Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $641,411 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($454,011). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $641k
- Net assets
- $-6992878
What National School Boards Association does
Mission
Working with and through our state associations, nsba advocates for equity and excellence in public education through school board leadership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
District and individual services - nsba provides support, resources, education and materials for local school districts that are directly involved in nsba programs such as national connection, council of urban boards of education, council of school attorneys, national black council, national hispanic council, and american indian alaska native council.
$4,798,185 spent$8,034,583 earned by the program55% of program spendingAdvocacy and membership services - nsba provides support, resources, education and materials for its 49 state association members. Nsba's advocacy office consists of three pillars - federal advocacy, legal advocacy and public advocacy. Nsba represents the interests of the nation's 90,000 local school board members before congress, federal courts and the public.
$3,978,379 spent$764,776 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,776,564.
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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $9.8M (−35%).
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 9% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National School Boards Action Center). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS 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 SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 68% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 5 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 SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22k on record.
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$15k
- TRAINING$4k
- OTHER SERVICES TRAINING$3k
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 SCHOOL BOARDS 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National School Boards Action Center · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS 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 SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $641,411 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($454,011). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $641,411 in grants to NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $454,011 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS 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.
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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 5 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