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NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$31M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$125k
Net assets
$30M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What National Ass for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education does

Mission

Nafeos mission is to serve as the voice for hbcus, pbis, and their stakeholders increase active participation of african americans in higher education and higher education policy.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. During fiscal year 2023 nafeo supported its members through a number of projects designed to enhance their viability including initiativesto increase student retention, initiatives to prepare nafeo member institutions for accreditation reviews, the provision of technical assistance to strengthen member colleges and universities, and through public-private partnerships. Nafeo also entered into four new partnerships to support the members in building thier infrastructures wealth

    $254,855 spent$31,414,750 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $254,855.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($784k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 71 ($1.1M) Expenses 129 ($1.0M) Net assets 107 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 22 ($338k) Expenses 38 ($296k) Net assets 2 ($32k)2021 Revenue 12 ($184k) Expenses 19 ($153k) Net assets 1 ($17k)2022 Revenue 19 ($293k) Expenses 9 ($74k) Net assets 15 ($220k)2023 Revenue 2000 ($31M) Expenses 43 ($336k) Net assets 2116 ($30M)
201720182020202120222023
Revenue (2000)Expenses (43)Net assets (2116)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $220k to $30M (+13578%).

$1.5M
$1.6M
$32k
$68k
$220k
$30M
201720182020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$787k
’17
$101k
’18
$42k
’20
$32k
’21
$220k
’22
$31M
’23
1.1
months of
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.

Chief executive

Lezli Baskerville

President CEO

Board chair

Dr Benjamin Chavis

Chair

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

201720182020202120222023
Listed875555
Joined·+1·+0+0+1
No longer listed·2·001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $123k → $3k.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
2
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION’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 ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

Where its funders are

96% of NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state.

FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21k on record.

Federal$21k
grants $0contracts $21k
17
18
Top agencies
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media$21k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION?
NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $125,000 in grants to NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION?
GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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