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Top 25 Advocacy organizations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Advocacy organizations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 327 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 327 advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,318 professional contacts across them, including 4,043 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Washington is the largest hub for this category (1,296 companies); Chicago has 327.

This list covers advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

327Companies

9,318Contacts tracked

4,043Verified emails

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The 25 largest advocacy organizations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 327 advocacy organizations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advocacy organizations consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Kearney	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,978 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	JCA	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	265 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JCA is the first and foremost independent consulting firm dedicated to addressing the technology and operational needs of nonprofits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	Dicello Levitt LLP	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	158 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DiCello Levitt LLP is one of the leading plaintiffs’ law firms in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Edelson PC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EDELSON PC is a law firm concentrating on high-stake’s plaintiff’s work ranging from class and mass actions to public client investigations and prosecutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Campbell & Company	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Campbell & Company is a national nonprofit consulting firm that helps organizations create greater impact through fundraising, communications and strategic information services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	RES Publica Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Res Publica Group is an independently owned, full-service strategic communications agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Bostrom	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bostrom is a professional services firm offering comprehensive management, consulting and outsourcing to the not-for-profit community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	AL Media Strategy	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recognized nationally for our award-winning creative and break-through victories, AL Media has taken on some of the highest profile, against-the-odds challenges in electoral…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Carnow, Conibear & Assoc., LTD	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Carnow, Conibear & Assoc, Ltd.(Carnow Conibear), a minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned business, was established in 1975.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	Coherent Economics	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Coherent Economics is a boutique law and economics consulting firm providing world-class advisory services, data analysis, litigation support, and expert testimony to clients…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Discovery	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Discovery is a Publicis Health agency focused on identifying and implementing key collaborative advocacy strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Global Economics Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Data-driven, Sustainable-Results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	BEN Crump Law, Pllc	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The lawyers at our firm are all devoted to advocating for the voiceless of our society whenever or whatever kind of harm may have befallen them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Lipman Hearne NOW YES	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lipman Hearne has joined Yes & , an independent, fully-integrated creative agency designed to redefine what’s possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	CTM Legal Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CTM Legal Group offers a full service legal practice in the heart of Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	APS & Associates	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “APS is a full-service public affairs firm working with elected officials, corporations, non-profits, and communities to deliver positive social impact and equitable outcomes…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Rudd Resources LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rudd Resources LLC is a Chicago-based company focused on communications since 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Salesberry Group, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Salesberry Group is a financial, people, and general operations firm serving progressive organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	PJH & Associates, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At PJH & Associates, Inc, we know what people care about, how to engage their resources, and how to get things done.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	RCF Economic & Financial Consulting, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1978, RCF is an economic and financial consulting firm led by internationally renowned economists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Kivvit	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We shape narratives, launch brands, engage audiences, and drive policy outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1971, MBG represents a broad range of individual, government, non-profit and corporate clients with offices in Chicago, Ill, and Madison, Wis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Morten Group, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Morten Group focuses on organizational and resource development, including workshops on diversity and building communities of inclusion and access, racial equity integration and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Rise Strategy Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rise Strategy Group is a high stakes public strategy firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	NEW Chicago Consulting LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “New Chicago Consulting is a full-service consulting firm with expertise in campaign development, political consulting, and public affairs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: advocacy organizations consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names advocacy organizations consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advocacy organizations consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advocacy organizations consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Advocacy organizations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

43.4%Verified-email coverage

28.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

266

11-50

51-200

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 327 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advocacy organizations consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “advocacy organizations consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advocacy organizations consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advocacy organizations consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,043 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Advocacy organizations consulting firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advocacy organizations consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advocacy organizations consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 327 advocacy organizations consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Kearney, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most advocacy organizations consulting firms?

Washington leads the United States with 1,296 headquartered companies, followed by New York (600) and Chicago (327).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,043 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 327 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.