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Arts, culture and humanities nonprofits in Illinois: 4,360 registered with the IRS
4,360 arts, culture and humanities nonprofits are registered with the IRS in Illinois, 4,320 of them 501(c)(3) charities; the 1,538 that report revenue took in $1.96 billion. The most are in Chicago (1,527), Evanston (94), Naperville (75). The largest by revenue: The Barack Obama Foundation ($209.8 million), Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($125.9 million), Field Museum of Natural History ($114.8 million).
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The 500 largest by revenue
| Organization | City | Type | Since | Revenue | Assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $209.8 million | $1.11 billion | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1927 | $125.9 million | $647 million | 2025-06 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $114.8 million | $932.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1957 | $80.8 million | $285.4 million | 2025-06 |
| Navy Pier Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $77.1 million | $183 million | 2025-12 |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1938 | $66.4 million | $433 million | 2024-12 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park | 501(c)(3) | 1943 | $65.8 million | $306.6 million | 2025-09 |
| Window To the World Communications Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1958 | $50.4 million | $99.7 million | 2025-06 |
| The Joffrey Ballet | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $39.7 million | $64.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Radiant Life Ministries | Marion | 501(c)(3) | 1985 | $36.1 million | $103.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $35.6 million | $123.1 million | 2025-06 |
| National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $34.1 million | $49.8 million | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $32 million | $68 million | 2025-08 |
| Steppenwolf Theater Co | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $28 million | $119.1 million | 2025-08 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $25 million | $213.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1982 | $24 million | $18.4 million | 2025-08 |
| Adler Planetarium | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1968 | $22 million | $72.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $17.2 million | $56.8 million | 2025-06 |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | Skokie | 501(c)(3) | 1982 | $16.4 million | $93.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Old Town School of Folk Music Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1962 | $16 million | $27.6 million | 2025-12 |
| The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $15.8 million | $24.6 million | 2025-08 |
| Chicago Architecture Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $14.4 million | $26.6 million | 2025-12 |
| Merit School of Music | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $13.8 million | $46.9 million | 2025-08 |
| Northlight Theatre Inc | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $12 million | $31 million | 2025-08 |
| Chicago Historical Society | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1932 | $11.9 million | $126.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Music Institute of Chicago | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1957 | $10.3 million | $13.5 million | 2025-08 |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $10.1 million | $37.3 million | 2025-12 |
| United States Artists Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $9.6 million | $64.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Writers Theatre Inc | Glencoe | 501(c)(3) | 1993 | $9 million | $36.8 million | 2025-07 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $8.9 million | $57.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Friends of the Marthas Vineyard Concert Series | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $8.7 million | $1.4 million | 2023-12 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $8.4 million | $29.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Childrens Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1982 | $7.8 million | $14.8 million | 2025-06 |
| City Bureau NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $7.3 million | $7.7 million | 2025-12 |
| Kohl Childrens Museum of Greater Chicago Inc | Glenview | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $7.3 million | $20.4 million | 2025-06 |
| American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $6.8 million | $4.4 million | 2024-12 |
| The Heritage Management Organizaton Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $6.7 million | $11.2 million | 2025-12 |
| The Historymakers | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $6.7 million | $17.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Peoria Riverfront Museum | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $6.5 million | $13.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1933 | $6.5 million | $21.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $6.2 million | $9.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Uniting Voices | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $6.2 million | $13.5 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $6.2 million | $24.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Lithuanian Foundation | Lemont | 501(c)(3) | 1964 | $5.9 million | $59 million | 2024-12 |
| The Richard H Driehaus Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $5.9 million | $123.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois Humanities Council Incorporated | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1985 | $5.8 million | $6.3 million | 2025-10 |
| The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1963 | $5.7 million | $15.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Winnetka Community House | Winnetka | 501(c)(3) | 1941 | $5.7 million | $21.4 million | 2025-06 |
| Joliet Area Historical Museum | Joliet | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $5.5 million | $8 million | 2025-06 |
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $5.3 million | $29.9 million | 2025-06 |
| National Society of Genetic Counselors Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(6) | 2008 | $5.2 million | $5.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Black Ensemble Theater Corporation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $5.2 million | $24.5 million | 2024-12 |
| Full Spectrum Features NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $5.2 million | $2.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Emmett Till & Mamie Till Mobley Institute | Summit | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $5 million | $5.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outside Art | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $4.9 million | $11.1 million | 2025-12 |
| Mariners Museum Trust No 2 P03152009 | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1971 | $4.8 million | $47 million | 2025-08 |
| Dupage Childrens Museum | Naperville | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $4.8 million | $12.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Trust | Oak Park | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $4.6 million | $12.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $4.4 million | $897,886 | 2024-12 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1978 | $4.3 million | $11.6 million | 2025-08 |
| Tri-State Christian TV | Marion | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $4.3 million | $11.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $4.2 million | $20.6 million | 2025-02 |
| Peoples Music School Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $4.2 million | $5.1 million | 2025-08 |
| Jayne Wrightsman Irr Trust XXXXX7008 | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $4.2 million | $18.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Music of the Baroque Concert Series Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $4.1 million | $6 million | 2025-06 |
| Pearls of India Foundation | Burr Ridge | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $4 million | $4.3 million | 2025-04 |
| The Chicago Philharmonic Society | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $3.8 million | $1.2 million | 2025-06 |
| Latinos Progresando | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $3.8 million | $9.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Marwen Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $3.7 million | $20.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Ican Dream Center NFP | Tinley Park | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $3.6 million | $1.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 1970 | $3.6 million | $6.9 million | 2025-06 |
| The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $3.4 million | $9.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $3.4 million | $6 million | 2025-08 |
| Performing Arts at Metropolis | Arlington HTS | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $3.4 million | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Arts Club of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1937 | $3.4 million | $26.5 million | 2025-06 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1978 | $3.3 million | $11 million | 2025-12 |
| Phantom Regiment Inc | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1972 | $3.3 million | $1.8 million | 2025-09 |
| Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $3.3 million | $7.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Fresh Films | Rock Island | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $3.2 million | $1.9 million | 2025-12 |
| Mariners Museum Trust No 1 P03583005 | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1971 | $3.1 million | $30.9 million | 2025-08 |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | Lake Forest | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $3.1 million | $3.4 million | 2024-12 |
| The Cavaliers AP&E Inc | Rosemont | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $3 million | $552,017 | 2025-09 |
| Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $3 million | $6.5 million | 2025-06 |
| Shoreshim Inc | Highland Park | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $2.9 million | $8.6 million | 2025-09 |
| Noahs Arc Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $2.8 million | $754,280 | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1948 | $2.7 million | $4.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Sinfonietta Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $2.7 million | $2 million | 2025-06 |
| Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1984 | $2.7 million | $7.5 million | 2025-12 |
| The Christian Century | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1968 | $2.7 million | $21.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Illinois Railway Museum | Union | 501(c)(3) | 1957 | $2.7 million | $20.7 million | 2025-09 |
| Peoria Symphony Orchestra | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 1956 | $2.7 million | $5.3 million | 2025-05 |
| Little Theatre On the Square Inc | Sullivan | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $2.6 million | $1.1 million | 2025-10 |
| Floating Museum NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $2.5 million | $4.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Friends of the Chicago River | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $2.5 million | $2.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Childrens Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $2.5 million | $9.5 million | 2025-08 |
| Instituto Cervantes of Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $2.5 million | $4 million | 2025-12 |
| Midwest Clinic | Woodridge | 501(c)(3) | 1955 | $2.4 million | $2.1 million | 2025-12 |
| Project Exploration | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $2.4 million | $857,762 | 2025-08 |
| The Alliance Francaise French House of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1935 | $2.4 million | $6.5 million | 2025-08 |
| Paramount Arts Centre Inc | Aurora | 501(c)(3) | 1982 | $2.4 million | $39,336 | 2024-12 |
| Preservation of Egyptian Theatre Inc | Dekalb | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $2.3 million | $7.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Arts of Life | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $2.3 million | $927,139 | 2025-06 |
| True Star Foundation Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $2.3 million | $1.1 million | 2024-12 |
| The National Public Housing Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $2.3 million | $18.1 million | 2025-12 |
| Elgin Symphony Orchestra Assoc | Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $2.2 million | $286,109 | 2025-06 |
| Music Theater Works | Wilmette | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $2.2 million | $1.1 million | 2025-01 |
| Chicago Opera Theater | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $2.2 million | $1.3 million | 2025-08 |
| Raue Center for the Arts Inc | Crystal Lake | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $2.2 million | $2.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $2.2 million | $2.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Kuumba Lynx | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $2.1 million | $2.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1953 | $2.1 million | $10.2 million | 2025-06 |
| A Long Walk Home | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $2.1 million | $3.7 million | 2025-12 |
| American Writers Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $2.1 million | $4.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1969 | $2.1 million | $3 million | 2025-12 |
| Ragdale Foundation | Lake Forest | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $2.1 million | $9.5 million | 2025-12 |
| 3arts Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $2 million | $12.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Skyart NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $2 million | $4 million | 2025-06 |
| Quincy Childrens Museum | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $2 million | $3.9 million | 2025-12 |
| Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $2 million | $8 million | 2025-12 |
| Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $2 million | $833,802 | 2025-08 |
| Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $1.9 million | $1.4 million | 2026-03 |
| Reading in Motion | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $1.9 million | $992,106 | 2025-06 |
| Bandwith Music LTD | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $1.9 million | $5.5 million | 2025-07 |
| Society of Architectural Historians | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $1.9 million | $9.3 million | 2025-09 |
| Preservation Chicago NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $1.8 million | $2.6 million | 2024-12 |
| Korean Cultural Center of Chicago | Wheeling | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $1.8 million | $7.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Evanston Art Center and Market | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1949 | $1.8 million | $5.4 million | 2025-08 |
| Growing Community Media NFP | River Forest | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $1.8 million | $1.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Quad City Arts Inc | Rock Island | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $1.7 million | $992,482 | 2024-12 |
| Childrens Museum Foundation Corp | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $1.7 million | $4.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 1989 | $1.7 million | $14.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $1.7 million | $759,430 | 2025-06 |
| Beverly Art Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1967 | $1.7 million | $6.7 million | 2025-08 |
| Historic Pullman Foundation Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $1.7 million | $2.3 million | 2025-09 |
| Irish American Heritage Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $1.7 million | $1.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Glenview Stars Hockey Association 5 Glenview Ice Center | Glenview | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $1.7 million | $810,509 | 2025-06 |
| Cyt Chicago Inc | Cary | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $1.7 million | $2.4 million | 2025-08 |
| Competitive Policy Institute | Chicago | 501(c)(4) | 2025 | $1.7 million | $806,843 | 2025-12 |
| Midwest Young Artists | Highwood | 501(c)(3) | 1972 | $1.7 million | $11.5 million | 2026-05 |
| Hyde Park School of Dance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $1.6 million | $1.9 million | 2025-06 |
| The Rebuild Foundation NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $1.6 million | $18 million | 2024-12 |
| Monticello Railway Museum Inc | Monticello | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $1.6 million | $9.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Midway Village & Museum Center | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $1.6 million | $2.5 million | 2024-12 |
| Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $1.6 million | $862,487 | 2024-12 |
| Oikos Institute for Social Impact | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $1.6 million | $1.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois Symphony Orchestra Inc | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $1.6 million | $1.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Third Coast Percussion NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $1.6 million | $675,667 | 2025-06 |
| Mae Jane MC Guire Memorial Fund | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $1.6 million | $2.6 million | 2024-12 |
| National Hellenic Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $1.6 million | $15.4 million | 2024-12 |
| McLean County Historical Society | Bloomington | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $1.5 million | $17.1 million | 2025-03 |
| Urban Gateways | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1964 | $1.5 million | $1 million | 2024-08 |
| Cedille Chicago NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $1.5 million | $8.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Ballet Five Eight NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $1.5 million | $701,471 | 2025-05 |
| Illinois Music Educators Association | Palos Heights | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $1.5 million | $955,620 | 2025-03 |
| Forward Momentum Chicago NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $1.4 million | $1.4 million | 2025-06 |
| Hoogland Center for the Arts Inc | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $1.4 million | $7.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois Press Foundation Inc | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $1.4 million | $2.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County Illinois | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 1947 | $1.4 million | $3.5 million | 2025-05 |
| Evanston History Center | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $1.4 million | $9.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Indian American Muslim Council | Morton Grove | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $1.4 million | $1.2 million | 2025-09 |
| Definition Theatre Company | Skokie | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $1.4 million | $1.8 million | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Public Art Group | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $1.4 million | $741,489 | 2024-12 |
| Prison Journalism Project Incorporated | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $1.3 million | $783,256 | 2024-12 |
| Otv Open Television Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $1.3 million | $1.9 million | 2025-12 |
| Fund for Innovative T V | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $1.3 million | $1.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Snow City Arts Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $1.3 million | $1.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Borderless Magazine NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $1.3 million | $936,809 | 2025-12 |
| Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $1.3 million | $852,457 | 2025-06 |
| Tutoring Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1991 | $1.3 million | $954,264 | 2025-07 |
| Binational Institute of Human Development | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $1.3 million | $591,556 | 2024-12 |
| Harry and Della Burpee Museum Association | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $1.3 million | $10.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Special Projects Group | Northbrook | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $1.3 million | $1.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Peoria Riverfront Museum Foundation | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $1.2 million | $16.2 million | 2025-06 |
| American Indian Center Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $1.2 million | $1.8 million | 2025-06 |
| Sixty Inches From Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $1.2 million | $1.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Stories Matter Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $1.2 million | $767,910 | 2024-12 |
| Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra | Park Forest | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $1.2 million | $5.4 million | 2026-05 |
| Lawyers for the Creative Arts | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $1.2 million | $1.9 million | 2025-12 |
| The Art Center Highland Park | Highland Park | 501(c)(3) | 1964 | $1.2 million | $1.6 million | 2025-08 |
| Sisters in Cinema | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $1.2 million | $2.2 million | 2025-12 |
| National Flute Association Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $1.2 million | $2.6 million | 2024-12 |
| Theatre of Western Springs | Western Springs | 501(c)(3) | 1951 | $1.2 million | $2.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Suzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $1.1 million | $651,600 | 2025-12 |
| Cosley Foundation Inc | Wheaton | 501(c)(3) | 1986 | $1.1 million | $2.9 million | 2025-12 |
| Trinity Datta Yoga Center | Carpentersvle | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $1.1 million | $637,687 | 2025-12 |
| Deeply Rooted Productions Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $1.1 million | $3.7 million | 2025-08 |
| Northwest Community Music Academy | Crystal Lake | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $1.1 million | $396,252 | 2025-06 |
| Woodlawn Arts Academy | Sterling | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $1.1 million | $755,766 | 2025-12 |
| I Just Am Studio | Northbrook | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $1.1 million | $973,613 | 2025-12 |
| Freeport Arts Center | Freeport | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $1.1 million | $4.1 million | 2025-08 |
| Polish Museum of America | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1943 | $1.1 million | $2.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Town of Normal Childrens Discovery Museum Foundation | Normal | 501(c)(3) | 1993 | $1.1 million | $1.9 million | 2026-03 |
| Buchanan Center for the Arts | Monmouth | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $1.1 million | $2.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $1 million | $5.4 million | 2024-12 |
| The Haymarket Opera Company NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $1 million | $656,888 | 2025-12 |
| Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $1 million | $2.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | Elmhurst | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $1 million | $3.4 million | 2025-12 |
| The Childrens Museum in Oak Lawn | Oak Lawn | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $1 million | $3.4 million | 2025-06 |
| Naperville Heritage Society | Naperville | 501(c)(3) | 1970 | $1 million | $5.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Accessible Contemporary Music | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $1 million | $696,818 | 2024-12 |
| Iqra International Educational Foundation Inc | Skokie | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $1 million | $1.4 million | 2024-12 |
| South Chicago Dance Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $1 million | $339,370 | 2025-06 |
| League of Chicago Theatres Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $1 million | $1.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Northbrook Hockey League | Northbrook | 501(c)(3) | 1972 | $996,701 | $339,770 | 2025-05 |
| Facets Film Forum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $989,331 | $527,730 | 2024-12 |
| Glessner House Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $983,993 | $3.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Theater Wit NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $977,577 | $482,021 | 2024-12 |
| Association for Surgical Education Inc | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $973,443 | $1.9 million | 2025-06 |
| American Blues Theater | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $965,260 | $11.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Rialto Square Theatre Foundation | Joliet | 501(c)(3) | 1989 | $943,596 | $2.8 million | 2025-06 |
| Fine Line Creative Arts Center | St Charles | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $936,576 | $2.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Israelnow Education Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $936,495 | $213,006 | 2025-06 |
| Design Museum of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $935,620 | $282,823 | 2025-12 |
| Black Lunch Table FNP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $931,605 | $974,065 | 2024-12 |
| Ellwood House Association Inc | Dekalb | 501(c)(3) | 1969 | $926,988 | $4.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Shorefront | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $925,116 | $1 million | 2024-12 |
| Quincy Community Theatre | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 1956 | $920,808 | $1.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Irish Georgian Society Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $915,005 | $1.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Experimental Sound Studio | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $906,999 | $968,967 | 2025-12 |
| Trickster Art Gallery | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $902,971 | $342,498 | 2024-06 |
| Chicago Dancemakers Forum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $897,273 | $991,627 | 2025-12 |
| South Side Weekly NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $892,736 | $429,794 | 2025-06 |
| Teatro Vista Theatre With A View Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1993 | $891,215 | $1 million | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Film Archives NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $890,520 | $782,946 | 2025-12 |
| Musical Arts Institute | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $881,744 | $683,063 | 2024-12 |
| Society of Thoracic Radiology | East Dundee | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $875,848 | $2 million | 2024-12 |
| Stages Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $867,003 | $243,167 | 2025-05 |
| Legacy Theater Foundation Inc | Carthage | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $864,714 | $4.7 million | 2025-12 |
| Fwd-Doc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $861,131 | $868,000 | 2025-12 |
| Mudlark Theater Company | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $857,305 | $297,342 | 2025-12 |
| Salt Creek Ballet Company | Westmont | 501(c)(3) | 1986 | $850,786 | $124,633 | 2025-06 |
| Illinois Amish Information Exhibits | Arcola | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $837,834 | $741,533 | 2024-12 |
| Bible Truth Publishers Inc | Addison | 501(c)(3) | 1949 | $832,918 | $3.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Fair Lady Productions Inc | Naperville | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $827,472 | $3.2 million | 2026-06 |
| Kenosha Military Museum LTD | Zion | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $827,443 | $4.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Fulton Historical Society | Fulton | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $814,554 | $1.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1984 | $812,528 | $2 million | 2025-12 |
| A Red Orchid Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $802,626 | $744,680 | 2025-06 |
| Vokkaligara Parishat of America | Naperville | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $798,664 | $376,335 | 2025-07 |
| Galesburg Museums Inc | Galesburg | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $798,594 | $2.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Songs4soldiers NFP | Columbia | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $797,335 | $408,259 | 2025-12 |
| National A Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $797,189 | $1.5 million | 2024-12 |
| Go Chi Life | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $796,753 | $106,674 | 2024-12 |
| Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1967 | $791,421 | $5 million | 2023-12 |
| Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center Inc Home of the Bryant Ballet | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $790,510 | $133,749 | 2025-06 |
| Shattered Globe Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $789,751 | $313,969 | 2025-08 |
| Central Illinois Radio Fellowship Inc | Pekin | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $787,940 | $1.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $784,293 | $2.6 million | 2025-05 |
| Public Media Institute | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $784,000 | $1.6 million | 2024-12 |
| Kenilworth Historical Society | Kenilworth | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $780,743 | $3.5 million | 2025-12 |
| American Needlepoint Guild Inc | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $780,115 | $1.5 million | 2025-04 |
| Camerata Chicago | Wheaton | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $777,525 | $918,211 | 2025-12 |
| Fox Valley Music Foundation | Aurora | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $775,926 | $372,746 | 2024-12 |
| Intonation Music Workshop | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $772,945 | $683,460 | 2025-07 |
| Jazz Education Network | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $772,491 | $495,935 | 2024-06 |
| Good News Radio Inc | Fisher | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $768,104 | $1.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Childrens Museum of Oak Park Inc | Oak Park | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $765,916 | $1.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Children First Foundation | Belleville | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $758,997 | $1.9 million | 2024-12 |
| Pec Playhouse Theatre Inc | Pecatonica | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $756,210 | $1.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Chicago Cultural Alliance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $755,625 | $375,108 | 2025-12 |
| The Hegeler-Carus Foundation | Peru | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $752,735 | $2.9 million | 2025-12 |
| Afronomicslaw NFP | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $750,000 | $379,284 | 2024-12 |
| Remy Bumppo Theatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $747,552 | $155,095 | 2025-06 |
| Extensions Dance Co | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2006 | $739,282 | $64,351 | 2025-05 |
| Rockford Area Arts Council | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1969 | $735,702 | $423,266 | 2025-08 |
| American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $734,981 | $3.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Hall of Giants - the Entrepreneurs That Made America | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $734,535 | $483,245 | 2024-12 |
| Springfield Art Association of Edwards Place | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1947 | $734,426 | $1.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation Incorporated | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $734,131 | $8.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Natya Dance Theatre | Oak Brook | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $727,844 | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Citadel Theatre Company | Lake Forest | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $725,857 | $167,261 | 2025-08 |
| Latitude Inc NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $716,317 | $267,407 | 2026-01 |
| Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | Champaign | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $715,374 | $207,530 | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Filmmakers | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $711,468 | $2.5 million | 2025-12 |
| The Antiquarian Society | Kenilworth | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $710,259 | $5.8 million | 2025-07 |
| Evanston Roundtable Media | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $705,559 | $406,174 | 2024-12 |
| Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network | Highland Park | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $704,913 | $925,849 | 2025-12 |
| Carbondale Community Arts Incorporated | Carbondale | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $703,679 | $1.9 million | 2025-06 |
| American Institute of Dental Public Health | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $702,394 | $220,112 | 2024-12 |
| Childrens Museum of Illinois | Decatur | 501(c)(3) | 1989 | $698,428 | $3.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Young Chicago Authors | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2026 | $698,244 | $1.6 million | 2021-08 |
| Historic Dixon Theatre Group | Dixon | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $697,574 | $839,235 | 2024-12 |
| Heartland Performing Arts | Berwyn | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $695,526 | $205,383 | 2025-12 |
| Rohingya Culture Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $693,495 | $879,308 | 2024-12 |
| Leather Archives & Museum Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $691,787 | $1.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Threewalls | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $691,741 | $2.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $685,870 | $1 million | 2025-12 |
| Sounds Good Choir NFP | Downers Grove | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $685,122 | $1.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Special Gifts Theatre Inc | Northbrook | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $679,104 | $489,543 | 2025-06 |
| Illinois RT 66 Heritage Project | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $677,395 | $377,988 | 2025-06 |
| The Lansing Journal | Lansing | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $677,046 | $373,063 | 2025-12 |
| Collabor Action Theatre Company Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $672,136 | $1.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Nineteenth Century Charitable Association | Oak Park | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $670,154 | $1.5 million | 2025-04 |
| Frontier Days Inc | Arlington HTS | 501(c)(3) | 1984 | $669,828 | $432,138 | 2025-11 |
| Academy of Music of the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $668,920 | $1.6 million | 2025-12 |
| Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $668,471 | $548,953 | 2025-12 |
| Brihanmharashtra Mandal of North America Inc | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $666,879 | $1.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts | Oak Brook | 501(c)(3) | 1964 | $662,425 | $4.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Opera Festival of Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $662,385 | $45,480 | 2025-09 |
| Black Alphabet NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $651,994 | $13,884 | 2025-12 |
| Trinity Booster Club | Elmhurst | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $649,669 | $795,636 | 2023-08 |
| Chicago Summer Opera Incorporated | Wilmette | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $647,529 | $13,428 | 2025-07 |
| Barn Raising Media | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $642,019 | $284,001 | 2026-03 |
| Great Commission Broadcasting Corporation | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $635,538 | $911,174 | 2024-12 |
| Oil Painters of America | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $635,388 | $400,268 | 2024-12 |
| Croatian Cultural Center of Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $631,040 | $674,490 | 2024-01 |
| Hyde Park Jazz Festival | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $630,827 | $521,057 | 2025-12 |
| The Chicago Mosaic School | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $626,374 | $2.7 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois State Museum Society Museum Building | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1958 | $626,273 | $3.4 million | 2025-06 |
| Hamilton Wings | Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $623,633 | $454,848 | 2025-06 |
| Overshadowed Theatrical Productions Inc | Itasca | 501(c)(3) | 2006 | $622,233 | $785,049 | 2025-12 |
| Greenhouse Theater Center NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $622,118 | $392,382 | 2024-12 |
| Newberry Consort NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $615,707 | $799,711 | 2025-06 |
| National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1986 | $615,628 | $2.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Black Girls Dance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $612,078 | $386,999 | 2025-12 |
| Chicago A Cappella | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $611,529 | $1.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Classical Music Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $606,878 | $3 million | 2025-06 |
| Elastic Arts Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $600,713 | $842,518 | 2025-08 |
| Chicago Industrial Arts and Design Center NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $593,200 | $346,281 | 2024-12 |
| Oil Lamp Theater NFP | Glenview | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $592,898 | $26,110 | 2024-12 |
| Lithuanian Scouts Association | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1967 | $592,367 | $1.8 million | 2024-12 |
| Kyrgyz Community Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $592,162 | $659,747 | 2024-12 |
| Morgan Park and Beverly Handicapped | Oak Brook | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $586,671 | $533,291 | 2025-12 |
| Serendipity Theatre Co | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $583,364 | $372,014 | 2025-07 |
| Enrich Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $582,780 | $495,727 | 2025-06 |
| South Asia Institute | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $579,251 | $7.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $578,673 | $395,061 | 2025-07 |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish School NFP | Romeoville | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $573,743 | $461,594 | 2025-12 |
| 626 Landmark Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $570,605 | $982,207 | 2025-03 |
| Chicago City Theatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $570,137 | $341,494 | 2025-06 |
| Olympia Fields Country Club Historic Landmark Preservation Fou | Olympia FLDS | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $566,887 | $88,269 | 2025-03 |
| Vermilion Heritage Foundation | Danville | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $561,241 | $4.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Asian Improv Arts Midwest | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $558,288 | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| McHenry County Historical Society | Union | 501(c)(3) | 1965 | $556,383 | $8.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Musical Offering | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $551,434 | $235,423 | 2025-12 |
| Green Star Movement NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2006 | $548,452 | $336,574 | 2024-12 |
| Route 66 the Road Ahead Initiative NFP | Atlanta | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $547,602 | $356,316 | 2025-12 |
| Ballet Quad Cities | Rock Island | 501(c)(3) | 1991 | $547,228 | $1.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Steep Theatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $546,855 | $2.5 million | 2025-08 |
| McLean County Art Association | Bloomington | 501(c)(3) | 1948 | $545,132 | $2.6 million | 2025-08 |
| Motherland Rhythm Community | Grayslake | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $539,303 | $145,560 | 2025-12 |
| Music Connections Foundation Inc | Bloomington | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $536,537 | $29,397 | 2025-12 |
| Wilmette Theatre Education Project NFP | Wilmette | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $533,786 | $1.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Music Academy NFP | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $532,610 | $204,701 | 2026-06 |
| Between Beats Inc | Dixon | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $532,054 | $227,803 | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $531,514 | $650,331 | 2025-06 |
| Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center | Urbana | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $530,362 | $1.2 million | 2024-12 |
| United German American Societies of Greater Chicago Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $529,757 | $2.1 million | 2025-12 |
| Prairie Center Arts Foundation | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $528,175 | $705,849 | 2024-04 |
| Water People Theater Group NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $524,045 | $172,692 | 2025-12 |
| Rockford Art Museum | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1955 | $523,961 | $10.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living | Jacksonville | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $521,808 | $278,312 | 2025-06 |
| Cicero Independiente NFP | Cicero | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $520,080 | $1.4 million | 2024-12 |
| Edwardsville Childrens Museum Inc | Edwardsville | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $516,172 | $902,766 | 2025-06 |
| Tobacco Road Incorporated | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1993 | $513,414 | $6.2 million | 2023-06 |
| Chicago International Social Change Film Festival | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $508,745 | $154,354 | 2024-12 |
| Visceral Dance Chicago NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $505,607 | $586,389 | 2025-06 |
| Pumping Station One NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $503,804 | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Campton Historic Agricultural Lands | Lafox | 501(c)(3) | 1978 | $503,698 | $5.6 million | 2025-12 |
| Lombard Historical Society Inc | Lombard | 501(c)(3) | 1971 | $502,459 | $0 | 2024-12 |
| 18TH Street Casa de Cultura NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $498,198 | $595,592 | 2024-12 |
| About Face Theatre Collective | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $495,962 | $456,049 | 2025-08 |
| Korean Perfoming Arts Institute of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $495,175 | $166,061 | 2025-12 |
| Lifeline Productions Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1984 | $493,881 | $309,778 | 2025-06 |
| D-Composed Gives | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $493,130 | $436,535 | 2025-06 |
| Journal of Consumer Research | Deerfield | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $492,011 | $2.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Theo Ubique Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $489,598 | $366,234 | 2024-12 |
| Quincy Art Center | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 1951 | $484,086 | $2.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $475,519 | $249,374 | 2025-12 |
| Upbeat Music and Arts Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $474,655 | $412,115 | 2025-06 |
| Galena Center for the Arts Inc | Galena | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $473,003 | $2.3 million | 2025-05 |
| Chicago Tamil Sangam | Vernon Hills | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $472,823 | $158,913 | 2024-12 |
| Victory Garden Theater | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $469,966 | $7.2 million | 2025-06 |
| Corn Stock Theatre | West Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 1959 | $469,223 | $1.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Corp | Glen Ellyn | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $467,764 | $626,940 | 2025-06 |
| Hub-Arts and Cultural Center | Rushville | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $467,641 | $456,698 | 2025-12 |
| Parker Players Theater Company | Barrington | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $465,881 | $704,198 | 2024-12 |
| Nitsch Theatre Arts NFP | East Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $463,222 | $938,417 | 2025-12 |
| Stonewall Sports Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $462,244 | $239,345 | 2025-12 |
| Center for American Archeology | Kampsville | 501(c)(3) | 1957 | $461,826 | $522,308 | 2024-12 |
| Constellation Performing Arts | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $461,507 | $66,446 | 2024-12 |
| Students Publishing Company Inc Northwestern University | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1949 | $457,504 | $57,364 | 2025-08 |
| Eighth Blackbird Performing Arts Association | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $455,906 | $225,965 | 2025-06 |
| American Friends of Versailles | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $453,562 | $797,293 | 2024-12 |
| Batavia Artists Association | Batavia | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $448,801 | $284,792 | 2025-06 |
| Kankakee County Historical Society | Kankakee | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $448,474 | $2 million | 2025-10 |
| Quad Cities Community Broadcasting Group Inc | Rock Island | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $447,933 | $565,587 | 2024-12 |
| Chicago Tap Theatre NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $444,848 | $143,063 | 2025-08 |
| Brightside Theatre Inc | Naperville | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $444,100 | $314,029 | 2025-08 |
| Alt Space Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $443,814 | $786,242 | 2025-12 |
| Urban Warrior Youth Community | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $442,356 | $76,396 | 2025-05 |
| Open Center for the Arts | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $441,473 | $9,030 | 2025-09 |
| Behold the Lamb Ministries Inc | Herrin | 501(c)(3) | 1990 | $440,674 | $770,479 | 2025-12 |
| Walls Turned Sideways NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $439,914 | $301,323 | 2025-06 |
| Marquee Youth Stage | Saint Charles | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $439,452 | $364,494 | 2024-12 |
| Open Studio Project Inc | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $438,996 | $95,520 | 2025-06 |
| Vermilion County Museum Society | Danville | 501(c)(3) | 1965 | $438,385 | $5.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Art Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $437,349 | $237,892 | 2024-12 |
| Chicago National Association of Dance Masters | Rockford | 501(c)(3) | 1992 | $436,227 | $577,147 | 2025-12 |
| Clayspace NFP | Lisle | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $433,227 | $849,088 | 2024-12 |
| Insect Asylum Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $430,119 | $71,870 | 2024-12 |
| Links Hall Incorporated | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1982 | $429,725 | $76,724 | 2025-06 |
| Guarneri Hall NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $429,164 | $661,188 | 2025-05 |
| Uzbek American Association of Chicago | Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $429,160 | $1.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Kindred Civic Arts Forum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $428,946 | $131,188 | 2025-06 |
| Murphysboro Apple Festival Inc | Murphysboro | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $425,956 | $628,399 | 2025-04 |
| Springfield Municipal Opera Association | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1952 | $423,389 | $1.9 million | 2025-10 |
| Praize Productions Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2013 | $419,296 | $350,023 | 2024-12 |
| Elmhurst Symphony Association Inc | Elmhurst | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $417,071 | $755,560 | 2025-06 |
| Heartland Festival Orchestra | Peoria | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $412,596 | $252,442 | 2025-07 |
| Fame Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $412,508 | $194,446 | 2024-12 |
| Side Street Studio Arts NFP | Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $411,538 | $306,834 | 2025-12 |
| Able - Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $410,549 | $412,056 | 2025-06 |
| Chicago West Community Music Center | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $408,531 | $1.3 million | 2025-12 |
| Quincy Society of Fine Arts | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 1951 | $407,995 | $1.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Magical Strings of Youth NFP | Arlington Heights | 501(c)(3) | 2006 | $407,903 | $498,426 | 2025-12 |
| Haitian American Museum of Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $407,461 | $960,094 | 2025-12 |
| Homewood Science Center | Homewood | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $407,006 | $574,568 | 2025-12 |
| Friends of the Lincoln Square Theater | Decatur | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $406,488 | $373,274 | 2023-12 |
| American Music Festivals | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $405,750 | $380,723 | 2025-12 |
| Link Art Gallery | Paris | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $403,642 | $706,444 | 2025-08 |
| I and I Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Club | Penfield | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $402,698 | $2.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Chinatown Museum Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $402,431 | $4.6 million | 2024-12 |
| Lukaba Productions | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2003 | $402,338 | $1.2 million | 2024-12 |
| Lithuanian Maironis Community School of Lemont | Lemont | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $402,199 | $1.2 million | 2025-08 |
| Honey Pot Performance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $401,542 | $351,207 | 2025-12 |
| National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution | Saint Charles | 501(c)(3) | 1938 | $399,826 | $1.2 million | 2025-12 |
| Territory NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $399,423 | $397,242 | 2025-06 |
| Chicago Art Department | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2007 | $394,773 | $512,884 | 2024-12 |
| Wheels O Time Museum | Dunlap | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $390,528 | $2.1 million | 2025-12 |
| Knowledge Tree Inc | Bartlett | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $384,256 | $142,646 | 2025-12 |
| Bishop Hill Heritage Association | Bishop Hill | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $383,181 | $1.8 million | 2025-12 |
| Artemple Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $378,164 | $317,869 | 2024-12 |
| Project Danztheatre Company | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $377,104 | $122,586 | 2025-06 |
| Heritage Educational Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $374,439 | $358,069 | 2025-06 |
| Elmhurst Heritage Foundation | Elmhurst | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $374,418 | $2 million | 2024-12 |
| Illinois Theatre Association | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $373,829 | $200,184 | 2025-08 |
| Urban Theater Chicago NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $372,928 | $401,854 | 2024-12 |
| Quad-City Music Guild | Moline | 501(c)(3) | 1950 | $370,973 | $2.4 million | 2025-12 |
| Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $368,173 | $1.1 million | 2025-12 |
| CPS Lives NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $367,714 | $123,578 | 2025-06 |
| Schaaf Truck and Tractor Museum | Frankfort | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $365,642 | $1.8 million | 2018-12 |
| Korean Christian Broadcasting System | Morton Grove | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $365,089 | $448,221 | 2025-12 |
| Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble Inc | Barrington | 501(c)(3) | 1995 | $362,551 | $94,600 | 2024-12 |
| Luma8 | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $362,280 | $46,075 | 2024-12 |
| Western Illinois Museum | Macomb | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $357,144 | $153,770 | 2025-12 |
| Hedwig Dances Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1985 | $357,026 | $84,075 | 2025-08 |
| South Side Suzuki Cooperative | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $355,666 | $28,517 | 2024-12 |
| Arcola Foundation | Arcola | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $355,143 | $6.7 million | 2025-06 |
| Champaign Urbana Ballet | Champaign | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $354,969 | $194,130 | 2025-06 |
| Casa Italia Inc | Stone Park | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $353,275 | $781,317 | 2024-12 |
| Mezcla Media Collective LTD | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $350,404 | $247,505 | 2025-07 |
| Ballet Folklorico de Chicago | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $348,481 | $279,078 | 2025-12 |
| Carol Shields Prize for Fiction of America | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $348,111 | $25,763 | 2026-06 |
| Danville Symphony Orchestra Inc | Danville | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $348,051 | $20,382 | 2025-06 |
| Art On the Square Foundation Inc | Belleville | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $346,524 | $525,195 | 2025-12 |
| Center for Native Futures | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2021 | $345,643 | $909,708 | 2025-12 |
| Filament Theatre Ensemble NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $345,048 | $89,985 | 2024-12 |
| Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $344,653 | $401,145 | 2024-12 |
| Redtwist Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $342,425 | $12,653 | 2024-12 |
| Alton Little Theater Inc | Alton | 501(c)(3) | 1950 | $342,258 | $255,732 | 2025-05 |
| Arlington Heights Historical Society | Arlington HTS | 501(c)(3) | 1966 | $340,562 | $401,589 | 2026-04 |
| Schaumburg On Stage | Schaumburg | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $340,364 | $333,715 | 2025-12 |
| Elgin Master Chorale Inc | Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 1975 | $338,885 | $253,558 | 2024-06 |
| Classical Kids Music Education NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2009 | $338,843 | $190,380 | 2025-06 |
| Illinois Rock & Roll Museum On Route 66 NFP | Joliet | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $337,051 | $601,962 | 2025-12 |
| Copper Coin Ballet Company | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $336,211 | $312,271 | 2025-12 |
| Chicago Latino Theater Alliance | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $335,630 | $688,353 | 2025-06 |
| The Quincy Museum Inc | Quincy | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $335,319 | $599,786 | 2026-05 |
| Springfield Area Arts Council | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $335,131 | $72,701 | 2025-09 |
| Aurora Historical Society | Aurora | 501(c)(3) | 1945 | $330,531 | $1.1 million | 2024-12 |
| Varsity Center for the Arts Inc | Carbondale | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $330,098 | $544,773 | 2024-12 |
| 40 North-88 West Inc | Champaign | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $329,793 | $190,866 | 2025-06 |
| Palette Masque and Lyre | Antioch | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $329,616 | $580,880 | 2025-08 |
| Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1963 | $327,295 | $444,117 | 2025-06 |
| Friends of Hauberg Civic Center | Rock Island | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $327,233 | $38,920 | 2025-12 |
| American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association Inc | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $326,403 | $187,204 | 2025-09 |
| Dellora A Norris Cultural Arts Center LTD | St Charles | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $325,702 | $153,810 | 2025-06 |
| Creative Arts Inc | Crystal Lake | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $322,271 | $135,311 | 2025-12 |
| Chicago Independent Radio Project | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $322,017 | $398,520 | 2025-12 |
| Reparations Media NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $321,954 | $269,795 | 2025-12 |
| McCord House NFP | Palos Park | 501(c)(3) | 2005 | $320,881 | $1.3 million | 2025-04 |
| Dal Niente New Music NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $320,020 | $81,688 | 2025-06 |
| Leap of Faith Arts Ministries | Plainfield | 501(c)(3) | 2012 | $319,888 | $83,173 | 2025-12 |
| Oh Art Foundation | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $319,439 | $816,666 | 2025-12 |
| Sones de Mexico Ensemble | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $317,581 | $573,187 | 2025-12 |
| Kokandy Productions | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $317,321 | $175,057 | 2024-12 |
| Mongolian Heritage Center | Prospect Heights | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $314,633 | $453,582 | 2025-12 |
| Playmakers Laboratory Theatre | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $311,736 | $111,137 | 2025-08 |
| St Louis Building Arts Foundation | Sauget | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $310,784 | $1 million | 2025-12 |
| Legacy Theatre Inc NFP | Springfield | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $308,982 | $425,191 | 2024-12 |
| Muddy Waters Mojo Museum | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $308,222 | $1.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Piven Theatre Workshop | Evanston | 501(c)(3) | 1980 | $308,032 | $112,410 | 2025-08 |
| Galesburg Symphony Society | Galesburg | 501(c)(3) | 1962 | $307,686 | $1.9 million | 2024-06 |
| Paderewski Symphony Orchestra | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $306,596 | $278,831 | 2025-06 |
| Fox River Trolley Association Inc | South Elgin | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $305,465 | $566,975 | 2024-12 |
| Bandwith Support Corporation NFP | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $305,001 | $14.5 million | 2025-07 |
| Garfield Heritage Society Inc | Lafox | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $304,605 | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| American Comparative Literature Association | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2006 | $304,227 | $632,088 | 2025-12 |
| Traffic Jam Inc | Chicago | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $303,750 | $76,686 | 2025-08 |
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