Tag: Nonprofits
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What Type of Chicago Nonprofit Is Growing the Fastest?
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My earlier analysis of Chicago’s nonprofit formation data looked at where organizations are forming — four geographic clusters, each with a distinct formation pattern. But the IRS Exempt Organizations data contains a second layer of information that I haven’t addressed yet: what kinds of organizations are forming. Every organization in the IRS database…
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Chicago Nonprofit Formation: The Tale of Four Clusters
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I’ve been analyzing Chicago’s nonprofit formation data — all 4,212 organizations formed across the city’s 56 ZIP codes between 2021 and 2025, drawn directly from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File and cross-referenced with U.S. Census demographic data. What the numbers reveal isn’t one Chicago nonprofit ecosystem. It’s four…
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Illinois Nonprofits: A Troubling Paradox of Growth and Collapse
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A Note on Data: This analysis uses the most recent publicly available data from the Illinois Secretary of State, current through July 15, 2024. Figures for full-year 2024 represent projections based on annualizing data through that date. While newer data would be valuable, the trends revealed here—particularly the dramatic increase in…
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Vision Is Not Enough — You Have to Build the Thing
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Presidential Lessons in Institution Building for Nonprofit Leaders President’s Day is more than a federal holiday. For nonprofit leaders, it is an invitation to study the art and discipline of building institutions that outlast the people who created them. History remembers our greatest presidents not simply because they had vision…
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Nonprofit Utopia Launches “90 Days to a New Nonprofit,” a Structured Online Program Designed to Build Legally Compliant, Grant-Ready Organizations
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CHICAGO, IL — Nonprofit Utopia announced today the launch of 90 Days to a New Nonprofit, a comprehensive online course designed to help aspiring nonprofit founders move from idea to a legally- compliant, funder-credible organization in just 90 days. The next cohort begins March 2, 2026. Interest in starting nonprofit…
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Nonprofit Utopia Launches Nonprofit Founder’s Academy to Equip Emerging Leaders for Sustainable Impact
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Chicago, IL – May 19, 2025 – Nonprofit Utopia is proud to announce the official launch of the Nonprofit Founder’s Academy, a groundbreaking online platform designed to help mission-driven leaders start, manage, and grow high-impact nonprofit organizations. Built on the proprietary ASCEND™ model, the Academy opens enrollment on July 1,…
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Top 10 Reasons to Become CFRE-Certified
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Are you a fundraising professional wondering whether or not to make the investment in becoming CFRE-certified? This article from CFRE gives compelling reasons to take the plunge, As a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), you have proven your mastery of ethical, best practice fundraising. Becoming a CFRE opens career doors…