Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC
NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,194 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ($225,247). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $409k
- Net assets
- $796k
What National Forum for Black Public Administrators Inc does
Mission
To serve as a catalyst for linking public and private organizations, as well as academic institutions to support the professional development of african americans choosing public service careers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Forum - since 1984, nfbpa has held an annual conference each april, which attracts more than 1000 african american public officials for an intensive training program on skills-building and professional development. The forum is recognized throughout the industry as one of the most important training activities available to public administrators. It is widely acclaimed for the intense training opportunities provided and the caliber of national experts featured. As part of forum, nfbpa also awards academic tuition scholarships to full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Forum 2024 occurred april 3-7, 2024, in baltimore, maryland.$348,150 collected for forum 2024 was restricted to fy 2023.
$1,503,214 spent$1,145,102 earned by the program63% of program spendingI4excellence - the i4x is a client-focused center of excellence, a team of consultants and coaches who are experienced current and former public sector leaders. Our mission is to deliver transformational, custom solutions across the public and non-profit sectors.
$458,979 spent$513,020 earned by the program19% of program spendingExecutive leadership institute (eli) - eli was established in 1987 as a program dedicated to grooming african american managers for the rigors of executive positions in public service organizations. The executive leadership institute has partnered with the georgetown university school of continuing studies since 2020 for eli graduates to receive a certificate in innovative leadership in public administration.
$161,451 spent$181,760 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe mentor program is a unique program designed to positively impact the professional development of emerging public administrators. The program is an intensive, eight-month initiative with an emphasis on skills building, and in building informally a professional bond between mentors and proteges throughout the program period.the city/county manager's symposium is a dynamic, in-depth, three-day symposium that brings together an exclusive group of local government managers from across the country to learn key strategies and collaborate on effectively addressing key challenges. Guided by members of the top-ranked carl vinson institute of government at the university of georgia in athens, georgia, this symposium enables participants to understand how to develop their own strengths and the talents of others to solve complex and rapidly emerging issues; enhance communication, collaboration and productivity among diverse staff, including new ways of managing remote and hybrid teams; build a foundation for effective problem-solving and build organizational unity; improve outcomes through the power of cognitive diversity; leave with a strong peer network and utilize the resources of this…
$244,034 spentof which $69,500 as grants$824,463 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,367,678.
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 2018 to 2019, from $617k to $1.5M (+140%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Marcia L Conner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $10k → $7k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 60% · 2022 50% · 2023 85% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 5% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC has grown faster than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC: 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 FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC?
- NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,194 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ($225,247). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $409,194 in grants to NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC?
- INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,247 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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