Center for Neighborhood Technology

Analysis

Center for Neighborhood Technology is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Center for Neighborhood Technology reported income of $5.4m and spending of $4.6m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $5.4m (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Center for Neighborhood Technology sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Ene ($5.4m), Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation ($5.5m) and Sustainable Conservation ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 5.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $186k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $967k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 21 employees.