Non-Profit Directory
Below is a list of non-profit organizations in and around Chicago who would love to tell you how you can support them as a volunteer, donor, patron or even a board member. This is not an exclusive list - these groups have contacted Chicago Non-Profit and have classified themselves under one or more of the categories listed below.
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Animal Awareness/Shelters
- Anderson Animal Shelter
- Animal Care League
- Anti-Cruelty Society
- Chicago Animal Care and Control
- Chicago Canine Rescue
- Harmony House for Cats
- Mercy for Animals
- PAWS Chicago
- Red Door Animal Shelter
- SSHS Spay/Neuter Clinic
Arts Awareness
- Acts of Kindness Cabaret
- Afghanistan Women's Clinic
- Appetite Theatre Company
- Architects Research Foundation
- Architreasures
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Arts & Business Council of Chicago
- Arts of Life
- B'nai B'rith International
- Bira Educational Associates for Development (BEAD)
- buildOn
- Changing Worlds
- Cheryl's Dreaming Big
- Chicago a cappella
- Chicago Photography Center
- Chicago Underground Library
- Chicago Writers Association
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) Associate Board
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Concerned Haitian Americans of Illinois
- Copernicus Foundation
- Divine Expressions Christian Academy of Ministering Arts
- Emerald City Theatre Company
- EP THEATER
- Health for Humanity
- Heartland International
- HyPa
- IFP/Chicago
- International Center On Deafness and the Arts (ICODA)
- League of Chicago Theatres
- Lifeline Theatre
- Links Hall
- Looking Glass Theatre Company
- Marwen
- Merit School of Music
- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Oak Park Festival Theatre
- Onward Neighborhood House
- Opportunity International
- Rainbows
- Ravinia
- Rumble Arts Center
- Serbian Cultural and Arts Center St. Sava
- Snow City Arts
- Speak the Speech
- Special Gifts Theatre
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- The Chicago Mosaic School
- The Joffrey Ballet
- The Orphanage
- Theatre Building Chicago
- Timeline Theatre Company
- Urban Gateways
- World Music Company
Community Works
- 10,000 Blankets
- About Face International
- American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
- Annie's Legacy
- Architects Research Foundation
- Architreasures
- Association House of Chicago
- B'nai B'rith International
- Blessed Sacrament Teen Center
- Boys & Girls Club Chicago
- Boys & Girls Club of West Cook County
- buildOn
- Camp Fire USA IL Prairie Council
- Camp Kesem Northwestern
- Carepoint Adult, Child & Family Assn.
- Charity Guide
- Chicago Cares
- Chicago Christian Industrial League
- Chicago Gateway Green
- Chicago HOPES
- Chicago Lights
- Chicago Lights Tutoring
- Chicago Scholars Foundation
- Chicago Youth Empowerment Development Center
- Choose Awesome
- CIRCLE Foundation
- City Striders
- Cuentos Foundation
- Deborah's Place
- Digital Education Organization
- Divine Expressions Christian Academy of Ministering Arts
- Each One Teach One Literacy
- Give Back Chicago
- HopeLocally
- I-GO Car Sharing
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- Jane Addams Resource Corporation
- Jewish Community Center Chicago
- JJ' List
- Junior League of Chicago
- Let A Kid Be A Kid Foundation, Inc
- Lost Boys American Motorcycle Charity Organization
- National Able Network
- Northwestern University Settlement Association
- Parkways Foundation
- Partners In Community Building, Inc. (PICB)
- Peace Us Together Corperation
- Public Allies Chicago
- Restoration Ministries
- Rogers Park Community Council
- Rolling Meadows Neighborhood Resource Center Foundation
- Rumble Arts Center
- San Jose Obrero Mission
- Sarah's Inn
- Seguin Services
- Self-Help Closet & Food Pantry of Des Plaines
- SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc. of Lake County
- Sertoma Centre, Inc
- SGA Youth & Family Services
- Sistastrong, Inc.
- St. Vincent de Paul Center
- Step Up Women's Network
- Tax Assistance Program (TAP)
- Teaming For Technology
- The Aparecio Foundation
- The Buenos Aires Yoga School Foundation (BAYS)
- The Career Transitions Center of Chicago
- The Center for Economic Progress
- The Chicago Mosaic School
- The Night Ministry
- The Resurrection Project
- The Salvation Army
- The Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago
- The Westside Writing Project
- This Is ME, Inc.
- Upwardly Global
- VISIONAR
- We Are One
- Westside Youth Council Committee
- Willow House
- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Education
- A Better World
- Architects Research Foundation
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Association House of Chicago
- Barrel of Monkeys
- Between Friends
- Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Chicago
- Big Shoulders Fund
- Bira Educational Associates for Development (BEAD)
- Blessed Sacrament Teen Center
- Book Worm Angels
- buildOn
- Cabrini Connections
- Camp Fire USA IL Prairie Council
- Camp of Dreams
- Casa Central Child Development
- Changing Worlds
- Chicago Foundation for Education
- Chicago Hope Academy
- Chicago HOPES
- Chicago Lights Tutoring
- Chicago Photography Center
- Chicago Scholars Foundation
- Chicago Youth Empowerment Development Center
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) Associate Board
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Child's Voice School
- CIRCLE Foundation
- Clearbrook
- Coalition For Improved Education In South Shore - CIESS
- Common Threads
- Concerned Haitian Americans of Illinois
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- Daystar School
- Divine Expressions Christian Academy of Ministering Arts
- Dreams for Kids
- East Village Youth Program
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
- Education for Life Foundation
- El Valor Corporation
- EP THEATER
- Erie Neighborhood House
- Every Future
- Gads Hill Center
- Greatest Expectations CE Center Professional Organization
- HighSight
- Horizons for Youth
- Inner-City Teaching Corps
- IssueLab
- JJ' List
- Korean American Community Services
- Learning Point Associates
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Literacy DuPage
- Literacy Volunteers of Illinois
- Literacy Works
- Literature for All of Us
- Luster Learning Institute, NFP
- Marillac House
- Marwen
- Maryville Academy
- Merit School of Music
- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- National Able Network
- Noble Street Charter High School
- Oak Park & River Forest Day Nursery
- Onward Neighborhood House
- Open Books
- Oprah's Angel Network
- Orchard Needs
- PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment
- Ravinia
- Reading In Motion
- Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
- Scholarship Chicago
- Snow City Arts
- SouthSTAR
- Spanish Coalition for Jobs
- Speak the Speech
- Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- Teaming For Technology
- The Aparecio Foundation
- The Buenos Aires Yoga School Foundation (BAYS)
- The Building Fund
- The Center of Higher Development
- The Chicago Mosaic School
- The Posse Foundation
- The Westside Writing Project
- Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center
- Urban Gateways
- Urban Students Empowered
- VISIONAR
- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago
Environment
- A Better World
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago Furniture Recycling Center
- Chicago Gateway Green
- Child's Voice School
- Choose Awesome
- Digital Education Organization
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
- El Valor Corporation
- Endure to Cure Foundation
- I-GO Car Sharing
- JJ' List
- Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Chicago
- Mental Health America of Illinois
- Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association
- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Parkways Foundation
- Sertoma Centre, Inc
- Snow City Arts
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Spina Bifida Association of Illinois
- Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County
Health/Rehabilitation
- A Silver Lining Foundation
- Afghanistan Women's Clinic
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Diabetes Association
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Lung Association of Illinois-Greater Chicago
- AmeriFace
- Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter
- Association of Horizon, Inc.
- Avenues to Independence
- B'nai B'rith International
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV)
- Best Buddies
- Bright Pink
- Campaign for Better Health Care
- Canavan Research Illinois
- Carepoint Adult, Child & Family Assn.
- Causes for Change International
- CHICAGO Dance Marathon
- Chicago Lights Center for Whole Health
- City Striders
- CoACH Care Center
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - IL Chapter
- Daniels Hamant Foundation
- Dreams for Kids
- Dyspraxia USA
- Ecker Center for Mental Health
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency (ECFA)
- Flashes of Hope
- Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association
- Habilitative Systems, Inc.
- Health for Humanity
- Heartland International Health Center
- Helping Hand Rehabilitation Center
- I Want to Walk the Talk
- I-GO Car Sharing
- Imerman Angels
- Inspiration Corporation
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Jewish Child & Family Services
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Kicks for Cancer
- Kids Fight Cancer
- Lawndale Christian Health Center
- Les Turner ALS Foundation
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Maryville Academy
- Mental Health America of Illinois
- Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse
- Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center
- MPD Foundation
- New Hope Center, Inc.
- Palliative Care Center & Hospice of the North Shore
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Pfeiffer Treatment Center
- Pillars
- Rape Victim Advocates (RVA)
- Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago (RHAMC)
- Rolling Meadows Neighborhood Resource Center Foundation
- Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
- SouthSTAR
- Southwest Community Services
- Spina Bifida Association of Illinois
- Step Up Women's Network
- The Center for Independence through Conductive Education
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- The Range Of Motion Project (ROMP)
- The Young Associates Board (an affiliate of Children's Memorial Hospital)
- Think First
- Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center
- UIC Craniofacial Center
- Women's Health Foundation
Human Services/Shelters
- A Better World
- Annie's Legacy
- Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter
- Association House of Chicago
- Association House of Chicago
- Avenues to Independence
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- Beds Plus
- Bira Educational Associates for Development (BEAD)
- Blessed Sacrament Teen Center
- Camp Fire USA IL Prairie Council
- Camp Kesem Northwestern
- Carepoint Adult, Child & Family Assn.
- CASA Cook County
- Changing Worlds
- Chicago Christian Industrial League
- Chicago Furniture Recycling Center
- Chicago HOPES
- Chicago House
- Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
- Chicago Lights Tutoring
- Chicago Scholars Foundation
- Chicago Youth Empowerment Development Center
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- CIRCLE Foundation
- City Striders
- Clearbrook
- Common Threads
- Connections for Abused Women and their Children
- Crisis Center for South Suburbia
- Daniels Hamant Foundation
- Deborah's Place
- Each One Teach One Literacy
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
- El Valor Corporation
- Endure to Cure Foundation
- EP THEATER
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency (ECFA)
- Flashes of Hope
- Franciscan Outreach Association
- Gift of Adoption Fund
- Good News Partners
- Greater Chicago Food Depository
- Habilitative Systems, Inc.
- Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc.
- HopeLocally
- Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly (H.O.M.E.)
- Housing Opportunities for Women and Children (HOW, Inc.)
- Hunger Resource Network
- Inspiration Corporation
- Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- Jane Addams Hull House Association
- Jewish Community Center Chicago
- Journeys from PADS to HOPE
- Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Chicago
- Korean American Community Services
- Let A Kid Be A Kid Foundation, Inc
- Little City Foundation
- Marillac House Social Center
- Mental Health America of Illinois
- Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
- Neumann Association
- New Hope Center, Inc.
- No Idle Hands
- Partners In Community Building, Inc. (PICB)
- PillarsRape Victim Advocates (RVA)
- Polish American Association
- Rainbows
- Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
- REST
- Restoration Ministries
- San Jose Obrero Mission
- Sarah's Inn
- Save Abandoned Babies Foundation
- Sertoma Centre, Inc
- SGA Youth & Family Services
- South Suburban PADS
- SouthSTAR
- Southwest Chicago PADS
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Teen Living Programs
- The Aparecio Foundation
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- The Night Ministry
- The Renaissance Collaborative
- The Resurrection Project
- The Salvation Army
- The Westside Writing Project
- The Youth Campus
- This Is ME, Inc.
- We Are One
- West Suburban PADS
- Westside Youth Council Committee
- Willow House
- WINGS
- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- Youth Outreach Services
International Affairs
- A New Day Cambodia
- About Face International
- Afghanistan Women's Clinic
- B'nai B'rith International
- Bira Educational Associates for Development (BEAD)
- buildOn
- Causes for Change International
- Center for International Media Ethics
- Concern Worldwide, U.S.A.
- Concerned Haitian Americans of Illinois
- Copernicus Foundation
- Daniels Hamant Foundation
- Friends of the Orphans
- Gift of Adoption Fund
- Global Alliance Africa
- Health for Humanity
- Heartland International
- Help For Orphans International - Chicago Chapter
- Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
- International Visitors Center of Chicago
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Journeys Within Our Community
- Opportunity International
- Oprah's Angel Network
- Pan-African Association of Chicago
- Play for Life International
- Rainbows
- Rotaract Chicago
- Rotary Club of Chicago
- The Building Fund
- Veranda Foundation
- What's It to Me?
Medical Research
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- Canavan Research Illinois
- CHICAGO Dance Marathon
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - IL Chapter
- Endure to Cure Foundation
- Gateway for Cancer Research
- Health for Humanity
- International Center On Deafness and the Arts (ICODA)
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Les Turner ALS Foundation
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- MPD Foundation
- Pfeiffer Treatment Center
- TACTS
- The Children's Heart Foundation
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- UIC Craniofacial Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation
Mentoring/Tutoring
- Annie's Legacy
- Best Buddies
- Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Chicago
- Big Shoulders Fund
- Blessed Sacrament Teen Center
- Boys & Girls Club Chicago
- buildOn
- Cabrini Connections
- Camp Fire USA IL Prairie Council
- Camp of Dreams
- Chicago HOPES
- Chicago Lights Tutoring
- Chicago Scholars Foundation
- Chicago Youth Empowerment Development Center
- Choose Awesome
- CIRCLE Foundation
- Divine Expressions Christian Academy of Ministering Arts
- Each One Teach One Literacy
- East Village Youth Program
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency (ECFA)
- Every Future
- FOUS Youth Development
- Horizons for Youth
- Imerman Angels
- Lawrence Hall Youth Services
- Let A Kid Be A Kid Foundation, Inc
- Literacy Volunteers of Illinois
- Literacy Works
- Marillac House
- Position of Pressure
- Restoration Ministries
- Sistastrong, Inc.
- The Aparecio Foundation
- The Center of Higher Development
- The Westside Writing Project
- This Is ME, Inc.
- Tutor / Mentor Connection
- Upwardly Global
- VISIONAR
- We Are One
- Westside Youth Council Committee
- Women in Progress
- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- Youth Guidance
Museums
- Adler Planetarium
- HyPa
- Jane Addams Hull House Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
- The Field Museum
Special Needs
- AmeriFace
- Arts of Life
- Association of Horizon, Inc.
- Best Buddies
- CARC
- Causes for Change International
- Cheryl's Dreaming Big
- Child's Voice School
- Clearbrook
- CoACH Care Center
- Digital Education Organization
- Dreams for Kids
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
- El Valor Corporation
- Endure to Cure Foundation
- Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association
- Guild for the Blind
- Habilitative Systems, Inc.
- Horizon Hospice & Palliative Care
- Hospice of Northeastern Illinois
- International Center On Deafness and the Arts (ICODA)
- JJ' List
- Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Chicago
- Little City Foundation
- Marklund
- Maryville Academy
- Mental Health America of Illinois
- Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Neumann Association
- New Hope Center, Inc.
- Open Doors
- Orchard Needs
- Palliative Care Center & Hospice of the North Shore
- Pfeiffer Treatment Center
- Seguin Services
- Sertoma Centre, Inc
- Snow City Arts
- SouthSTAR
- Southwest Community Services
- Special Gifts Theatre
- Special Kids Network
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Spina Bifida Association of Illinois
- The Answer, Inc.
- The Center for Independence through Conductive Education
- The Range Of Motion Project (ROMP)
- Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County
Support Groups
- Alliance Francaise
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Diabetes Association
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV)
- Best Buddies
- Between Friends
- Bright Pink
- Canavan Research Illinois
- Catholic Charities of Chicago
- Cheryl's Dreaming Big
- Chicago Christian Industrial League
- Choose Awesome
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- Deborah's Place
- Digital Education Organization
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency (ECFA)
- Flashes of Hope
- Friends of the Orphans
- Hey U.G.L.Y.
- HopeLocally
- Housing Opportunities for Women and Children (HOW, Inc.)
- Imerman Angels
- Inspiration Corporation
- Jane Addams Resource Corporation
- Jewish Child & Family Services
- Jewish Children's Bureau of Chicago
- Journeys from PADS to HOPE
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Les Turner ALS Foundation
- Links
- Literature for All of Us
- Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse
- Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center
- New Hope Center, Inc.
- Northwestern University Settlement Association
- Palliative Care Center & Hospice of the North Shore
- Pan-African Association of Chicago
- PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment
- Peace Us Together Corperation
- Pillars
- Position of Pressure
- Rainbows
- Rape Victim Advocates (RVA)
- Rolling Meadows Neighborhood Resource Center Foundation
- Safety for Her
- Sarah's Inn
- Seguin Services
- SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc. of Lake County
- Special Kids Network
- Spina Bifida Association of Illinois
- St. Vincent de Paul Center
- Step Up Women's Network
- The Buenos Aires Yoga School Foundation (BAYS)
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- The Night Ministry
- The Tutor / Mentor Exchange
- Willow House
- YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Youth Activity
- A Better World
- Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter
- Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Chicago
- Big Shoulders Fund
- Blessed Sacrament Teen Center
- Boys & Girls Club Chicago
- Boys & Girls Club of West Cook County
- Cabrini Connections
- Camp Fire USA IL Prairie Council
- Camp Kesem Northwestern
- Camp of Dreams
- Causes for Change International
- Changing Worlds
- Chicago HOPES
- Chicago Lights Tutoring
- Chicago Scholars Foundation
- Chicago Youth Empowerment Development Center
- Child's Play Touring Theatre
- Children's Home + Aid
- CIRCLE Foundation
- Coalition For Improved Education In South Shore - CIESS
- Columbia Links
- Common Threads
- Community TV Network
- Dreams for Kids
- Each One Teach One Literacy
- East Village Youth Program
- Endure to Cure Foundation
- EP THEATER
- Erie Neighborhood House
- Every Future
- Flashes of Hope
- FOUS Youth Development
- Friends of the Orphans
- Girls in the Game
- Hey U.G.L.Y.
- Horizons for Youth
- Jewish Community Center Chicago
- Jobs for Youth / Chicago
- Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Chicago
- Lawrence Hall Youth Services
- Let A Kid Be A Kid Foundation, Inc
- Links
- Marillac House Social Center
- Marwen
- Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
- Merit School of Music
- National Able Network
- Near West Little League
- No Idle Hands
- Onward Neighborhood House
- Play for Life International
- Position of Pressure
- Rainbows
- Reading In Motion
- Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
- Restoration Ministries
- Rumble Arts Center
- Scholarship Chicago
- SGA Youth & Family Services
- Sistastrong, Inc.
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Step Up Women's Network
- Teen Living Programs
- The Aparecio Foundation
- The Center of Higher Development
- The Salvation Army
- The Westside Writing Project
- The Youth Campus
- This Is ME, Inc.
- Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center
- Urban Gateways
- We Are One
- Westside Youth Council Committee
- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- Youth Guidance
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