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Top 25 Scholarship organizations based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 66 scholarship organizations headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,031 professional contacts across them, including 522 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers scholarship 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 16, 2026.
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The 25 largest scholarship organizations based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Big Shoulders Fund is an independent charitable organization that serves schools with demonstrated need, which provide a quality, values-based education for Chicago’s children…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ReGeneration Schools is a non-profit school management organization that's dedicated to ensuring that all children have equal access to high quality, college-preparatory education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Twenty years ago, a dream born on the steps of Old St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HFS Chicago Scholars, founded in 1993, holds steadfast to its founding principle: given active support and educational opportunities, economically disadvantaged Chicago inner-city…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its establishment in 2001, EE has brought to life a wealth of programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund is to unlock educational opportunities for talented Chicago-area students facing financial need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AwardSpring helps colleges, universities, and foundations get more money into students' hands, with less work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Mission of YCCS is to advocate, develop and provide worldclass education for atrisk students and high school dropouts in partnership with the alternative high school community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dedicated to promoting education and leadership, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that recognizes and honors exceptional undergraduate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Wentcher Foundation is the scholarship organization that creates equitable opportunities for high character, high-achieving Chicago-area students to earn a college degree and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OLG empowers action through faith while promoting academic excellence and encouraging service in partnership with family and community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HighSight is a nonprofit organization which offers scholarship, academic and social support to low-income students attending private high schools throughout Chicago, preparing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Empower Illinois has a big, bold mission rooted in the simple belief that every child should have access to high quality education options.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rooted in Chicago and born from the idea that all young people deserve the opportunity to live their American Dream and attend college, the George M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Minds Matter of Chicago connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation, and possibilities to succeed in college, create their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The YO Scholarship Foundation was established in 2018 by a diverse group of individuals who encountered various obstacles when transitioning to university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Monster Education Foundation's vision is to see every Monster Scholar positively impact his or her community, complete high school, and get accepted into an accredited…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a not-for-profit organization made up of a group of educators, socio-emotional experts, and community members who believe in helping educators, children, and communities…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The RISE Foundation, a dedicated 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is driven by the singular goal of ensuring every student realizes their full potential by conquering the systemic barriers to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: scholarship 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 scholarship organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of scholarship organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name scholarship 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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Scholarship organizations based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 16, 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 66 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 scholarship 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 “scholarship 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 scholarship 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 scholarship 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, 522 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 16, 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.
Scholarship organizations by metro in the United States
- Scholarship organizations in New York98
- Scholarship organizations in Chicago66
- Scholarship organizations in Washington56
- Scholarship organizations in Los Angeles45
- Scholarship organizations in Atlanta44
- Scholarship organizations in Houston40
- Scholarship organizations in Denver31
- Scholarship organizations in San Francisco28
- Scholarship organizations in Phoenix25
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 scholarship 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 scholarship organizations are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 66 scholarship 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?
Distinctive Schools, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most scholarship organizations?
New York leads with 98 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (66) and Washington (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 522 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 66 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 16, 2026.
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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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