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Largest charities in Illinois

200 of 925 covered charities based in Illinois, by contributions and grants on their latest IRS Form 990.

CharityContributionsRevenueProgramsFundraisingTop pay
Feeding America
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$4.85B$5.00B98.3%1.3%$1.2M
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$2.58B$5.62B84.1%1.2%$3.3M
The Chicago Community Trust
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$1.70B$2.14B97.8%0.4%$685K
Midwest Food Bank Nfp
Normal, IL · 2025
$578M$579M99.4%0.3%$418K
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · FY2025
$497M$4.06B91.6%1.6%$4.0M
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$445M$457M78.5%16.7%$1.2M
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Evanston, IL · FY2025
$407M$463M85.8%8.2%$852K
University of Illinois Foundation
Champaign, IL · FY2025
$342M$614M80.0%6.2%$1.2M
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews
Chicago, IL · 2024
$307M$318M74.9%14.6%$931K
National Opinion Research Center
Chicago, IL · 2024
$299M$397M67.1%0.0%$3.3M
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$230M$242M92.2%3.4%$490K
Noble Network of Charter Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$214M$230M88.3%0.2%$374K
Illinois Network of Child CARE Resource and Referral Agencies
Bloomington, IL · FY2025
$196M$196M98.9%0.0%$332K
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Geneva, IL · FY2025
$196M$189M95.4%2.0%$417K
The Barack Obama Foundation
Chicago, IL · 2024
$195M$210M55.9%25.8%$756K
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$187M$285M97.9%0.0%$669K
ONE Acre Fund
Highland Park, IL · 2025
$187M$352M91.7%4.5%$282K
Fermi Research Alliance Llc
Batavia, IL · FY2025
$169M$169M98.5%0.0%$2.1M
Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$165M$168M96.5%0.0%$353K
Metropolitan Family Services
Merrionette Park, IL · FY2025
$164M$180M90.0%1.2%$388K
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$161M$11.2B78.5%0.2%$11M
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$147M$175M88.2%2.7%$383K
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$127M$154M84.5%6.4%$669K
Chicago Charter School Foundation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$126M$134M79.9%0.1%$188K
Ronald McDonald House Global
Chicago, IL · 2025
$125M$135M86.8%6.1%—
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$121M$134M95.4%0.0%$1.9M
Acero Charter Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$119M$119M94.2%0.1%$350K
Lurie Childrens Medical Group
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$110M$434M99.0%0.0%$2.6M
Start Early
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$109M$115M81.7%2.6%$429K
Evans Scholars Foundation
Glenview, IL · 2025
$108M$118M71.9%16.0%$1.2M
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$104M$449M85.4%2.0%$865K
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Des Plaines, IL · FY2025
$101M$128M88.9%1.7%$428K
American Lung Association
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$98M$119M84.7%10.7%$889K
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$98M$1.06B89.8%1.7%$1.4M
The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources
Galesburg, IL · FY2025
$97M$104M98.1%1.2%$318K
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$96M$2.76B91.4%0.7%$4.8M
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$93M$102M79.8%1.0%$807K
National Council of YMCAs of the USA
Chicago, IL · 2024
$91M$198M90.9%1.6%$892K
One Hope United
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$83M$88M87.5%0.9%$401K
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$82M$86M84.3%2.4%$469K
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$81M$464M89.1%2.9%$1.2M
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$78M$78M99.9%0.0%$239K
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$73M$73M73.5%26.5%$2.6M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$73M$126M76.5%5.1%$991K
Depaul University
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$72M$967M88.2%1.9%$1.2M
Samaritan Ministries International
Peoria, IL · FY2025
$72M$73M64.7%0.0%$417K
Heartland Human CARE Services
Chicago, IL · FY2023
$69M$69M97.0%0.0%$457K
The Thresholds
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$68M$138M87.7%1.0%$563K
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$64M$65M56.7%0.0%$2.6M
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$62M$130M83.8%10.4%$398K
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$58M$1.73B86.2%0.0%$2.6M
Misericordia Home
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$58M$182M89.0%0.7%$288K
Aunt Martha's Health and Wellness
Olympia Fields, IL · FY2025
$57M$65M80.9%0.3%$792K
Lions Clubs International Foundation
Oak Brook, IL · FY2025
$57M$71M71.7%18.9%$345K
KIPP Chicago Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$56M$57M90.0%1.5%$287K
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$56M$56M97.7%0.9%$230K
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Chicago, IL · 2024
$55M$55M94.9%1.0%$258K
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Chicago, IL · 2025
$54M$64M70.9%23.9%$680K
ADA S McKinley Community Services
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$52M$70M88.5%1.1%$525K
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$51M$481M86.6%0.6%$2.6M
Institute of Gas Technology
Des Plaines, IL · 2024
$50M$124M53.2%0.0%$1.2M
Northern Illinois University Foundation
Dekalb, IL · FY2025
$50M$60M71.1%15.6%$362K
Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$50M$63M97.8%0.0%$335K
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL · FY2025
$49M$249M77.0%3.7%$596K
Elevate Energy
Chicago, IL · 2024
$49M$61M82.1%2.3%$299K
Christian Social Services of Illinois
Belleville, IL · FY2025
$49M$50M86.8%0.9%$349K
American Academy of Pediatrics
Itasca, IL · FY2025
$48M$138M83.9%2.3%$734K
After School Matters
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$48M$48M82.3%5.3%$443K
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$48M$78M92.4%0.2%$624K
Prairie State Conservation Coalition
Springfield, IL · 2024
$47M$47M48.9%13.1%$89,250
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$47M$81M79.1%6.7%$1.2M
Lifesong for Orphans
Gridley, IL · FY2025
$47M$52M93.4%5.4%$259K
Chicago Zoological Society
Brookfield, IL · FY2026
$45M$91M80.9%4.5%$904K
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$45M$47M83.9%6.4%$435K
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, IL · 2024
$45M$115M83.1%7.1%$874K
Big Shoulders Fund
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$43M$53M94.1%2.5%$638K
Global Charitable Fund
Chicago, IL · 2025
$42M$42M100.0%0.0%—
Youth Guidance
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$42M$44M81.6%2.9%$403K
Intrinsic Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$41M$42M90.3%0.4%$213K
Misericordia Foundation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$41M$59M93.5%5.0%$240K
The Resurrection Project
Chicago, IL · 2024
$41M$46M97.7%1.0%$283K
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL · FY2025
$41M$165M89.8%1.5%$736K
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$40M$41M82.5%2.2%$326K
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$40M$41M90.5%2.8%$297K
Easter Seals
Chicago, IL · 2025
$39M$48M68.7%20.1%$560K
Chicago Horticultural Society
Glencoe, IL · 2024
$39M$68M80.9%8.6%$539K
Council for Jewish Elderly
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$38M$63M82.0%1.5%$582K
Milestone
Loves Park, IL · FY2025
$38M$42M93.2%0.3%$207K
Ageoptions
Oak Park, IL · FY2025
$38M$39M91.8%0.0%$213K
Window to the World Communications
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$38M$50M66.9%19.5%$753K
Loaves & Fishes Community Services
Naperville, IL · FY2025
$38M$38M97.1%2.0%$277K
Perspectives Charter Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$37M$38M94.1%1.6%$259K
South Side Healthy Community Organization
Chicago, IL · 2024
$37M$38M90.2%0.0%$404K
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$37M$38M83.7%4.3%$320K
Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging
Lombard, IL · FY2025
$37M$37M89.1%0.0%$185K
Erie Family Health Center
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$36M$132M86.4%1.2%$634K
Interfaith America
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$35M$37M81.1%8.3%$593K
The Zakat Foundation of America
Bridgeview, IL · FY2025
$35M$35M93.3%3.4%$302K
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Springfield, IL · FY2025
$34M$34M99.8%0.0%$164K
New Life Centers of Chicagoland
Chicago, IL · 2024
$34M$34M94.0%1.7%$147K
Aurora University
Aurora, IL · FY2025
$34M$185M86.9%1.1%$578K
Illinois State University Foundation
Normal, IL · FY2025
$34M$43M90.2%2.7%$390K
MedGlobal
Chicago Ridge, IL · 2024
$34M$34M85.0%6.9%—
Cantigny Foundation
Wheaton, IL · 2024
$33M$100M76.5%0.0%$869K
Ravinia Festival Association
Highland Park, IL · FY2025
$33M$66M80.6%7.0%$743K
Opportunity International
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$33M$51M87.3%9.5%$654K
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet
Crest Hill, IL · FY2025
$33M$35M88.9%2.2%$217K
Chestnut Health Systems
Bloomington, IL · FY2025
$33M$81M94.8%0.0%$757K
Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
East Moline, IL · FY2025
$32M$34M95.3%0.8%$195K
Lawndale Christian Health Center
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$32M$98M87.6%0.0%$329K
Osf Healthcare System
Peoria, IL · FY2025
$32M$4.39B82.8%0.0%$3.2M
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
Fairview Heights, IL · FY2025
$32M$32M82.4%2.6%$369K
Agency for Community Transit
Pontoon Beach, IL · 2025
$31M$34M95.3%0.0%$231K
Touchette Regional Hospital
Cahokia Heights, IL · 2024
$31M$103M74.4%0.0%$536K
Loretto Hospital
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$31M$76M81.0%0.0%$517K
Catalyst Schools
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$31M$32M92.7%0.1%$246K
Paws Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2024
$31M$47M88.2%6.7%$293K
El Valor Corporation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$31M$31M88.9%1.1%$236K
Mather Foundation
Evanston, IL · 2024
$31M$67M70.3%0.0%$2.1M
Shedd Aquarium Society
Chicago, IL · 2024
$30M$102M76.7%6.1%$966K
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations
Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
$30M$2.29B75.0%0.3%$5.2M
Safer Foundation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$30M$33M80.9%2.3%$459K
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Evanston, IL · FY2025
$30M$59M89.4%4.1%$546K
Ronald McDonald House Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
Chicago, IL · 2025
$30M$31M70.0%14.6%$431K
Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$30M$62M74.1%2.3%$409K
Legal Aid Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2024
$30M$31M80.4%4.2%$260K
Wellness West
Chicago, IL · 2024
$29M$30M90.1%0.0%—
Chicago Public Media
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$29M$36M66.6%21.1%$943K
Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$29M$32M78.0%0.2%$300K
Greater Europe Mission
Wheaton, IL · FY2025
$29M$29M83.5%5.3%$274K
Advocate Charitable Foundation
Oak Brook, IL · 2024
$29M$40M65.4%32.8%$31M
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2024
$29M$80M77.0%3.4%$513K
Xilin Association
Lisle, IL · 2025
$28M$28M91.4%0.0%$93,923
Access Community Health Network
Chicago, IL · 2024
$28M$166M78.9%0.0%$939K
Alpha USA
Carol Stream, IL · 2024
$28M$29M80.1%4.9%$215K
Rabia Institute of Medical Sciences
South Barrington, IL · 2024
$27M$28M38.4%0.0%—
Bradley University
Peoria, IL · FY2025
$27M$241M93.7%1.5%$886K
Center for Technology and Civic Life
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$27M$29M81.0%0.2%$219K
Ucan
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$27M$75M75.3%2.2%$280K
Chicago House & Social Service Agency
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$26M$26M92.3%1.6%$245K
National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation
Willowbrook, IL · 2024
$26M$27M99.8%0.0%—
Lincoln Park Zoological Society
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$26M$51M87.0%7.3%$540K
Trilogy
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$25M$66M90.3%1.8%$277K
Erikson Institute
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$25M$33M71.5%4.1%$718K
Give N Kind
Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025
$25M$26M99.6%0.0%$80,752
Braven
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$25M$28M83.1%10.0%$421K
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$25M$3.57B92.1%0.0%$3.3M
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$25M$177M78.7%0.5%$1.5M
Catholic Health Foundation of Northern Illinois
Chicago, IL · FY2025 (5 mo.)
$25M$25M0.0%0.0%—
KLEO Community Family Life Center
Chicago, IL · 2025
$25M$25M88.9%0.1%$244K
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL · FY2025
$24M$178M85.9%0.8%$820K
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$24M$25M85.4%0.0%$2.2M
Center for Better Aging
Chicago, IL · 2024
$24M$25M80.6%0.0%$215K
Build
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$24M$24M70.6%3.8%$263K
North Lawndale Initiative Support
Chicago, IL · FY2024 (8 mo.)
$24M$24M100.0%0.0%$250K
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL · FY2025
$24M$237M84.4%1.1%$605K
Mooseheart Child City and School
Mooseheart, IL · FY2025
$24M$24M92.9%0.0%$338K
Onegoal
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$24M$29M74.6%9.7%$347K
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Carbondale, IL · FY2025
$24M$45M83.4%7.2%$705K
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL · 2024
$24M$66M84.4%5.1%$924K
St Bernard Hospital
Chicago, IL · 2025
$23M$155M94.3%0.1%$469K
The Dupage Community Foundation
Downers Grove, IL · FY2025
$23M$32M92.1%3.5%$241K
Prairie State Legal Services
Rockford, IL · 2025
$23M$24M80.8%4.1%$195K
Institute for Latino Progress
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$23M$23M85.5%1.0%$184K
Moose Charities
Mooseheart, IL · FY2025
$23M$23M93.8%5.6%$338K
Osf Healthcare Foundation
Peoria, IL · FY2025
$23M$39M73.4%21.3%$3.2M
Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$23M$24M86.4%1.8%$484K
Eastern Illinois Foodbank
Urbana, IL · FY2025
$23M$23M95.0%2.9%$145K
Southland College Prep Charter School
Richton Park, IL · FY2025
$22M$23M76.0%0.0%$251K
Alternative Schools Network
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$22M$22M91.5%0.1%$305K
Cefs Economic Opportunity Corporation
Effingham, IL · FY2025
$22M$23M94.6%0.0%$95,665
Center for Housing and Health
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$22M$43M96.4%0.0%$193K
Chicago Low Income Housing Trust Fund
Chicago, IL · 2024
$22M$26M97.9%0.2%$141K
Ui Labs
Chicago, IL · 2024
$22M$26M79.7%0.0%$386K
Friend Family Health Center
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$22M$65M73.7%0.0%$590K
The Chicago Community Loan Fund
Chicago, IL · 2025
$22M$33M87.1%1.5%$1.0M
Secure Community Network
Chicago, IL · 2024
$22M$27M81.0%2.9%$691K
Service Inc of Illinois
Joliet, IL · FY2025
$21M$22M94.4%0.0%$284K
Maryville Academy
Des Plaines, IL · FY2025
$21M$53M89.1%2.8%$227K
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Rosemont, IL · 2024
$21M$54M69.0%0.3%$1.0M
Hope International Development Agency
Chicago, IL · 2024
$21M$21M99.9%0.0%$70,152
The Commercial Club Foundation
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$21M$22M96.1%2.6%$1.1M
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation
Sauget, IL · 2024
$21M$91M79.6%0.0%$1.5M
Gigi's Playhouse Alliance
Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024
$21M$19M88.5%5.9%$201K
Association House of Chicago
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$21M$22M85.1%2.7%$259K
Nijc Nfp
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$21M$22M86.1%3.4%$136K
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL · FY2025
$21M$187M90.9%0.9%$510K
Action for Healthy Kids
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$21M$21M93.9%2.9%$310K
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$21M76.6%8.6%$263K
Friends of the Orphans
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$21M67.0%20.4%$241K
Christopher House
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$21M91.6%1.6%$198K
The Joffrey Ballet
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$40M84.9%7.6%$687K
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$146M87.9%2.4%$735K
Henry Booth House
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$20M$20M92.8%0.0%$237K
Children's Advocacy Centers of Illinois
Springfield, IL · FY2025
$20M$20M99.5%0.0%—
Centerstone of Illinois
West Frankfort, IL · FY2025
$20M$65M77.4%0.4%$347K
Embarras River Basin Agency
Greenup, IL · FY2025
$20M$20M97.2%0.0%$169K
The Lambs Farm
Libertyville, IL · FY2025
$20M$23M83.1%3.4%$235K
The Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL · 2024
$20M$58M82.5%6.8%$632K
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
Urbana, IL · 2024
$20M$498M88.1%0.0%$2.3M