Funders, Clients & Partners
CNT is supported by the generosity of individuals and organizations. CNT also works in partnership with other institutions to promote our mission to build more livable and sustainable urban communities. The following organizations, government agencies, corporations, and charitable foundations support CNT through donations, grants, and consulting contracts or work in partnership with CNT. (For the period 1/1/08 – present)
Foundations
Alphawood Foundation
American Endowment Foundation
Anonymous
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Big Cat Foundation
Chicago Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Crown Family Philanthropies
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Energy Foundation
Field Foundation of Illinois
Ford Foundation
Global Philanthropy Partnership
Grand Victoria Foundation
Great Lakes Protection Fund
Harris Family Foundation
Home Depot Foundation
I Do Foundation
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Jocarno Fund
Joyce Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Kresge Foundation
The Libra Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Lottie Nath Fund
Lutheran Community Foundation
McKnight Foundation
McCormick Tribune Foundation
Mendel Family Fund
New Prospect Foundation
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Oram Foundation
Orton Family Foundation
Pierce Family Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Retirement Research Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust
Sidley Austin Foundation
Summit Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Tower Charitable Fund
Union Pacific Railroad Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
Weitzman Foundation
William J Clinton Foundation
Businesses & Corporations
4240 Architecture
Aerotecture, Ltd.
Alea & Associates
AMLI Residential
Ameren
Bill’s Shade and Blind Service, Inc.
Black Bamboo Design
Boeing Company
Burly Bear Promotions
Camiros, Ltd.
Catalyst Marketing Group
Christopher Burke Engineering
CDM
CEDA
Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc.
Christy Webber Landscapes
ComEd
Conservation Design Forum
Consolidated Printing
Corn Products International
Desmond & Ahern, Ltd.
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
EME, LLC
Entegrys
Exelon Corporation
Farr Associates
F.H. Paschen
Galvin Project
Green Home Chicago
Green Mountain Coffee
Green Town
HarneTech LLC
Harris Bank
Hey and Associates
Himmelfarb Group
Holsten Real Estate Development Corp.
In Sight Sign Company
J.T. Katrakis & Associates
Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty, P.C.
Kuczmarski & Associates
Lake Claremont Press
Lifestyle Properties
Lincolnwood Developers, Inc.
Marissa Strassel Design
MB Financial Bank
McGraw Hill Companies
Media Process Group
MidAmerica Bank
Mission Accounting Inc.
Moule & Polyzoides Architects & Urbanists
National City Bank
O-H Community Partners
onShore Networks, LLC
Ozinga Brothers
Patagonia
Pepco Energy Services
Plan-A, LLC
Reed Smith LLP
Renew the Earth
Rockwood Company
Sandbox Industries LLC
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Serena Sturm Architects
Shaw Environmental, Inc.
ShoreBank Corporation
Spero & Company Consultants, LLC
Studio Hammer
Terracom Public Relations
The Field Group
Urban Financial Advisory Corporation
US Bancorp
V3 Companies, Ltd.
Government
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
Chicago Park District
City of Blue Island, IL
City of Chicago 1st Aldermanic District
City of Chicago Bureau of Forestry
City of Dubuque, IA
City of Elgin, IL
City of Chicago Green Corps
City of Chicago Department of Environment
City of Chicago Department of Housing
City of Chicago Public Building Commission
City of Chicago Water Management
City of Cincinnati, OH
City of Cleveland, OH
City of Columbus, OH
City of Dixmoor, IL
City of Evanston, IL
City of Ft. Wayne, IN
City of Harvey, IL
City of Joliet, IL
City of Milwaukee, WI
City of Oakland, CA
City of San Antonio, TX
City of South Bend, IN
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, OH
Illinois Attorney General Office
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Housing Development Authority
Illinois Department of Transportation
Kane County, IL
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Bay Area, CA
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Morgan State University
Northeast New England Passenger Railroad Authority
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Ohio’s Office of the Governor
Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Canada
Regional Transportation Authority
San Bernardino Association of Government
Southern California Association of Governments
Southern Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Trinity Christian College, Department of Sociology
University of Colorado
University of New Orleans
US DOT Federal Transit Administration
US EPA Region V
Village of Bellwood, IL
Village of Hazel Crest, IL
Village of Midlothian, IL
Village of Oak Park, IL
Village of Riverdale, IL
Virginia Tech
Washington, D.C. Office of Planning
Non-Profit and Civic Organizations
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership
American Rivers
Bethel New Life
Broadway United Methodist Church
Brookings Institution’s Urban Market Initiative
Center for Housing Policy
Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc.
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Center for Housing Policy
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago Rehab Network
Chicago Wilderness
Citizens Taking Action
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Community Economic Development Association of Cook County
Community Economic Development Law Project
Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
DePaul University
Des Plaines Watershed Team
Ecological Cities Project
Earth Share of Illinois
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Faith in Place
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Global Philanthropy Partnership
Goldin Institute
Good Search
Greater Northwest Chicago Development Corp.
Hispanic Housing Development Corp.
Illinois Trails Conservatory
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers
Innovation Network for Communities
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
LUCHA
Metro Seniors in Action
NeighborSpace
Northside Community Federal Credit Union
Oberlin College
Policy Research Action Group
Presidential Climate Action Project
Safer Foundation
Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education
Safer Pest Control Projects
Seven Generations Ahead
Strategic Economics
United Transportation Union
United Way of Chicago
US Green Building Council
Wheaton College
Wicker Park Bucktown
Woodstock Institute
Partnerships
Aclara Software™
Active Transportation Alliance
Al Raby School for Community & Environment
Brookings Institution
Center for Clean Air Policy
Center for State Innovation
Center for Transit-Oriented Development
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Wilderness
Citizens Utility Board
Community Investment Corporation
Congress for the New Urbanism
Comverge
Delta Institute
Galvin Project
Drummond School
Hanson Park Elementary School
Historic Chicago Bungalow Association
HNTB Corporation
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Illinois Environmental Council
Illinois PIRG
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Innovation Network for Communities
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Morton Arboretum
New Building Institute
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (Institute)
Office of Governor Pat Quinn, State of Illinois
Openlands
Our Lady Gate of Heaven
Preservation Compact
Presidential Climate Action Project
Reconnecting America
Regional Transportation Authority
Saint Margaret Mary Church and School
Smart Growth America
South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association
Southeast Environmental Task Force, Chicago, IL
Strategic Economics
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
T4America
Teska Associates
Transit Resource Center
Unity Community Development Corporation of Joliet
Urban Land Institute
US Green Building Council – Chicago Chapter
Weaver Boos
West Central Municipal Conference
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Matching Gifts
AIG Matching Grants
AON Foundation
Amgen Foundation
Corbis
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
GE Foundation
Goldman Sachs
Joyce Foundation
JP Morgan Chase
Nuveen Investments
Polk Bros. Foundation
USG Foundation Inc.
US Bancorp
In-Kind Donations
Angelics Organics
Birchwood Kitchen
Buzz: Killer Espresso
Casa Beyá Vacation Rental
Chicago Fudgery
City Provisions
Crust
Dale Fast
David Kennedy
Dodo
Finch’s Beer
Goose Island Beer
Greenheart Shop
Green Home Chicago Design Center
Half Acre Beer
Koentopp Guitars
NatureMill
Neil Dixon Smith
Olivia’s Market
Piece
Salon Moka
Spa Soak
Semiramis Studio, LLC
Velospace.org
