Student Nurses Association of Illinois

What Student Nurses Association of Illinois does

The Student Nurses Association of Illinois (SNAI) is a non-profit professional membership association serving nursing students across the state of Illinois, founded in 1950 and operating continuously for over seven decades. The organization recruits and retains members through a network of school SNA chapters and generates revenue exclusively through recurring membership dues, making it a subscription-style community organization rather than a product or technology company. SNAI is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors composed of elected nursing students who serve in roles including President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Communications Director, Membership Director, and Population/Global Health Director.

SNAI's core offerings center on professional development and leadership programming rather than proprietary technology or commercial products. Member services include an annual convention (most recently the 76th Annual Convention hosted at South Suburban College), the Student Nurse Political Action Day advocacy event, community health initiatives such as health fairs and screening clinics, leadership pathways through elected board positions, and access to NSNA resources including Imprint Magazine. The organization distributes its services through school SNA chapters and self-serve event registration, supported by a basic digital footprint consisting of a website, social media accounts, and email newsletters.

The business model is community-led, with go-to-market executed via school chapter outreach, annual conventions, and events. SNAI maintains two core strategic affiliations: with the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) at the national level, through which it submits resolutions and represents Illinois students, and with ANA-Illinois, whose consultants collaborate on convention planning and governance. Marketing channels are organic — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, website content, email newsletters, and school chapter referrals — with no paid acquisition or technology platform dependency evident in the input data.

Name

Student Nurses Association of Illinois

Legal name

Student Nurses Association of Illinois

Website

https://snaillinois.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Student Nurses Association of Illinois is a non-profit membership association founded in 1950 that serves nursing students across Illinois through school chapters, providing leadership development, an annual convention, political advocacy events, and community health initiatives. It is affiliated with the National Student Nurses Association.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Manteno

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SNAI generates revenue through membership dues collected from nursing students across Illinois school chapters. The Membership Director collects membership numbers monthly from NSNA and coordinates retention and recruitment initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SNAI is a state-level professional membership association that provides nursing students across Illinois with leadership development opportunities through an elected Board of Directors, an annual convention, advocacy events such as Student Nurse Political Action Day, and access to NSNA resources including Imprint Magazine. Membership is acquired through school-based SNA chapters, and the organization coordinates community health initiatives, NCLEX preparation support, and representation at NSNA conventions.

Product overview

The Student Nurses Association of Illinois (SNAI) is a professional membership organization for nursing students across Illinois, established in 1950. Rather than a technology product company, SNAI provides a portfolio of member services including annual conventions (such as the 76th Annual Convention), Student Nurse Political Action Day, NSNA convention representation, board leadership opportunities for student nurses, access to NSNA's Imprint Magazine, and community health initiatives. The organization connects nursing students through its Board of Directors structure and various events throughout the year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Convention An annual multi-day conference bringing together nursing students from across Illinois, featuring specialty panels, keynote speakers, and a mini NCLEX review. Open to SNAI members and nursing students.
• Student Nurse Political Action Day An annual advocacy event connecting nursing students with political advocacy and healthcare policy initiatives, including presentation of resolutions submitted to NSNA.
• Board of Directors Leadership Program An annual leadership program providing nursing students with elected board positions including President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Communications Director, Membership Director, Population/Global Health Director, Newsletter Editor, and committee chair roles. The 2025-2026 Board is composed of elected student nurses.
• Community Health Initiatives Community health initiatives coordinated by SNAI for the annual convention and across local school chapters, including health fairs, screening clinics, and other population/global health projects.
• NSNA Imprint Magazine Access Members receive access to NSNA's Imprint Magazine, a publication for student nurses covering professional development, nursing topics, and organizational news.
• SNAI E-Blast Newsletter Electronic newsletter articles developed for and sent to SNAI association members, providing organizational updates, event information, and nursing-related content.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNAI is affiliated with NSNA, the national organization for nursing students. SNAI board members represent the organization at NSNA Annual Convention and NSNA Mid-Year Conference. SNAI submits resolutions to NSNA Annual Convention and collects membership numbers from NSNA monthly. Members have access to NSNA resources including Imprint Magazine.
• ANA-Illinois (American Nurses Association - Illinois)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANA-Illinois consultants work with the SNAI Board to prepare agendas, menus, scripts, convention business books, and invitations for annual events. The President represents SNAI in all matters relating to the Association and collaborates with ANA-Illinois consultants on association activities.
• South Suburban CollegeminorOthersSouth Suburban College served as the venue for SNAI's 76th Annual Convention, hosting the organization's largest annual gathering of nursing students from across Illinois.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• National Student Nurses Association (NSNA): NSNA is the national parent organization to which SNAI is formally affiliated and which coordinates student-nurse membership, conventions, and Imprint Magazine access. It is the most direct structural peer and the apex body in SNAI's affiliation hierarchy.
• ANA-Illinois: ANA-Illinois is the Illinois constituent of the American Nurses Association and works directly with SNAI's board on convention planning and association operations. It represents the post-graduate professional counterpart for SNAI's future alumni.
• Texas Nursing Students' Association (TNSA): TNSA is the Texas state-level peer of SNAI, structured around school chapters, an annual convention, and NSNA affiliation, providing a directly comparable state-association operating model.
• California Nursing Students' Association (CNSA): CNSA is the California state-level counterpart to SNAI, operating as an NSNA-affiliated professional membership association for nursing students with similar school-chapter structure, conventions, and advocacy programming.
• Florida Nursing Students' Association (FNSA): FNSA is the Florida state-level peer association for nursing students with comparable school-chapter network, conventions, and NSNA-affiliated membership model.

Broad incumbents

• American Nurses Association (ANA): ANA is the national professional association for the entire nursing profession and serves as the apex body above ANA-Illinois and the NSNA network. It provides a comparable membership-based advocacy and professional-development model at national scale.
• National League for Nursing (NLN): NLN is a national membership organization for nurse educators and nursing schools focused on nursing education excellence. It is a comparable professional-association model serving the broader nursing-education ecosystem.
• Sigma (Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing): Sigma is a global nursing honor society that engages nursing students and professionals through membership, publications, leadership programming, and awards. It is a comparable membership-driven professional-development organization with an overlapping student audience.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): AACN represents U.S. nursing schools and deans and works on nursing-education policy, workforce, and advocacy. It is a broader institutional peer operating at the intersection of nursing education and the student pipeline that SNAI serves.

Emerging players

• Student Doctor Network: Student Doctor Network is an online community for health-professional students, including nursing students, providing forums, resources, and peer support. It represents an emerging digital alternative channel for the same student audience SNAI serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SNAIllinois
• Facebookfacebook.com/SNAIllinois
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sna-illinois

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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