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Emerging Technology Centers Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Baltimore, MD EIN: 52-1732432 Website

To foster a transformative community of tech-savvy, innovative, entrepenurial people looking for creative collaboration to accelerate their growth potential and make powerful economic impact on the City of Baltimore and beyond.

Emerging Technology Centers Inc at a glance

Total assets
$2,282,787
+168.2% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$779,371
+3.2% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$28,342
+65811.6% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$554,551
+47.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Emerging Technology Centers Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

<$50K10$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 10 grants of 10 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

BaltimoreFriendswood

How Emerging Technology Centers Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+11%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K7 grants2019 2 grants2020 5 grants2021 5 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $125K (2020) to $250K (2022). In 2022 it made 5 grants totaling $250K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
6DGRS Friendswood, TXEconomic Development$50,000
Book-A-Boat DBA BUKU Baltimore, MDEconomic Development$50,000
G-Haven eSports Baltimore, MDEconomic Development$50,000
Impathi LLC Baltimore, MDEconomic Development$50,000
Opal HTM Inc White Plains, MDEconomic Development$50,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,282,787$779,371$554,551——$28,342
2024$851,060$755,148$375,282——$43
2023$455,657$843,299$813,411——$43
2022$513,249$1,063,533$1,055,326$250,0005$38
2021$553,000$1,006,591$1,020,264$250,0005$57
2020$540,556$1,055,414$940,925$125,0002$1,657
2019$442,042$2,416,043$1,488,980$225,0007$781

About Emerging Technology Centers Inc

Based on IRS filings

Emerging Technology Centers Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Baltimore, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $28K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Emerging Technology Centers Inc is led by Arti Santhanam, Fmr. Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Arti Santhanam

    Fmr. Executive Director

    Executive Director → Fmr. Executive Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    37.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Colin Tarbert

    Fmr. President

    President → Fmr. President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Pillas

    Fmr. Secretary & Treasurer

    Treasurer → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    Secretary & Treasurer → Fmr. Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberly Clark

    Fmr. Vice President

    Acting President → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → Fmr. Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (15)
  • Former: Deborah Tillett (2019–2023) — Former CEO
  • Former: Hans Petit-Homme (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jacqueline Brooks (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Michael Jackson (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kyle McQuighan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mike Leffer (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Smith (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Margaret Roth Falzon (2022–2023) — President
  • Former: Kristen Herber (2019–2022) — Former Director
  • Former: Margaret Roth (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Ann Quinn (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Robert Brennan (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Shelley Lombardo (2019–2020) — Chair
  • Former: Yair Flicker (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Cyndi Gula (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Emerging Technology Centers Inc

How large is Emerging Technology Centers Inc?

Emerging Technology Centers Inc reported $2.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $779K.

What is Emerging Technology Centers Inc?

Emerging Technology Centers Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Baltimore, MD. It holds $2.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Emerging Technology Centers Inc operate?

Emerging Technology Centers Inc has awarded grants in Maryland, Texas.

What is Emerging Technology Centers Inc's EIN?

Emerging Technology Centers Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1732432. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 7, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)

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