Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,333 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($83,333). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $72M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $54M
What National Association of Broadcasters does
Mission
National Association of Broadcasters (nab) advances the interest of radio and television broadcasters in federal government, industry and public affairs; improves the quality of broadcasting, and encourages technological innovation and public service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conventions: the nab show and nab show ny are annual conventions bringing together the broadcast, media and entertainment industry and showcasing the products, technologies and services that enable storytelling at scale. The 2024 nab show attracted 1,200+ exhibitors and over 62,000 registered attendees. The 2024 nab show new york attracted 227 exhibitors and nearly 13,000 registered attendees.
Advocacy: there are more than 17,000 full power local radio and television stations in the us serving their communities through public service, local news, entertainment programming and vital community information such as amber alerts, traffic information, and severe weather warnings. Nab advocates before congress, the federal communications commission (fcc) and in the courts.
Innovation: created in 2012, pilot is a collation of innovators, educators, and advocates dedicated to advancing broadcast technology and cultivating new media opportunities. Pilot propels broadcast technology into the future by providing a platform for innovation. An engine for incubation. A venue for testing new technologies and a forum for broadcaster education.nab continued the atsc 3.0 virtual interoperability event with 18 participating companies to develop and refine workflows for the new television standard, as well as the nextgen tv conformance program. Nab also continued and expanded the nextgen tv fellowship program to include howard university, university of missouri, and the university of minnesota with planned expansion in 2025. This is an effort to educate a new generation of broadcast technologists and increase a new generation of participation in the industry.nab continued the development of the broadcast positioning system (bps) that can complement and augment gps signals. Nab entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (crada) with the national institute of standards and technology (nist) and launched bps in three markets for additional…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $140M to $187M (+33%).
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: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Curtis Legeyt
President & chief executive officer
Board chair
Perry Sook
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $917k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Miami Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS’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 BROADCASTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 96% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $745k on record — $744k federal, $360 state.
- Department of Transportation$744k
- Membership in Organizations$360
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.
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- 1m Properties LLC · disregarded
- National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation · exempt
- National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,333 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($83,333). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $150,333 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS?
- JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $83,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS 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.
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 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing