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Top 25 Arts education providers based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 58 arts education providers headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 947 professional contacts across them, including 346 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers arts education providers 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.
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The 25 largest arts education providers based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mission: Old Town School of Folk Music teaches and celebrates music and cultural expressions rooted in the traditions of diverse American and global communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About Lillstreet Art Center Since 1975, Lillstreet Art Center has served Chicago communities with opportunities for personal and professional growth through the arts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts ®) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1987, Marwen is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring young people to nurture their growth and build their futures through art and community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SkyART provides youth with an accessible safe place to participate in quality visual arts programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CAPE makes learning exciting for students!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Urban Gateways delivers high-quality arts programs led by trained and experienced professional artists in music, dance, theater, literary arts, visual arts, and digital media to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Chicago Center for Arts & Technology is focused on the power of unifying communities, the connection between art and technology, and the benefits of engaging and teaching in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “PlayMakers Laboratory is an arts education theater ensemble that works in Chicago elementary schools (third through fifth grades) with some of the most under-served students in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FAME Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to music and art education for children and adults.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “UpBeat Music and Arts is a Chicago-based non-profit, helping youth reach their fullest potential through music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “An award-winning nonprofit that provides arts education to children unable to attend school because of chronic or serious illness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our training program was developed to help young artists fine-tune their unique skills.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “An arts education organization founded through city-wide collaboration, Ingenuity serves as Chicago's single hub of information, advocacy, strategy, and partnerships to reinstate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As the ChiArts Foundation concluded operations on June 30, 2026, this page remains available as a public archive of our mission, impact, and history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Impacting Lives Through The Power of Musical Arts, Movement, and Enrichment Education Learn from the most passionate artist-teachers in the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Forward Momentum Chicago inspires possibilities through dance education programming that strengthens schools and communities with limited arts access.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Stages Chicago is an arts education program founded in 2016 that is dedicated to bringing the highest quality, developmentally appropriate performing arts experiences to children…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Green Shirt Studio makes high-quality performing arts training accessible for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RISE Education, formerly know as Little Linguists Academy is a One Stop Source for all Specials Programs: World Languages, Music, Arts, Technology, and Physical Education (any…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “EIGHTH BLACKBIRD PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION is a higher education company based out of 5315N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Music Box Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to creating programs designed to give students the opportunities to train in the field of music education and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Terra Sounds School of Music & Arts N Wabash Ave #1305, Chicago, IL 847.737.1850 Terra Sounds is a new concept of dynamic education in Music and Creative Arts for kids, teens, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: arts education providers. 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 arts education providers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of arts education providers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name arts education providers. 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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Arts education providers based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
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 58 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 arts education providers, 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 “arts education providers”. 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 arts education providers), 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 arts education providers, 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, 346 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
- 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.
Arts education providers by metro in the United States
- Arts education providers in New York132
- Arts education providers in Chicago58
- Arts education providers in Los Angeles56
- Arts education providers in San Francisco30
- Arts education providers in San Diego25
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 arts education providers, 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 arts education providers are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 58 arts education providers 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?
OLD Town School Of Folk Music, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most arts education providers?
New York leads with 132 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (58) and Los Angeles (56).
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 346 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 58 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.
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