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Top 23 Nonprofit board recruitment firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 42 nonprofit board recruitment firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,593 professional contacts across them, including 1,833 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (62 companies); Chicago follows with 42.

This list covers nonprofit board recruitment 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
42Companies
3,593Contacts tracked
1,833Verified emails
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The 23 largest nonprofit board recruitment firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 42 nonprofit board recruitment firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nonprofit board recruitment 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261,001-5,0002,889 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200102 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 29, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kittleman is the first national executive recruiting firm dedicated exclusively to recruiting chief executive officers and executive directors for tax-exempt nonprofit…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JamesDruryPartners is an elite board advisory services firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“C3 partners with nonprofit boards and leaders to develop compensation and rewards programs that align with strategic objectives and advance the success of their missions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tuft & Associates is recognized as a leading executive search firm in healthcare and trade associations, community service organizations, nonprofits and higher ed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Noetic Search is a national retained search and consulting firm, exclusively serving the nonprofit sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cooper Coleman is a leading national executive search firm serving mission-driven organizations across the nonprofit and social impact sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“If you're an exhausted nonprofit executive director doing all the fundraising alone while your board says "I don't fundraise," you're not alone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Halo Consulting is a certified minority-owned boutique search firm that makes the experience of working with a process-oriented retained executive search firm accessible to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Executive Advisory is a well-known, Chicago-based research and recruiting firm that has been helping executives seek board seats for two decades.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lydian Partners is an independent executive search firm offering deep expertise in CFO Search, Succession and Board & CEO Advisory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Retained executive search firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GTM Talent is an executive search firm specializing in go-to-market (GTM) leadership and nonprofit executives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Monarq Advisors is an independent, Latiné- and LGBTQIA-owned firm with over 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Jerome’ R.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“I help institutions capitalize on transformational moments to grow and evolve.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Network of Nonprofit Search Consultants (NNSC) is a professional organization comprised of some of the leading nonprofit search consultants in the United States and Canada.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Strong evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Aries Consulting is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in all aspects of nonprofit management including strategy, communications, operations, fundraising, and board…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We help accomplished diverse leaders find company board of director positions, often chapter two of their careers with an opportunity to give back.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Canter Strategies provides nonprofits with expert consulting in development, strategic planning, organizational management, Board relations, interim leadership, and effective…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Flexibly Focused delivers recruitment and hiring execution, short- and longer-term fundraising guidance, and staff leadership strategic support to meet nonprofit and philanthropic…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Nonprofit board recruitment firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
51.0%Verified-email coverage
85.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
33
11-50
6
51-200
1
201-500
1
1,001-5,000
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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 42 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 nonprofit board recruitment 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 “nonprofit board recruitment 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 nonprofit board recruitment 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 nonprofit board recruitment 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, 1,833 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 nonprofit board recruitment 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 nonprofit board recruitment firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 42 nonprofit board recruitment 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?

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

Which city in the United States has the most nonprofit board recruitment firms?

New York leads the United States with 62 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (42) and Washington (35).

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 1,833 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 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 29, 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.