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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,562,893 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,047,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What National Association of City Transportation Officials Inc does
Mission
Nacto's mission is to build cities as places for people, with safe, sustainable, accessible, and equitable transportation choices that support a strong economy and vibrant quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leading the conversation- nacto works to lead the conversation on city transportation and advance a unified city voice on the national stage, advocating for state and federal adoption of street design guidance that supports safe, sustainable city streets; regulatory changes that give cities greater flexibility to innovate; increased federal research on transportation issues; improved coordination between state and local transportation departments; and policies that promote public transit, bicycling, and walking as integral parts of city transportation.throughout the year, nacto worked to maximize the benefits of the federal infrastructure investment and jobs act (iija). In part because of nacto advocacy, the biden-harris administration provided urgently-needed funding through its safe streets and roads for all (ss4a) program to stem the traffic safety crisis in communities across the country, working directly with cities to design the program so that it will maximize the number of lives saved on local streets. In december, the administration announced $817m of funding through this program, including over $340m to nacto member cities.another federal grant program that nacto helped…
$1,441,086 spent49% of program spendingBuilding the movement - nacto convenes a network of leading cities and transit agencies, providing professional development in transportation policy and urban design, forging connections between peer cities, and empowering the individuals who comprise the progressive local transportation movement.nacto empowers city staff to better achieve their cities' goals for transportation through a number of professional development initiatives. Nacto provides opportunities for regular peer-to-peer learning via convenings, targeted workshops, and leadership development programs. Nacto's signature event, the annual designing cities conference, is the premier transportation conference in the us, shining a spotlight on leadership in safe, sustainable, equitable transportation practice. At 2023's nacto designing cities conference, 1,200 transportation planners, engineers, and other practitioners met in denver, colorado. Over four days in may, nacto provided programming to staff from over 200 cities across north america, as well as their partners in the civic community and the private sector. Workshops, peer sessions, and walkshops provided practitioners with practical, actionable skills and…
$1,043,522 spent$758,708 earned by the program36% of program spendingAccelerating change - nacto conducts targeted and intensive work with individual cities or regions to catalyze local change and build internal capacity for consistent project delivery. Successful projects and initiatives become national case studies, inspiring other cities with innovative recipes and strategies for transformative initiatives. Many times, this work translated into national best practice guidance that gets widely disseminated and used across the u.s. And canada. In 2023, nacto began the process of developing the next iteration of the widely-used urban bikeway design guide to meet the evolving needs of cities. Over the course of 2023, nacto published seven working papers that explore some of the most critical gaps in vetted design guidance for cities. Topics included improving bike count programs, reevaluating laws that prevent safe and inclusive biking, shared micromobility management, collaborating with communities, designing streets for a multitude of bike and bike-like vehicles, building equitable bike networks, and using materials more effectively for durable bikeway design. This work will form the basis for the third, long-awaited edition of the nacto urban…
$440,932 spent$19,325 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,925,540.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.5M to $3.2M (−51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Janette Sadik-Khan
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $478k → $1.2M.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
78% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 81% · 2019 79% · 2020 83% · 2021 56% · 2022 58% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
27% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,562,893 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,047,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $12,562,893 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,047,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing