Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,144 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $35M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $406k
- Net assets
- $72M
What National Defense Industrial Association does
Mission
As the world's trusted leader in professional national security and defense associations, ndia convenes the most thoughtful and innovative leaders to advance and advocate for best practices, initiatives, and products in defense, to ensure the safety and security of our nation, its allies and partners. Ndia provides trusted leadership through the convening and collaboration of global leaders to solve the most complex challenges in defense and national security.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Meetings & exhibits: the ndia promotes activities and forums for the interchange between industry and government on technology and acquisition developments. In addition, it provides state of the art defense technology updates and promotes better management techniques through symposia. Ndia's divisions cover a wide spectrum of interest areas that are important to the national defense preparedness effort. The divisions are organized to promote the exchange of technical information related to the research, development, production, logistics, and management of weapons systems, policy, associated support, and training among the department of defense, other federal government and state agencies, industry, academia, and scientific agencies.
$13,034,078 spentof which $472,782 as grants$21,948,084 earned by the program55% of program spendingEti, marketing & outreach: costs associated with marketing, communication, public relations and the association's magazine. The national defense magazine is a monthly magazine that is published to help educate government, industry, and the public regarding defense issues and related technology developments.
$6,003,178 spentof which $20,000 as grants$1,008,351 earned by the program25% of program spendingChapters and divisions: the ndia and wid chapters are part of the ndia entity and are organized geographically for the purpose of encouraging activities that support the association's vision, mission, and goals. Many are located near major military commands, research centers, and defense agencies and conduct programs to inform their members and communities about national security and the industrial base.
$4,638,212 spentof which $517,613 as grants$5,295,644 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,675,468.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $76M to $101M (+32%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Lisa Disbrow
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $287k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION’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 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 68% · 2023 87% — 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
97% of NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $393k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 32% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $629k on record — $629k federal, $75 state.
- Department of Defense$600k
- Department of Justice$24k
- Office of Personnel Management$5k
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$75
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 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION: 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 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,144 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $406,144 in grants to NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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