Center for Neighborhood Technology
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is a Chicago-based public charity, founded in 1978. It delivers analysis and solutions to support community-based organizations and local governments in creating equitable, sustainable, and resilient neighborhoods.
Center for Neighborhood Technology at a glance
In short: Center for Neighborhood Technology gave $204K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $34K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $204,260
- -69.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- -80.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $34,043
- +52.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $30,500
- Total assets
- $3,551,026
- -3.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Contact
Mailing address: 17 N State Street 1850, Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (773) 278-4800
Website: https://cnt.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Center for Neighborhood Technology funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Little Village Environmental Justice Organization ($85K). Together the top 6 received $204K.
Grant Size Distribution
49 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 43 grants of 49 (88%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to organizations in Illinois, and the listed recipients were based in Chicago. CNT’s website describes its fee-for-service consulting practice as working across the country; this is separate from the reported geographic distribution of its 2025 grants.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
Cities
How Center for Neighborhood Technology gives
- Giving grew 95% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $105K (2022) to $670K (2024). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $204K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Chicago, IL | Flooding and sanitation vulnerability project support; community benefits to green infrastructure project support; participation on transportation equity network's executive committee | $85,010 |
| Metropolitan Planning Council Chicago, IL | Participation on transportation equity network's executive committee; participation on elevated's systems change working group | $34,250 |
| Southeast Environmental Task Force Chicago, IL | Climate resilience and environmental justice work on chicago's se side; truck count data collection support | $31,500 |
| Grassroots Empowerment Mission Chicago, IL | Infrastructure Project Support in Belmont Cragin | $29,500 |
| Equiticity Chicago, IL | Participation on Transportation Equity Network's Executive Committee | $13,500 |
| Neighbors for Environmental Justice Chicago, IL | Bus rapid transit engagement work; truck count data collection support | $10,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
CNT reported that federal grant revenue was frozen or canceled during the year, reducing projected income. The filing says CNT laid off five full-time staff members and incurred severance, accrued vacation, and unemployment insurance costs.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,551,026 | $5,253,881 | $5,841,013 | $204,260 | 6 | $68,742 |
| 2024 | $3,683,587 | $4,761,232 | $5,398,454 | $670,084 | 30 | $8,532 |
| 2023 | $4,235,827 | $5,436,922 | $4,639,617 | $350,200 | 8 | $39 |
| 2022 | $3,102,267 | $3,330,308 | $3,183,433 | $104,954 | 5 | $228 |
| 2021 | $2,493,900 | $2,988,936 | $2,424,603 | — | — | $320 |
| 2020 | $2,022,555 | $2,684,730 | $2,292,802 | — | — | $2,459 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
CNT’s mission is to deliver innovative analysis and solutions that support community-based organizations and local governments in creating equitable, sustainable, and resilient neighborhoods. Its stated approach includes making quantitative and qualitative data, lived experience, and stories accessible; equipping organized community groups with tools and resources to influence policy; and advancing equitable investment and infrastructure in vulnerable, disinvested, and gentrifying neighborhoods.
The 2025 grants show support for projects involving flooding and sanitation vulnerabilities, green infrastructure, climate resilience and environmental justice, transportation equity, transit engagement, and truck-count data collection. Recipients included the Southeast Environmental Task Force, which describes its mission as promoting environmental education, pollution prevention, and sustainable development on Chicago’s Southeast Side and in the south suburbs; Equiticity, which says it works to operationalize racial equity through research, advocacy, programs, and community mobility; and Neighbors for Environmental Justice, which describes its work as organizing community action to advance environmental health and a just transition.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, CNT reported six grants totaling $204,260. Grants ranged from $10,500 to $85,010, with a median of $30,500. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in Illinois.
The largest awards were $85,010 to Little Village Environmental Justice Organization for flooding and sanitation vulnerability work, community benefits from green infrastructure, and participation in the Transportation Equity Network’s executive committee; $34,250 to Metropolitan Planning Council for participation in that committee and Elevated’s Systems Change Working Group; $31,500 to Southeast Environmental Task Force for climate resilience and environmental justice work on Chicago’s Southeast Side and truck-count data collection; and $29,500 to Grassroots Empowerment Mission for infrastructure project support in Belmont Cragin. CNT also gave $13,500 to Equiticity for participation in the Transportation Equity Network’s executive committee and $10,500 to Neighbors for Environmental Justice for bus rapid transit engagement and truck-count data collection.
CNT states in its filing that grants are assessed upon execution for restrictions or requirements. It tracks restricted revenues and expenditures, with finance and program leads responsible for ensuring restrictions are followed.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Nina Idemudia as director and CEO. Other listed officers and directors are Bennett Johnson III (chair), Bo Kemp (vice chair), Louis Rosenthal (treasurer), Jeremy Liu (secretary), Margaret O’Dell, Olga Bautista, Ann Kalayil, Katanya Raby, and Molly Rutzick.
Center for Neighborhood Technology is led by Nina Idemudia, Director & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 4 of 14 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Nina Idemudia
Director & CEO
Chief Executive Officer → Director & CEO, 2024
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$61K (2023) → $171K (2025)
Bennett Johnson III
Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Romeo
Managing Director
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$116K (2025)
Molly Rutzick
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Wheat
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katanya Raby
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Olga Bautista
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brandy Stone
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dayna Cole
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lucia Geglio
Chief Operating Officer
Managing Director → Chief Operating Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$138K (2024) → $122K (2025)
Miriam Savad
Chief Strategy & Program Officer
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$75K (2024) → $135K (2025)
Bo Kemp
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Liu
Secretary
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Louis Rosenthal
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Ann P Kalayil (2020–2025) — Director · Filing note: Thru 123125
- Former: Margaret O'Dell (2020–2025) — Director · Filing note: Thru 123125
- Former: Kirk Chamberlain (2020–2024) — Director · Filing note: Thru 122424
- Former: Obinna Ekwueme (2020–2024) — Director · Filing note: Thru 122424
- Former: Robert M Dean (2020–2024) — Chief Strategy & Program Officer · Filing note: Thru 03124
- Former: Pj McGuire (2021–2024) — Director · Filing note: Thru 122424
- Former: Rick Guzman (2022–2024) — Director · Filing note: Thru 10124
- Former: Shavion Scott (2023–2024) — Managing Director
- Former: Jennifer McGraw (2024) — Managing Director
- Former: Ceasar McDowell (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Richard Munson (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Katie McDonald (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Ngoan Le (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Greg Kelley (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Bob Dean (2023) — Chief Strategy & Program Officer
- Former: Lucy Geglio (2023) — Director of Finance
- Former: Peter Haas (2023) — Chief Research Scientist
- Former: Preeti Shankar (2023) — Managing Director
- Former: Bernard J Ford (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Linda Young (2020–2022) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Danisha Hall (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Lesle Honore (2022) — Managing Director of Strategy & Communications
- Former: Anne Hallett (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Andrew Williams-Clark (2021) — Managing Director Urban Resilience
- Former: Lindene Patton (2020) — Director
- Former: Mark J Ladd (2020) — Director
- Former: Robert C Henderson (2020) — Chairman
- Former: Steve Schlickman (2020) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $171K, to Nina Idemudia (Director and CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Center for Neighborhood Technology
How much does Center for Neighborhood Technology give each year?
Center for Neighborhood Technology gave $204K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $670K across 30 grants.
What is Center for Neighborhood Technology's typical grant size?
Center for Neighborhood Technology's median grant in 2025 was $30,500, and its average grant was $34,043, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Center for Neighborhood Technology give grants?
Center for Neighborhood Technology gives mostly in Illinois: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Chicago, IL (6 grants).
Does Center for Neighborhood Technology give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Center for Neighborhood Technology's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Center for Neighborhood Technology's largest grantees?
Center for Neighborhood Technology's largest 2025 grantees include Little Village Environmental Justice Organization ($85,010), Metropolitan Planning Council ($34,250) and Southeast Environmental Task Force ($31,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 74% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Center for Neighborhood Technology?
Center for Neighborhood Technology reported $3.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.3M.
What does Center for Neighborhood Technology fund?
CNT’s mission is to deliver innovative analysis and solutions that support community-based organizations and local governments in creating equitable, sustainable, and resilient neighborhoods. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Center for Neighborhood Technology?
Center for Neighborhood Technology has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check cnt.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Center for Neighborhood Technology's EIN?
Center for Neighborhood Technology's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2967283. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 23, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 26, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 23, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 23, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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