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National Association of Development Organizations

National Association of Development Organizations (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$1.1M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What National Association of Development Organizations does

Mission

The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) provides advocacy, education, research, and training for the nation's regional development organizations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership Services: NADO provides advocacy, education, research and timely and relevant training and information to members. NADO News is a members' only weekly e-publication that covers the latest developments on Capitol Hill, in the administration and within the NADO membership. Our website, NADO.org, is home to information about current legislative efforts, conferences and workshops. -NADO's legislative team works daily with Congress, the administration, federal agencies, coalition partners and key stakeholders to promote the value, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's regional development organizations. NADO is the most effective national voice for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Economic Development District (EDD) program.

    $896,060 spent$1,128,359 earned by the program
    63% of program spending
  2. Annual Conferences: NADO offers unmatched access to professional peers through Annual Training Conferences, Washington Policy Conferences and other virtual and face-to-face meetings and seminars.Annual Conference - Highlighted innovative practice of regional development organizations. Offered interactive settings for information sharing, networking and learning.Washington Conference - The NADO Washington Policy Conference brings together regional development professionals and local elected officials to learn about the latest federal policy and budget developments. See Schedule O for continuation

    $411,997 spent$543,563 earned by the program
    29% of program spending
  3. Regional/rural transportation: For the past decade, NADO has worked tirelessly to secure enhanced federal guidelines for rural consultation and planning services of regional development organizations and their local governments. NADO's Rural Transportation.org Web site has a variety of transportation resources for members.

    $112,122 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. Resilient Regions: In partnership with Rupri and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), NADO is working to assist regions in taking a more pro-active approach to pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster economic recovery. Through partnerships and training, NADO is working with regional development organizations (RDOs) and other partners to explore methods to hasten post-disaster economic recovery and reduce the long-term financial burden of disasters (natural disasters as well as economic disasters) on impacted communities, businesses, and individuals.

    $1,998 spent
    0% of program spending
  5. Organizational Capacity and Professional Development: Training webinars provide an in-depth look at the latest news and trends affecting regional development organization management, staffing, and reporting. Topics include accounting standards, board engagement, new executive director training, social media strategies, and much more. Each webinar is led by an expert in the field who will provide best practices and examples.

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,422,177.

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 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($668k)2018 Revenue 97 ($1.1M) Expenses 91 ($1.0M) Net assets 117 ($785k)2019 Revenue 107 ($1.3M) Expenses 103 ($1.1M) Net assets 135 ($903k)2020 Revenue 97 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 138 ($919k)2021 Revenue 110 ($1.3M) Expenses 115 ($1.3M) Net assets 140 ($934k)2022 Revenue 126 ($1.5M) Expenses 138 ($1.5M) Net assets 131 ($874k)2023 Revenue 133 ($1.5M) Expenses 132 ($1.5M) Net assets 144 ($963k)2024 Revenue 148 ($1.7M) Expenses 140 ($1.5M) Net assets 171 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (148)Expenses (140)Net assets (171)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+48%).

$1.1M
$895k
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.3M
$2.2M
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$60k
’17
$117k
’18
$117k
’19
$17k
’20
$14k
’21
−$60k
’22
$90k
’23
$177k
’24
5.9
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

Joe C McKinney

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed6767656564646260
Joined·+14+8+0+10+11+1+57
No longer listed·141001111359
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of National Association of Development Organizations’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.

Where its funders are

100% of National Association of Development Organizations's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

DC

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like National Association of Development Organizations

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

57
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds National Association of Development Organizations?
National Association of Development Organizations (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does National Association of Development Organizations have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to National Association of Development Organizations.
Who is the largest funder of National Association of Development Organizations?
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like National Association of Development Organizations 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 1 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