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Chicago religious organizations

There are 9,209religious organizations and churches 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 religious organizationsemploy 8,414 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 Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Christian nonprofit organizations
4,677
$709,860,392
Catholic nonprofit organizations
303
$44,591,513
Jewish nonprofit organizations
238
$461,894,844
Islamic nonprofit organizations
191
$63,801,855
Religious media production and publishing organizations
141
$32,111,395
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations
90
$281,917,657
Buddhist nonprofit organizations
78
$9,877,214
Organizations supporting a single religious organization
76
$35,620,470
Religious professional societies
68
$7,272
Religious alliances and advocates
23
$1,477,306
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Job trends for Chicago religious organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
378
1-10
217
11-25
53
26-100
37
101 to 1,000
16
1,000+
1
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Sizes of religious organizations in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
690
$250k to $1M
230
$1M to $5M
110
$5M to $25M
27
$25M to $100M
7
$100M+
5
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Directory of religious organizations in Chicago

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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)

Greater Europe Mission

The mission of Greater Europe Mission (GEM) is to reach Europe by multiplying disciples and growing Christ's church in order to see God expand His Kingdom through all peoples of Europe to the world.
Revenue
$29.8m
Assets
$17.7m
Employees
266
EIN
36-2345199
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
99
EIN
36-3817743
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
0
EIN
26-3531888
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)

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
8
EIN
36-4126296
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
74
EIN
26-2193509
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
53
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)

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
$28.0m
Assets
$15.5m
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
79
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
62
EIN
84-4265889
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
32
EIN
36-2904503
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
84
EIN
52-0231554
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
65
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)

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
22
EIN
26-0276601
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF)

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago gives help and hope to the most vulnerable through a network of local agencies and programs, transforming the lives of 500,000 Chicagoans of all faiths who are in need at every stage of life.
Revenue
$204.7m
Assets
$969.2m
Employees
0
EIN
36-2167761
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRC)

To advocate, teach and promote the study and practice of orthodox Judaism, as well as supervise Kosher food production and produce educational publications.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$6.8m
Employees
29
EIN
36-2495289
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.
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