NORC

NORC at the University of Chicago is one of the largest independent social research organizations in the United States, established in 1941.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: Chicago, IL View on map
Tax ID: 36-2167808
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $225,002,289 Revenue: $397,190,163 Expenses: $387,206,567

NORC at the University of Chicago is one of the largest independent social research organizations in the United States, established in 1941.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $225,002,289 $397,190,163 $387,206,567 View
2023 $212,859,751 $348,969,128 $340,972,747 View
2022 $195,266,219 $325,575,511 $318,230,751 View
2021 $171,487,860 $293,760,106 $285,366,079 View
2020 $154,208,152 $268,782,107 $250,214,895 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

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Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 3758

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Mark AndersonTRUSTEE$3,295,016
Daniel GaylinPRESIDENT$1,357,245
Katherine BaickerTRUSTEE$1,150,931
Ka Yee C LeeTRUSTEE$928,371
Michele NachbarCSO/EVP/SECRETARY$769,120
Ellen BeattyCFO/EVP/TREASURER (THRU 06/2025)$759,234
Ron JurekCIO/EVP$720,030
Robert GertnerCHAIR & TRUSTEE$703,501
Michael DavernEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$657,055
Susan PaddockEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$603,733
Amanda WoodwardTRUSTEE$553,484
Krishna KumarEXECUTIVE VP$533,818
Angela DebelloSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$494,142
J Mark HansenTRUSTEE$486,331
John DennisSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$480,256
Stephen SmithSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$471,893
Greg LanierSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$458,319
Ed MulrowSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$446,649
Tenia Davis-Svp andCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICE (THRU 06/2025)$439,453
Caitlin OppenheimerSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$433,114
Diane LauderdaleTRUSTEE$406,830
Michelle StrolloSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$383,621

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $149,724,039
  • Number of Grants: 437
  • Number of Funders: 118

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$7,081,6772020 National Institutes of HealthNational social life and aging project: wave 4
$3,018,3852020 Johns Hopkins UniversitySub-award
$2,716,7732023 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$2,516,7252021 Gates FoundationTo create an OER Math Content Partnership to Understand Math Content Quality leveraging the Infinite Campus LMS
$2,442,5322022 Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipWORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AND OTHER GRANT ACTIVIIES
$2,390,6212021 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$2,169,7032022 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$2,003,3272021 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$1,134,9352024 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$1,123,0172021 Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipWORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AND OTHER GRANT ACTIVIIES
$1,019,2602020 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResearch to enhance the us vision and eye health surveillance system
$963,7262022 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$906,7032023 Gates FoundationTo provide critical information to frame on-going initiatives and debates about the promise of financial supports in college, the effects of student loan debt, and the allocation of public funds.
$900,0002024 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation81670 EXPANDING NORC'S ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER PANEL TO STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IN SURVEY RESEARCH
$735,2142024 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.EDUCATION
$714,1992021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$697,1872022 Gates Foundationto collect student and family survey data on experiences and outcomes in K-12 math
$639,3092020 United States Health Resources & Services AdministrationSpecial projects of national significance
$600,0002025 William T. Grant FoundationBoundary Infrastructure and the Democratization of Research Use: The Case of Chicago Public Schools
$600,0002022 Walton Family FoundationTo conduct an early-stage evaluation of WFF's Catalytic Communities initiative informing both evolution of strategy as well as community support and engagement.
$592,2182020 California Healthcare FoundationPlanning grant for barriers to care with people with co-occurring mental illness (mi) and substance use disorder (sud); listening to low-income californians; employer benefits survey, 2020; barriers to treatment for people with co-occurring substance use disorder (sud) & mental illness
$534,5422021 Gates Foundationto better understand student perceptions of math
$503,4072021 University of MiamiRESEARCH
$500,0002023 Blue Shield of California FoundationEXPANDING THE SURVEY PANEL FOR BLACK, ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATIONS
$500,0002022 The Rockefeller FoundationGrant up to $500,000 in support of developing an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders (AANHPI)-focused survey panel for NORC's Amerispeak.

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