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Top 13 Artist support organizations based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 32 artist support organizations headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 177 professional contacts across them, including 41 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers artist support organizations 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
32Companies
177Contacts tracked
41Verified emails
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The 13 largest artist support organizations based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 32 artist support organizations based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to artist support organizations: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20026 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Project Onward is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the career development of visual artists with mental and developmental disabilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Life unfolds in a series of moments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Experimental Sound Studio is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CAC is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary Chicago artists and curators by offering residency programs, exhibitions, professional development, and resources that…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“High Concept Labs (HCL) strengthens the creative sector by providing accessible residency programs for artists across disciplines interested in experimentation, discovery…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-108 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2004 by artists, educators, and activists, Chicago Art Department (CAD) grew out of a need to create space for artists to thrive in Chicago, fostering a spirit of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“outer/most is an independent booking agency for high quality artists who are leaders and innovators in their own respective art forms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MISSION IPaintMyMind is a nonprofit arts agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Novelist Music Group (NMG) empowers, mentors, and markets artists that demonstrate a desire to creatively articulate stories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Derived from the combination of two Latin root words –VIN meaning “conquer”, and –CO meaning “together”.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1997, Lampo supports artists working in new music, experimental sound, and interdisciplinary practices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Chicago Artists for Action is a community of artists and advocates creating innovative performance art and building collaborative partnerships to inspire action toward justice and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Artist support organizations based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
23.2%Verified-email coverage
5.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
446.9%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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25
11-50
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51-200
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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 32 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 artist support organizations, 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 “artist support organizations”. 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 artist support organizations), 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 artist support organizations, 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, 41 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Artist support organizations 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 artist support organizations, 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 artist support organizations are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 32 artist support organizations 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?

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

Which city has the most artist support organizations?

New York leads with 143 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (99) and Chicago (32).

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 41 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 32 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 19, 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.