employees
6
EIN
36-2129183
IRS type
501(c)(3)

European American Association

Our mission is to provide programs that will assist those in need while encouraging an independent vision, promoting neighborhood pride through renovation and community involvement and offering encouragement for all those in the community through a positi....
Revenue
$18.7m
Assets
$22.6m
Employees
696
EIN
36-3745071
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Park Plaza Retirement Center

Park Plaza Retirement Center is a retirement home or senior housing program in Chicago, IL whose mission is: To provide independent living for the elderly including food and shelter.
Revenue
$11.2m
Assets
$104.3m
Employees
3
EIN
36-2216170
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sarah's Circle

Sarah's Circle is a homeless housing program in Chicago, IL whose mission is: Sarahs Circle is a refuge for women who are homeless or in need of a safe space.
Revenue
$10.6m
Assets
$46.6m
Employees
71
EIN
36-3043662
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund

Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund is the largest City-funded rental assistance program in the nation and provides rental subsidies in 55 of Chicago's 77 community areas.
Revenue
$30.9m
Assets
$78.3m
Employees
26
EIN
36-3718992
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Full Circle Communities

Full Circle Communities is a developer and manager of safe, decent, and affordable housing. Seventy-five percent of the cash flow from each property is allocated to improvements and the supply of quality services to residents.
Revenue
$30.2m
Assets
$337.3m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4382850
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Geneva Foundation of Presbyterian Homes

Geneva Foundation of Presbyterian Homes serves as the philanthropic arm of Presbyterian Homes. They provide an extraordinary array of programs and services that respond to the pressing needs of residents and their campus locations.
Revenue
$13.9m
Assets
$157.4m
Employees
0
EIN
71-0945228
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation

Chicago-based private foundation providing project and general operating support which made 32 grants last year, including to Massachusetts Housing Investment CORP.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$112.8m
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-1526433
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Equity Fund

National Equity Fund supports affordable rental housing in disinvested communities by acquiring interests in project partnerships as an asset manager.
Revenue
$58.8m
Assets
$105.6m
Employees
253
EIN
36-3490231
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Breaking Ground

Breaking Ground empowers families to self-sufficiency through affordable home construction and social enterprise development in Chicago.
Revenue
$3.8m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
3
EIN
36-3860188
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County (AHC)

The Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County (AHC) is a nonprofit organization that strengthens communities and empowers residents to secure and retain safe, stable housing that they can afford.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$2.1m
Employees
5
EIN
36-3873457
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fellowship Housing Corporation

Fellowship Housing Corp provides affordable housing, financial training, scholarships & support services to at-risk single moms & their children.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
16
EIN
36-3774128
IRS type
501(c)(3)

La Casa Norte

La Casa Norte offers housing, services, and resources to Chicago's homeless population through their palante supportive housing and community programs.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$17.4m
Employees
117
EIN
36-4041525
IRS type
501(c)(3)

WINGS Program

The mission of WINGS Program is to provide housing, integrated services, education and advocacy to end domestic violence. WINGS Program will help create a society in which every domestic violence survivor has a voice and the resources.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$25.9m
Employees
158
EIN
36-3456061
IRS type
501(c)(3)

DuPage Pads

For more than 30 years, the mission of DuPage Pads has been to end homelessness in DuPage County, Illinois. They believe we have the solution, housing coupled with support services and employment.
Revenue
$8.5m
Assets
$15.8m
Employees
83
EIN
36-3675494
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Neighborhood Lending Services (NHS)

A nonprofit organization established in 1975, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago is committed to offering Chicagoland area residents affordable resources so they can Buy, Fix and Keep Their Homes.
Revenue
$2.8m
Assets
$24.1m
Employees
0
EIN
36-3471392
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Veterans Path to Hope

TLS Veterans provides veterans in need and their families the services necessary to experience hope and achieve success. TLS Veterans serves a four county area in northern Illinois (McHenry, Lake, Cook & Kane Counties) and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$3.7m
Employees
86
EIN
36-4104887
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kenmore Plaza Tenants Association

Kenmore Plaza Tenants Association provides affordable housing, administers and maintains a 324-unit apartment complex in Chicago for low-income elderly residents.
Revenue
$4.9m
Assets
$24.3m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4084071
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Gideon Court Resident Council

To provide affordable housing for the benefit of low to moderate income individuals through the operation of Gideon court apartments, a 150-unit HUD assisted project in DeKalb, Illinois.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4163743
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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