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Top 25 Education equity organizations based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 67 education equity organizations headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,940 professional contacts across them, including 1,059 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.
This list covers education equity 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.
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The 25 largest education equity organizations based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Youth Guidance creates and implements school-based programs that enable children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, to succeed in school and in life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 313 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Distinctive Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating the work of charter schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 283 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Vision: Every young person will have an equitable opportunity to achieve their greatest postsecondary aspirations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our aim is to facilitate opportunities for racialized and minoritized students to connects to practical pathways to upward social mobility through education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1988, Communities In Schools (CIS) of Chicago is a non-profit organization and affiliate of Communities In Schools, Inc, one of the nation's largest and most impactful…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Advance Illinois is a nonprofit founded to be an independent, objective voice promoting a public education system in Illinois that serves the best interests of our children by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are civil rights lawyers and advocates working to secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At LINK Unlimited Scholars, our mission has always centered on advancing educational equity by supporting students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kids First Chicago (K1C) believes ALL kids deserve access to a world-class education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The CAFE Group is a trailblazing organization committed to advancing educational equity and redefining philanthropy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Black Star Project was founded in 1996 to improve the quality of life in the Black American and Latino communities of Chicago by eliminating the racial academic achievement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Working Credit is a national nonprofit, based in Chicago, working at the intersection of racial and economic justice to promote credit equity in predominantly low-income…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The College of Education at UIC works to improve educational and life outcomes in schools and communities through community-engaged research as well as by preparing educators to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STEAM & Dream Liberation Labs is a new 501(c)3 organization dedicated to closing the STEM exposure gap and improving the futures of Black and Brown youth through mentorship and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The UChicago Network for College Success partners with educators, school leaders, and districts to build transformational high school experiences that prepare all students for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Accelerate Institute exists to ensure students in under-resourced and marginalized communities have equal access to a high-quality education and safe and nurturing school…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PCC champions policies, practices, and systems that increase college completion and eliminate degree completion disparities for low-income, first generation, and students of color…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The To & Through Project is part of the Kersten Institute for Urban Education at The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at The University of Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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. | |||||
| 21 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Research Question: What happens when we turn on the Power and Equity moves like electricity through our homes, streets, neighborhoods and cities?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Chicago Teachers Union Foundation is dedicated to developing networks that advance education for students, advocate for teachers and resource underserved communities through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Lohengrin Foundation’s mission is to advance equity, opportunity, and justice to eradicate systemic barriers and promote vibrant, safe, and thriving communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EduDream is a Latina-founded, woman-owned research consulting firm inspiring transformation within education by bringing community voice and rigorous research together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Inclusive Engineering Foundation (IEF) is dedicated to increasing diversity in engineering by fostering programs that increase the quantity and quality of African American…” 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: education equity organizations. 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 education equity organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of education equity organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name education equity organizations. 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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Education equity organizations 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 67 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 education equity 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 “education equity 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 education equity 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 education equity 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, 1,059 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.
Education equity organizations by metro in the United States
- Education equity organizations in Washington116
- Education equity organizations in New York85
- Education equity organizations in Los Angeles68
- Education equity organizations in Chicago67
- Education equity organizations in Boston43
- Education equity organizations in Oakland43
- Education equity organizations in Atlanta41
- Education equity organizations in Philadelphia38
- Education equity organizations in Seattle38
- Education equity organizations in San Francisco26
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 education equity 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 education equity organizations are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 67 education equity 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?
Youth Guidance, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most education equity organizations?
Washington leads with 116 headquartered companies, followed by New York (85) and Los Angeles (68).
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 1,059 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 67 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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