Top Illinois Social Impact Companies (97)

Over the last 15 years, we’ve grown from a startup to a market-leading organization with over 150 team members, and we’ve created an award-winning culture that makes this company an amazing place to work. We've been ranked on multiple best places to work lists including the 2024 BuiltInChicago rankings.

Invenergy is a leading global privately-held developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions. We are headquartered in the Chicago and have 2000+ employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia. We have successfully developed over 175 projects, including wind, solar, and natural gas power generation as well as advanced energy storage facilities. We are innovators at heart — we design, build and...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks across the United States that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serves as the nation's central bank. The role of the Federal Reserve System, since its establishment by an act of Congress in 1913 , is to foster a strong economy and a stable...

OppFi is a leading tech-enabled digital finance platform that works with banks to provide financial products and services for everyday Americans. Through a transparent and responsible platform, which includes financial inclusion and excellent customer experience, the Company supports consumers who are turned away by mainstream options to build better financial health. OppFi maintains an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau...

VelocityEHS is more than a software company - we’re a team of expert problem solvers passionate about making the world a safer, more sustainable place to work. We simplify complex challenges through innovation, collaboration, and smart technology that drives real impact. At VelocityEHS, you’ll join people who care deeply about doing meaningful work, growing together, and helping companies around the...

Pangea is a digital money transfer platform that makes sending money abroad simple, reliable, and cost-effective. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, we’ve helped millions of people send money securely and efficiently, empowering financial freedom across borders. We serve a global customer base with a mobile-first platform that offers low fees, competitive exchange rates, and fast*, secure delivery. Our work...

Double Good is a company built on creating joy and helping others. By reimagining product-based virtual fundraising, we help expand organizations' missions by giving back 50% of every dollar sold. We make ultra-premium popcorn sold through our simple-to-use software. We've helped raise over $200 million to support organizations nationwide that tilt the playing field for all kids. Double Good is not...

We are the premier early childhood development organization committed to ensuring that all children have equitable opportunities to realize their potential.

SPEDxchange is an online community of special education teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, School Psychologists, School District Administrators and other staff that service special education students and their families. SPEDxchange is transforming and improving the way special educators, school districts and parents connect with each other.

Youth sports and extracurricular activities are becoming more expensive, and every day it’s pricing out more and more families from the critical benefits of participation. The technology we’re building solves this problem in an industry that has yet to be disrupted.

City Tech reinvents cities. We convene cross-sector leaders to tackle urban problems that are too big for any one group to solve on its own. We remake essential city services and infrastructure using advanced technology and then expand these solutions to other cities. To learn more, visit www.CityTech.org.

We are a cinematic production company in Chicago, founded and led by an Emmy Award-Winning Producer. We harness more than twenty years of broadcast storytelling experience to help people and companies share their stories with the world.

Trajektory helps the world's biggest brands evaluate their sponsorship impact. We're focused on solving a variety of data and reporting issues that plague teams, leagues, events, and agencies in the area most crucial to local revenue growth in sports: sponsorship. Our mission is to provide stress-free data management that visualizes, assesses, and accurately values your partnership data in real-time. Our...

Flowers for Dreams is the artisan flower service. Made to order and crafted locally, all bouquets start at just $35 with free hand delivery in Chicago & to Milwaukee. Every purchase benefits an amazing local charity. Named one of Business Insider's 20 Most Inspiring Companies in America.

Energize Ventures is a leading global alternative investment manager focused on accelerating digital transformation in energy and sustainable industry. Founded in 2016, Energize has funded 20 companies to-date and is backed by strategic and institutional LPs including CDPQ, Invenergy, Schneider Electric, General Electric, Caterpillar, and more. With an unmatched depth and breadth of industry and operational expertise, Energize works in...

We focus solely on the first years of a child’s life — starting even before birth — to have the most significant impact on children and families, especially those living in under-resourced communities. For nearly 40 years, we have worked directly with children and parents, providing doula and home visiting services and quality center-based care that ensures children are ready to...

Honest Game is reimagining a world where access to college sports is fair, equitable, anchored by data and grounded in integrity. Honest Game's SaaS product builds individualized academic roadmaps to provide real-time strategic eligibility guidance so everyone has a clear pathway to college sports and beyond. Founded in Chicago in 2019, Honest Game is seeking a Principal Engineer to support...

The Invisible Institute is an innovative, non-profit journalism production company based on the South Side of Chicago. We work to enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable. Among the tactics we employ are investigative reporting, multimedia storytelling, human rights documentation, the curation of public information, and the orchestration of difficult public conversations. Our work coheres around a...

With more than 13.5 million monthly active users in virtually every country in the world, Grindr has grown to become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community since its launch in 2009. The company continues to expand its ecosystem to enable gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015 Grindr...

The audacious goal of spotivity is empower an entire teen demographic to make better decisions that positively influence their entire life. Spotivity is a double-sided marketplace that not only supports after school programs but also enables kids and their parents to make the best decisions about how to use time outside of school hours.