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National Electrical Manufacturers Association

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64,900 to it, the largest being WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ($64,900). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$26M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$65k
Net assets
$11M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What National Electrical Manufacturers Association does

Mission

The electroindustry is the backbone of our nation's energy system. NEMA creates and champions products that help people do, achieve, and experience more. We are the catalyst that makes the comforts of modern life possible. Our members: Modernize and secure the power grid; Deliver more resilient, connected, efficient building systems; Scale distributed energy resources and storage; Meet America's growing energy needs at a time of unprecedented demand. NEMA Member companies employ nearly a half million Americans in all 50 states and we represent a market exceeding $375 billion - a full 1% - of U.S. GDP. Collectively, we are accelerating a more connected, resilient, innovative future powered by electricity.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Serves approximately 300 member companies, each of which manufacture one or more products within the Association's product scope area ( over 59 different categories). Activities include development and promotion of voluntary product standards, surveys and reports, educational programs, seminars, international trade matters, and product safety.

  2. Standards: Provide technical coordination and guidelines to Association members on standards, legislation and regulations. Develops and publishes NEMA standards. Ensures proposed standards do not conflict with existing national and informational standards.

  3. NEMA is the powerful voice for the advancement of America's electroindustry. We champion the products and technologies that help people do, achieve, and experience more. We connect our members with policymakers and newsmakers, with a focus on Energy & Environment, International Trade & Supply Chain, Transportation & Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity & Data, to shine a light on the benefits of a resilient, connected, and safe electrical system.

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 ($23M) Expenses 100 ($23M) Net assets 100 ($8.4M)2018 Revenue 96 ($22M) Expenses 94 ($21M) Net assets 86 ($7.2M)2019 Revenue 96 ($22M) Expenses 93 ($21M) Net assets 112 ($9.4M)2020 Revenue 89 ($20M) Expenses 87 ($20M) Net assets 140 ($12M)2021 Revenue 100 ($23M) Expenses 95 ($21M) Net assets 153 ($13M)2022 Revenue 104 ($23M) Expenses 106 ($24M) Net assets 116 ($9.7M)2023 Revenue 109 ($24M) Expenses 114 ($26M) Net assets 122 ($10M)2024 Revenue 117 ($26M) Expenses 114 ($26M) Net assets 136 ($11M)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (114)Net assets (136)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $24M to $19M (−21%).

$25M
$22M
$23M
$25M
$27M
$24M
$24M
$19M
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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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$86k
’17
$346k
’18
$466k
’19
$502k
’20
$1.1M
’21
−$453k
’22
−$1.4M
’23
$418k
’24
0.1
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

Debra Phillips

President & CEO

Board chair

Richard Stinson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20172018202220232024
Listed4243444340
Joined·+5·+6+8
No longer listed·4·711
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of National Electrical Manufacturers 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.

Where its funders are

National Electrical Manufacturers Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

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

Government funding National Electrical Manufacturers Association receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.

Federal$1.1M
grants $298kcontracts $841k
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21
22
23
24
Top agencies
  • Department of Homeland Security$841k
  • Department of Commerce$298k

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.

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In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

28
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • National Electrical Manuf Assoc PAC · exempt
  • Electrical Safety Foundation Internation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds National Electrical Manufacturers Association?
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64,900 to it, the largest being WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ($64,900). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does National Electrical Manufacturers Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $64,900 in grants to National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Who is the largest funder of National Electrical Manufacturers Association?
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $64,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like National Electrical Manufacturers 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 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