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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,380,000 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($615,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $651k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $448k
What National Association of State Leaders in Early Education does
Mission
Naslee is a membership organizaton committed to the success of young children. We exist to equip and empower individuals to become strong leaders working in, and with, state-level systems of early education. Together, we exercise a collective influence to ensure inclusive and evidence-informed societal decisions and actions affecting early childhood education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The largest program of naslee is the annual roundtable. The naslee annual roundtable is the signature event of the association, bringing together state early childhood specialists from across the nation for a two-day professional learning and networking event. Each year, the program committee (a group of volunteer association members led by the vice president of the association) surveys membership and plans for programming at the annual meeting according to the relevant needs of early childhood state specialists.
Membership services is the second largest programming for naslee. This includes the association website with materials for members, the association listserv where members can interact via email, and programming membership services such as webinars and networking events. These services are maintained by the naslee executive leadership committee and the naslee executive director. These services include expenses such as website maintenance, survey services, membership payment services and workspace services for business (categorized as web-based office platforms).
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $221k to $402k (+82%).
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 80% · 2023 87% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $75k → $199k.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY 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 ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 69% · 2022 55% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 6 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,380,000 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($615,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,380,000 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $615,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 6 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