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National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc

National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $515,000 to it, the largest being THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC ($515,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$13M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$515k
Net assets
$8.4M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc does

Mission

To advocate its members' interest on national public policy issues that affect the entire wholesale distribution industry. The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, Inc. (NAW) assists merchant wholesaler-distributors to be the most efficient channel for bringing goods to the market through benchmarking, strategic management information, networking, and high level conferences. NAW serves as a mechanism, through its Association of Executives Council, for the sharing of ideas, programs, and skills among the organization's member national associations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Networking and Meetings: Representing all lines of trade in the wholesale distribution industry, NAW is uniquely positioned to offer its members programs that are designed to promote information exchange and benchmarking among noncompeting peers. The NAW Annual Meeting provides members of the industry, as well as the public, speakers and information related to a more efficient, productive, and profitable business operation. Specialized meetings are targeted by wholesale distribution company size and by executive responsibilities to better meet NAW's members' needs and to provide small group networking opportunities.

  2. Communication and Publications: NAW informs its members and other interested parties about its programs and activities and pertinent issues affecting the wholesale distribution industry through its website; www.NAW.org. A free E-Newsletter, "NAW Smartbrief" delivers the most recent industry headlines, summaries, and links to original new stories to close to 27,000 subscribers by E-Mail four times per week. "Ask NAW" provides answers to unique member questions and supplies feedback on mission-critical projects using this robust desktop resource. Through media relations, NAW continues to receive broad coverage of its government-related activities. Also, through its foundation, NAW is a leading publisher of leading-edge studies and research.

  3. Government Relations and Coalitions: The mission of the NAW government relations team is to convey the wholesale distribution industry's views to the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, and to identify opportunities for the advancement of NAW's federal public policy agenda. NAW's principal grassroots advocacy tool is the Internet-based E-Alert Program through which NAW communicates with senior management of both NAW Direct Member companies and member companies of cosponsoring NAW-affiliated Member Associations. Also, the Washington Action Network catalogs the personal relationships that exist between individual wholesaler-distributors and Members of both houses of Congress. This network enables the NAW government relations team to tap the distribution industry's top-level "grass-tops" contacts with Representatives and Senators at the most critical points in legislative initiatives. Additionally, NAW is a leader in organizing and managing coalitions to address the wholesale distribution industry's national public policy priorities such as enactment of tax relief and advancing federal legal reform measures.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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 ($6.4M) Expenses 100 ($5.7M) Net assets 100 ($9.7M)2018 Revenue 95 ($6.1M) Expenses 98 ($5.6M) Net assets 105 ($10M)2019 Revenue 96 ($6.1M) Expenses 101 ($5.8M) Net assets 108 ($11M)2020 Revenue 93 ($5.9M) Expenses 95 ($5.4M) Net assets 112 ($11M)2021 Revenue 101 ($6.5M) Expenses 128 ($7.3M) Net assets 103 ($10M)2022 Revenue 4 ($227k) Expenses 12 ($662k) Net assets 101 ($9.8M)2023 Revenue 171 ($11M) Expenses 198 ($11M) Net assets 99 ($9.6M)2024 Revenue 205 ($13M) Expenses 255 ($15M) Net assets 87 ($8.4M)
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Revenue (205)Expenses (255)Net assets (87)

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 $12M to $19M (+52%).

$11M
$11M
$12M
$12M
$19M
$18M
$18M
$19M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$692k
’17
$466k
’18
$353k
’19
$508k
’20
−$838k
’21
−$435k
’22
−$409k
’23
−$1.4M
’24
0.6
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

Eric Hoplan

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed2220172222152422
Joined·+4+1+8+3+6+13+6
No longer listed·64331348
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc’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 Wholesaler- Distributors Inc'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 Wholesaler- Distributors Inc

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.

Governance

12
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DC

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • NAW Political Action Committee · exempt
  • NAW Service Corporation · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc?
National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $515,000 to it, the largest being THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC ($515,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $515,000 in grants to National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc.
Who is the largest funder of National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc?
THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC is the largest funder on record, with $515,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors Inc 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