National Center for Teacher Residencies
The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) is a public charity based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2007. It works to transform educator preparation by advancing teacher residency and registered apprenticeship programs, and says it has launched or supported more than 175 such programs since 2007.
National Center for Teacher Residencies at a glance
In short: National Center for Teacher Residencies gave $7.0M across 51 grants in 2025 (avg $138K), top state Tennessee. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $7,016,203
- -7.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 51
- +27.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $137,573
- -27.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $100,000
- Total assets
- $13,229,982
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Tennessee (10% 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 National Center for Teacher Residencies
- Contact
Mailing address: 1332 North Halsted Street 304, Chicago, IL 60642
Phone: (312) 397-8878
Website: https://nctresidencies.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who National Center for Teacher Residencies funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Chicago Public Schools ($330K). Together the top 10 received $2.6M.
Organizations only. It also paid 3 grants to individuals ($485,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
179 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 86 grants of 179 (48%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
NCTR describes its work as reaching programs across the United States. Its 2025 grants went to recipients in multiple states; the largest shares of grant dollars by recipient state were Tennessee (10%), California (9%), North Carolina (8%), Virginia (6%), and New York (6%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 51 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How National Center for Teacher Residencies gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $84K (2019) to $7.6M (2024). In 2025 it made 51 grants totaling $7.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Schools Chicago, IL | Teacher Residency | $330,000 |
| Nashville Teacher Residency Nashville, TN | Teacher Residency | $329,629 |
| 3 grants to individuals Recipients not named | — | $485,000 |
| St Louis Teacher Residency St. Louis, MO | Teacher Residency | $300,000 |
| Capitol Region Education Council (Crec) (CTTRP) Hartford, CT | Teacher Residency | $273,686 |
| Great Oaks Foundation New York, NY | Teacher Residency | $240,000 |
| University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN | Teacher Residency | $240,000 |
| GSU Research Foundation (Create Teacher Residency) Atlanta, GA | Teacher Residency | $235,000 |
| Summit Public Schools (Marshall Street Initiatives) Redwood City, CA | Teacher Residency | $230,000 |
| Public Education & Business Coalition (Pebc) Denver, CO | Teacher Residency | $220,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,229,982 | $12,035,693 | $12,432,691 | $7,016,203 | 51 | $391,590 |
| 2024 | $12,763,674 | $15,481,914 | $12,535,034 | $7,568,000 | 40 | $156,681 |
| 2023 | $7,766,347 | $9,501,441 | $9,705,703 | $4,937,500 | 40 | — |
| 2022 | $7,785,955 | $9,791,867 | $7,659,097 | $3,779,000 | 26 | — |
| 2021 | $5,406,714 | $10,603,548 | $10,621,801 | $7,444,387 | 22 | — |
| 2020 | $2,768,209 | $2,238,141 | $6,833,347 | $2,529,499 | 12 | — |
| 2019 | $6,869,466 | $6,856,786 | $4,281,565 | $84,270 | 3 | — |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
NCTR’s mission is to transform educator preparation by advancing the teacher residency movement to prepare, support, and retain more effective educators who represent and value the communities they serve. It partners with school districts, charter management organizations, nonprofits, state education agencies, colleges and universities, teacher unions, community organizations, and state apprenticeship agencies.
Through BEI, NCTR provides funding, technical assistance, and collaborative support to organizations developing or sustaining programs that prepare educators. The initiative supports recruitment, preparation, and retention, with an emphasis on reducing barriers to entering teaching and supporting educators from historically undersupported communities.
Examples of supported organizations include an individual recipient, whose stated mission is to develop and license teachers with diverse backgrounds and experiences for schools in Middle Tennessee, and The Educator Academy, which says it recruits, cultivates, supports, and retains a diverse network of educators. The Educate Me Foundation describes its mission as diversifying the teaching population in urban school districts by recruiting, developing, retaining, and empowering aspiring and current educators.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, NCTR reported 51 grants totaling $7,016,203. Grants ranged from $25,000 to $330,000, with a median of $100,000. The listed grant purposes were teacher residency.
Among the largest 2025 awards were $330,000 to Chicago Public Schools; $329,629 to an individual recipient; $305,000 to Virginia Commonwealth University for an individual recipient; $300,000 to an individual recipient; and $273,686 to Capitol Region Education Council for CTTRP. Other notable awards included $240,000 each to Great Oaks Foundation and the University of St. Thomas, and $235,000 to GSU Research Foundation for an individual recipient
NCTR’s website describes BEI as supporting partner organizations through funding, consulting, and relationship-centered assistance. It reports that the initiative’s initial five-year run supported more than 1,700 teacher residents and that Phase 2 aims to help prepare and retain 2,400 additional educators.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Daniel Velasco as chair, Edward Herrera as treasurer, and Corey Scholes as secretary. Directors listed are Laura Weeldreyer, Tracy Bach, Travis Bristol, Shawnee Caruthers, Edmund Clark, Annamarie Francois, and Phil Nguyen.
National Center for Teacher Residencies is led by Kathlene Campbell, CEO on every filing since 2022; 10 of 21 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathlene Campbell
CEO
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$135K (2023) → $263K (2025)
Daniel Velasco
Chair
Member → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bill Kennedy
Managing Director of Development
Managing Director of Partnerships & Development → Managing Director of Development, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$154K (2024) → $160K (2025)
Kelly Riling
Managing Director of Programs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$139K (2024) → $145K (2025)
Carly Black
Managing Director of Programs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$146K (2025)
Keilani Martin
Managing Director of Programs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$134K (2025)
Randall Lahann
Program Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$125K (2025)
Rosemary Baker
Program Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$131K (2025)
Laura Weeldreyer
Director
Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Travis Bristol
Director
Member → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Javaid Siddiqi
Director
Member → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Annamarie Francois
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edmund Clark
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phil Nguyen
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawnee Caruthers
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Bach
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Harvieux Pitner
Chief Growth Officer
Employee → Chief Growth Officer, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$146K (2019) → $195K (2025)
Erica Hines
Chief Program Officer
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$142K (2022) → $183K (2025)
Wayne Shen
COO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$142K (2023) → $199K (2025)
Corey Scholes
Secretary
Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edward Herrera
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Carrianne Scheib (2019–2024) — Director of Research & Evaluation
- Former: Tabitha Grossman (2020–2024) — Chief External Relations
- Former: Cortney King (2024) — Director of State & Federal Policy
- Former: Shannon Black (2024) — Managing Director of Programs
- Former: Bethany Little (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Chris Lozier (2019–2023) — COO
- Former: Lina Bankert (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Talia Milgrom-Elcott (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Jenna Caldwell (2022–2023) — Chief of Talent & Staff
- Former: Anissa Listak (2019–2022) — Former CEO
- Former: William Kennedy (2021–2022) — Program Director
- Former: Charmaine Mercer (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Kerri Briggs (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Thalia Nawi (2021) — Former Chief Program Officer
- Former: Tamara Azar (2019–2020) — Chief External Relations Officer
- Former: Emily Herrick (2020) — Program Director
- Former: Lambrina Kless (2019) — Employee
- Former: Scott R. Palmer (2019) — Secretary
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $263K, to Kathlene Campbell (CEO). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about National Center for Teacher Residencies
How much does National Center for Teacher Residencies give each year?
National Center for Teacher Residencies gave $7.0M across 51 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $7.6M across 40 grants.
What is National Center for Teacher Residencies's typical grant size?
National Center for Teacher Residencies's median grant in 2025 was $100,000, and its average grant was $137,573, across 51 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does National Center for Teacher Residencies give grants?
National Center for Teacher Residencies's top state is Tennessee, with 10% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were California (9%) and North Carolina (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Indianapolis, IN (3 grants), New York, NY (2 grants) and Norfolk, VA (2 grants).
Does National Center for Teacher Residencies give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 51 grants with a stated purpose on National Center for Teacher Residencies's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Teacher Residency" (51 grants).
Who are National Center for Teacher Residencies's largest grantees?
National Center for Teacher Residencies's largest 2025 grantees include Chicago Public Schools ($330,000), Nashville Teacher Residency ($329,629) and St Louis Teacher Residency ($300,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 3 grants to individuals ($485,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 14% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is National Center for Teacher Residencies?
National Center for Teacher Residencies reported $13.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $12.0M.
What does National Center for Teacher Residencies fund?
NCTR’s mission is to transform educator preparation by advancing the teacher residency movement to prepare, support, and retain more effective educators who represent and value the communities they serve. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from National Center for Teacher Residencies?
National Center for Teacher Residencies has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check nctresidencies.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is National Center for Teacher Residencies's EIN?
National Center for Teacher Residencies's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-0869607. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 8, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 10, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 5, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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