Illinois Nonprofit Resources

General Resources

IL Attorney General

IL Secretary of State

Nonprofit Startup Guide

Meeting Locations

Check out these free or low-cost locations. It’s a good idea to email or call to confirm as this information was valid at the time of posting but may have changed.

Acorn Public Library District

Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District

Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Aurora Public Library District

Bellwood Public Library

Bensenville Community Public Library

Benton Public Library District

Berwyn Public Library

Bloomingdale Public Library

Blue Island Public Library

Bradley Public Library

Cahokia Public Library District

Calumet City Public Library

Carol Stream Public Library

Cary Area Public Library District

Charleston Carnegie Public Library

Chatham Area Public Library

Cherry Valley Public Library District

Chicago Park District

Chicago Public Library

Chicago Ridge Public Library

Chillicothe Public Library District

Cicero Public Library

Clarendon Hills Public Library

Coal City Public Library District

Cook Memorial Public Library District

Council Bluffs Public Library

Crete Public Library District

Crystal Lake Public Library

Deerfield Public Library

DeKalb Public Library

Dominy Memorial Library

Downers Grove Public Library

Dunlap Public Library District

Edwardsville Public Library

Effingham Public Library

Eisenhower Public Library District

Ela Area Public Library

Elk Grove Village Public Library

Elmhurst Public Library

Elmwood Park Public Library

Evanston Public Library

Evergreen Park Public Library

Fairview Heights Public Library

Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District

Flora Public Library

Flossmoor Public Library

Fondulac District Library

Forest Park Public Library

Forrest Public Library

Frankfort Public Library District

Franklin Park Public Library

Freeburg Area Library District

Freeport Public Library

Galesburg Public Library

geneseo Public Library District

Geneva Public Library District

Genoa Public Library District

Glen Ellyn Public Library

Glencoe Public Library

Glenside Library

Glenview Public Library

Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District

Grande Prairie Public Library

Green Hills Public Library District

Harvard Diggins Public Library

Highland Park Public Library

Hodgkins Public Library District

Homer Township Public Library

Homewood Public Library

Indian Prairie Public Library

Jacksonville Public Library

Johnsburg Public Library District

Kewanee Public Library District

la Grange Public Library

Lake Bluff Public Library

Lake Villa District Library

LaSalle Public Library

Lemont Public Library

Lillie M. Evans Library District

Lincoln Library

Lincolnwood Public Library

Lisle Library District

Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library

Mahomet Public Library

Marion Carnegie Library

Marshall Public Library

Matteson Area Public Library District

Mattoon Public Library

Maywood Public Library District

McHenry Public Library District

Messenger Public Library of North Aurora

Midlothian Public Library

Moline Public Library

Morris Area Public Library

Morrison-Talbott Library

Morton Grove Public Library

Morton Library

Mount Prospect Public Library

Naperville Public Library

Niles-Maine District Library

Nippersink Library

Normal Public Library

North Chicago Public Library

Northbrook Public Library

Northlake Public Library District

Oak Brook Library

Oak Lawn Public Library

Orland Park Public Library

Oswego Public Library District

palatine Library District

Palos Park Public Library

Park Ridge Public Library

Peoria Public Library

Poplar Creek Public Library District

Princeton Public Library

Prospect Heights Public Library District

Quincy Public Library

River Forest Public Library

Rock Island Public Library

Roselle Public Library District

Sallie Logan Public Library

Sandwich Public Library District

Shaumburg Township District Library

Shorewood-Troy Public Library

Skokie Public Library

South Holland Public Library

Sparta Public Library

St. Charles Public Library District

Sterling Public Library

Stickney-Forest View Public Library District

Sugar Grove Public Library

Thomas Ford Memorial Library

Tinley Park Public Library

Tiskilwa Public Library

Town and Country Public Library District

Tri-Township Public Library District

Urbana Free Library

Vespasian Warner Public Library

Warren-Newport Public Library

Wauconda Area Public Library

West Chicago Public Library District

Westmont Public Library

Wheaton Public Library

Wilmette Public Library

Winnebago Public Library

Woodstock Public Library

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Also check out churches, cafés, restaurants like Davanni’s, park shelter buildings, and lobby spaces in hotels. The website eVenues also allows you to search for meeting rooms in your city.

Networking

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Chicago