Impact House

What Impact House does

Impact House (legal entity FBRK, LLC) operates a 40,000 square-foot work club at 200 W. Madison St. in Chicago, marketed as a dedicated hub for the city's funders, corporate CSR teams, and impact-focused advisors, consultants, entrepreneurs, and vendors. The company describes itself as the first and only dedicated philanthropy hub in Chicago, with a stated mission to connect, serve, and support Chicago's granting organizations and impact leaders through intentional idea and resource sharing under a "safe harbor" policy that prohibits funding requests. Named members and partners include MacArthur Foundation, Pritzker Family Foundation, Field Foundation, Woods Fund Chicago, A Better Chicago, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Verizon, and Microsoft, with an additional 30+ foundation, nonprofit, and corporate logos displayed on its public partner wall.

The core product is a physical workspace offering keycard access to meeting rooms, training rooms, lounges, wellness rooms, conference rooms, a content studio, and an "Impact Bar," paired with a digital networking layer branded as the Impact Network and a member portal built on the Nexudus coworking platform. The portal supports customized Impact Profiles, event registration, conference room reservations, and private event booking. Notable integrations include Everpass for in-venue digital signage and content delivery, plus financial-services sponsors Podium Group and Peakline. A separate "My Impact Fund" link under the FUND navigation suggests adjacency to grant-deployment activity.

Impact House generates revenue through two streams: recurring membership fees (annual, quote-based, not publicly disclosed) granting keycard access to the venue and digital amenities, and event venue hosting fees for corporate gatherings, cocktail receptions, private celebrations, staff trainings, and art exhibits. The go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on word-of-mouth within the Chicago philanthropic community, the partner ecosystem, and hosted events as networking touchpoints for new member acquisition. The company is a private Illinois LLC with 1-10 employees, a single Chicago location, no disclosed funding rounds, and no public pricing.

Name

Impact House

Legal name

FBRK, LLC

Website

https://myimpacthouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropy workspace and impact community hub

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (713910), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Travel & Services Membership Clubs (Ancillary Services-Led) (CRAEADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Retreats, Team-Building & Offsite Experiences (THAHAIAH), Hotel Bars & Rooftop Bars (CRANACAL)

Keywords

• Philanthropy workspace
• Membership work club
• Impact community
• Event venue rental
• Funder networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Subscription-based membership providing keycard access to physical workspace amenities including lounges, wellness rooms, conference rooms, content studio, and the Impact Bar.
2. Event Hosting: Revenue from hosting external events including corporate gatherings, cocktail receptions, private celebrations, staff trainings, and art exhibits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Impact House operates a 40,000 square-foot membership-based work club in downtown Chicago that provides funders, corporate CSR teams, advisors, consultants, entrepreneurs, and vendors with keycard access to meeting rooms, lounges, wellness rooms, conference rooms, a content studio, and the Impact Bar. The physical club is paired with an Impact Network digital directory and a member portal for connecting with other members, registering for programming, reserving rooms, and booking private events, and the venue is also rented out for external corporate and social events.

Product overview

Impact House is a unified membership-based platform combining a 40,000 square-foot physical work club in Chicago with a digital networking ecosystem. The core offering includes Physical Workspace access (meeting rooms, conference rooms, lounges, wellness rooms, content studio, Impact Bar) paired with the Impact Network digital platform and Impact House Member Portal for member connections, event registration, and room bookings. Additional services include Event Venue Hosting for corporate and social gatherings. All services are specifically designed for Chicago's impact community including funders, corporations (CSR), advisors, consultants, entrepreneurs, and vendors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact House Physical Workspace Membership A 40,000 square-foot work club in downtown Chicago offering keycard access to call rooms, training rooms, lounges, wellness rooms, conference rooms, a content studio, and the Impact Bar for funders, corporate CSR teams, advisors, consultants, entrepreneurs, and vendors in Chicago's impact community.
• Impact Network Directory A digital ecosystem and directory connecting members to people, companies, and events across Chicago's impact community, accessible to funders, nonprofits, and corporations.
• Impact House Member Portal Digital self-serve portal providing members with customized Impact Profiles to connect with other members, register for programming, reserve conference rooms, and book private events.
• Event Venue Hosting Venue rental service for corporate gatherings, cocktail receptions, private celebrations, staff trainings, and art exhibits at the Impact House facility.

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Spring Place: Members-only club combining co-working, event spaces, and social programming for creative and business professionals. Comparable curated community + workspace + events model, operating in major U.S. metros.
• Convene: Operator of premium meeting, event, and flexible office spaces with hospitality-grade service. Closely comparable on the venue rental + workspace offering and the curated enterprise experience.
• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace operator offering private offices, meeting rooms, and event space to enterprises. Comparable on the workspace + meeting/event venue combination, though less community-curated than Impact House.
• Soho House: Global membership-based club operating private work-and-social spaces for creative and professional communities. Closest analog in business model: subscription membership + curated physical venues + events for a defined community.
• NeueHouse: Private membership workspace for creative and purpose-driven professionals with multiple locations, blending workspace, content programming, and curated community — highly comparable model to Impact House's member work club.
• The Wing: Members-only club for professional women offering workspace, event programming, and curated community. A direct analog on the subscription-club-for-a-defined-community model (closed in 2024 but historically a relevant peer).
• Impact Hub: Global network of impact-focused innovation and collaboration spaces serving entrepreneurs, NGOs, and funders. Directly comparable to Impact House on mission (impact community), offering (workspace + events + network), and customer segments.

Regional players

• 1871: Chicago-based tech and innovation hub offering coworking, event space, programming, and a curated community of startups and corporates. Same city and overlapping community-curation + venue model, though focused on tech rather than philanthropy.
• mHub: Chicago-based innovation center and coworking space for hardware and manufacturing entrepreneurs. Comparable as a Chicago-located curated coworking + event venue, though serving a different vertical.

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Largest flexible-workspace operator offering shared and private offices, meeting rooms, and events globally. Overlapping capability on workspace + event hosting, but not curated for the impact/philanthropy vertical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/myimpacthouse
• Facebookfacebook.com/myimpacthouse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fbrk-impact-house
• Instagraminstagram.com/myimpacthouse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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