Comparison · 17 material differences
C200 vs The Economic Club of Chicago
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Verified September 2026
Professional association
Verified September 2026 C200
Women who are founders or majority owners of substantial companies, or C-suite executives with profit-and-loss responsibility
Invitation-only community
The Economic Club of Chicago
Chicago-area business and civic leaders at C-suite level or reporting directly to a chief executive
What the records say
- Role or title: C200: Titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager or Operating President, with significant P&L responsibility; public-company candidates must be within two reporting levels of the CEO; The Economic Club of Chicago: Top-level leadership, C-suite, or reporting directly to the CEO, with operational oversight and P&L responsibility.
- Minimum company revenue: C200: Entrepreneur route: at least US$20 million in annual revenues; The Economic Club of Chicago: Company generates at least US$10 million in annual revenue.
- Minimum employees: C200: No published minimum employees; The Economic Club of Chicago: Company employs 25 or more people.
- Minimum ownership stake: C200: Entrepreneur route requires founder, co-founder or controlling/majority ownership; The Economic Club of Chicago: No published minimum ownership stake.
- Annual dues: C200: Not publicly disclosed. C200's membership page publishes criteria but no dues figure. Its Form 990 for the 2018 tax year, the most recent available through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer at the time of checking, reported about $1.63 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $2.53 million.; The Economic Club of Chicago: Not publicly disclosed. Neither the membership page nor the Club's own membership brochure names a dues figure..
Side by side
| C200 | The Economic Club of Chicago | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Professional association | Invitation-only community |
| Founded | 1982 (Formed in 1982 when 200 women leaders, recruited under founding organizer Susan Davis, gathered to raise funds for another women's business organization and stayed together as a national network.) | 1927 (Founded in 1927 by leaders who set out to "aid in the creation and expression of an enlightened public opinion on the important economic and social questions of the day".) |
| Headquarters | Chicago, United States | Chicago, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States, organised into regions (Northwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-South, Southwest) plus an International region | Chicago and Illinois; members are drawn from the city's business, civic, cultural and nonprofit leadership |
| Members | 400as of September 2026 | 2,400as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | 6 | No chapters. The Club participates in a reciprocity programme with the Economic Clubs of New York and Washington, D.C. |
| Primary audience | Women who are founders or majority owners of substantial companies, or C-suite executives with profit-and-loss responsibility | Chicago-area business and civic leaders at C-suite level or reporting directly to a chief executive |
| Typical member | Members are women holding titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager and Operating President, with significant profit-and-loss responsibility. They fall into two groups: entrepreneurs who founded or control companies with at least US$20 million in annual revenue, and corporate executives who run business units generating at least US$250 million in a public company or lead a private company generating at least US$75 million. | Around 70 per cent of members are C-suite executives. Candidates are expected to have operational oversight with profit-and-loss responsibility at a company generating at least US$10 million in annual revenue and employing 25 or more people, and to have a record of civic engagement. Government and nonprofit candidates are assessed under separate criteria. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Titles such as CEO, COO, Founder, General Manager or Operating President, with significant P&L responsibility; public-company candidates must be within two reporting levels of the CEOA letter of attestation confirming P&L responsibility is required from new applicants.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Top-level leadership, C-suite, or reporting directly to the CEO, with operational oversight and P&L responsibilityGovernment and nonprofit candidates are considered under separate criteria that are not published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | Entrepreneur route: at least US$20 million in annual revenues"Candidates must be the Founder/Co-Founder or a controlling/majority owner of the company, generating at least $20 million in annual revenues."verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Company generates at least US$10 million in annual revenuePublished as part of the Club's candidate criteria.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum employees | No published minimum employees | Company employs 25 or more peoplePublished alongside the revenue test.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum ownership stake | Entrepreneur route requires founder, co-founder or controlling/majority ownershipNo specific ownership percentage is published beyond "controlling/majority".verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published minimum ownership stake |
| Gender | WomenC200's stated mission is to advance "current and future women entrepreneurs and corporate, profit-center leaders"; membership is a community of women.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| Geographic restriction | No published geographic restriction | Chicago-area business and civic leadershipThe Club describes its membership as reflecting the diversity of the city and state; no formal residence rule is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | Yes |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | Yes |
| Application process | Prospective members review the published criteria and register interest through the site, which invites candidates to "let us know if you're interested in starting an application". New applicants must supply a letter of attestation confirming their profit-and-loss responsibility. A membership committee, chaired by a board member, oversees admissions. | Six steps. Two current members agree to sponsor the candidate and send a secure link for the biography and application. Both sponsors write letters of support. The candidate attends a Club meeting, preferably with a sponsor. A representative of the relevant membership subcommittee reviews the application and decides whether to interview. The Membership Committee then elects candidates at its quarterly meetings. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. C200 publishes numeric eligibility thresholds but no acceptance rate or applicant volume. | Not publicly disclosed. The Club describes a rigorous application and election process and reports a 92 per cent renewal rate, but publishes no acceptance rate. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. C200's membership page publishes criteria but no dues figure. Its Form 990 for the 2018 tax year, the most recent available through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer at the time of checking, reported about $1.63 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $2.53 million.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed. Neither the membership page nor the Club's own membership brochure names a dues figure.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not publicly disclosed | Annual; the Club reports a 92 per cent membership renewal rate |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Members-only events and content through the year, plus Council meetings | Keynote speaker programmes through the year, member forums several times a year, and smaller Member Exchanges |
| Peer forums | Councils: confidential member-to-member advisory groups for discussion, problem-solving and sharing | Large keynote events plus small, member-driven Member Exchanges; no standing confidential forums are described |
| Confidentiality | Councils are described as confidential member-to-member advisory groups; no written policy is published | Not publicly disclosed; keynote programmes are published on the Club's YouTube channel |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Forum-based | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | Partial |
| Local chapters | Partial | No |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | No |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | Not documented | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | Yes | Partial |
| Investment discussions | No | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | Partial |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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