Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,956 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($180,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $85M
What National Association of Counties does
Mission
Strengthen america's counties
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
County services - these activities include ongoing research on issues of importance to counties, responding to inquiries from and about counties, managing a peer-to-peer network of expert county officials, hosting a clearing house of information about grants for which counties are eligible, and disseminating written materials.naco also facilitates educational programs at naco's conferences and leadership training for county officials.
$5,670,341 spent28% of program spendingConferences and meetings - naco holds three major conferences each year, legislative, annual and western interstate region conferences and meeting afford county official the opportunity to learn and gather information to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their county's operations and programs.
$3,655,376 spent$4,688,309 earned by the program18% of program spendingLegislative - through naco's member meetings and committees, this department develops national legislative policy in support of america's counties and for representation to congress and federal and executive agencies to congress and the administration, naco presents the county government view on the legislative and proposed regulations affecting counties.
$3,157,703 spent$340,376 earned by the program16% of program spendingContributions and other misc programs - funding to provide for operating costs of related organization, the National Association of Counties research foundation (nacorf). Nacorf's charitable mission is to ascertain, develop, and distribute knowledge about county government for the education of the public in general, and for the specific education and training of public officials and prospective public officials.
$2,910,000 spentof which $2,910,000 as grants14% of program spendingMembership Services
$2,762,566 spent$6,567,894 earned by the program14% of program spendingPublic affairs
$1,967,682 spent$39,178 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,123,668.
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 $54M to $96M (+77%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Matthew Chase
CEO/Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $313k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Solar Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES’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 COUNTIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 68% · 2021 71% · 2022 71% · 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
80% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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 COUNTIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $497k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$497k
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 COUNTIES
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.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Naco Research Foundation · exempt
- Naco Financial Services Corp · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,956 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($180,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $273,956 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing