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Top 25 Racial justice nonprofits based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 41 racial justice nonprofits headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 711 professional contacts across them, including 289 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.
This list covers racial justice nonprofits 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 21, 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.
The 25 largest racial justice nonprofits based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Chicago Urban League (Urban League) was one of the first affiliates of the National Urban League organized in this country to address the needs of African Americans migrating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Brighton Park Neighborhood Council is an intergenerational community-based organization dedicated to equity and racial justice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CGLA was established in 1973 to serve legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within the Cabrini Green…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts advocates for a legal system that is equitable, accessible, and fair to all people; efficient so justice is not delayed; and effective in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of People’s Action Institute is to advance a long-term agenda for racial, economic and gender justice by investing in powerful state and local organizations and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its founding in 1969, Impact for Equity has been a catalyst for racial, economic, and social justice in Chicago and Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Shriver Center on Poverty Law fights for racial and economic justice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Community Renewal Society is an organization rooted in a faith-based tradition that empowers people to combat racism and the effects of poverty by providing tools such as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Communities United (CU) is a survivor-led and community-based racial justice organization that was founded in by a committed group of community residents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Become believes sustainable change must be rooted in people and organizations personally invested in communities struggling with violence and social injustice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Live Free Illinois, the Illinois partner of Live Free USA, is dedicated to the transformative mission of rebuilding black communities through the influential platform of the Black…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chasing Justice is mobilizing a BIPOC led community toward a lifestyle of faith and justice by Centering diverse BIPOC voices Calling for the beauty of justice and God’s goodness…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1994, the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium’s (NAKASEC) mission is to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, economic, and racial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chicago United for Equity (CUE) is a network of racial justice advocates working across diverse types of civic power as organizers, researchers, artists, storytellers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Crossroads Fund supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Illinois Justice Project (ILJP) advances policies and practices that reduce violence, decrease prison recidivism and make the justice system more equitable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PoweredbyAction is transforming itself to help nonprofits to do good, better with a new name, a new look, and a… BigHeart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Woods Fund Chicago is a grantmaking foundation committed to the promotion of social, economic, and racial justice through the support of community organizing and public policy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Social Change is a national 501c3 committed liberation and amplifying community voices through storytelling, organizing and direct action.#jobs #justice #entrepreneurship #film…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OUR VISION: REACH an ever-increasing population divide by race and injustice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Organic Oneness is a grassroots social justice organization that brings people together to eliminate racism and create healthy community in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) is a community-based organization advancing diversity, leader development, and models for engagement as the catalysts for social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative is dedicated to Black self-determination.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: racial justice nonprofits. 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 racial justice nonprofits.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of racial justice nonprofits, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name racial justice nonprofits. 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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Racial justice nonprofits based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 41 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 racial justice nonprofits, 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 “racial justice nonprofits”. 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 racial justice nonprofits), 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 racial justice nonprofits, 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, 289 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 21, 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.
Racial justice nonprofits by metro in the United States
- Racial justice nonprofits in Washington59
- Racial justice nonprofits in New York53
- Racial justice nonprofits in Chicago41
- Racial justice nonprofits in Los Angeles37
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 racial justice nonprofits, 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 racial justice nonprofits are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 41 racial justice nonprofits 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?
Chicago Urban League, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most racial justice nonprofits?
Washington leads with 59 headquartered companies, followed by New York (53) and Chicago (41).
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 289 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 41 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 21, 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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