New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 278 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,845,947 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($107,350,200). 129 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $87M
- Funders on record
- 278
- Grants received
- $239M
- Net assets
- $233M
What National Urban League Inc does
Mission
The urban league is a nonpartisan, civil rights and community-based movement that serves over two million people each year, providing direct services, research, and policy advocacy to help individuals and communities reach their fullest potential. Primarily working with african-americans and other emerging ethnic communities, the league's network of over 100 professionally staffed affiliates in over 36 states and the district of columbia across the nation works to close equality gaps for people at all economic levels and stages of life, and gives citizens a chance to give back as volunteers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic empowerment invests in the financial literacy and employability of adults through job training, homeownership counseling and entrepreneurship support.
$52,907,798 spentof which $45,418,850 as grants$465,981 earned by the program63% of program spendingCivic engagement and leadership empowerment encourage all people to take an active role in improving quality of life through participation in community service projects and public policy initiatives.
$11,283,243 spent$6,419,703 earned by the program14% of program spendingHealth and quality of life empowerment encourages all people to take an active role in improving their wellness and quality of life through participation in preventative measures, health literacy programs, community service projects, and public policy initiatives.
$8,800,467 spentof which $3,819,315 as grants11% of program spendingEducation and youth empowerment ensure the education of all children by providing access to early childhood literacy, after-school programs and college preparation.
$7,231,214 spentof which $2,308,404 as grants$412,491 earned by the program9% of program spendingNational urban league affiliates offer services in 36 states and the district of columbia, to over 350 communities across the country. These professionally staffed offices are where nul services come to life: where people and their neighborhoods grow, change, and are strengthened. The league's affiliate services department goal is to provide information and training to affiliate ceos, boards, staff, and volunteers to increase their understanding of the league's mission, and to enhance their professional skills and effectiveness.
$2,783,656 spentof which $252,000 as grants$971,329 earned by the program3% of program spendingCivil rights and racial justice empowerment guarantee equal participation in all facets of american society through proactive public policies and community-based programs.
$524,833 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,531,211.
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 2019 to 2020, from $61M to $287M (+369%).
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: 2017 42% · 2018 43% · 2019 38% · 2020 6% · 2021 23% · 2022 39% · 2023 40% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Marc H Morial
President and CEO
Board chair
Tim Murphy
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 97 funders, grant income rose $6.5M → $14M.
38 of 278 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 URBAN LEAGUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 278 funders by total. 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 URBAN LEAGUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 54%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 31% · 2019 29% · 2020 75% · 2021 15% · 2022 11% · 2023 14% — 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
30% of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 35 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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 URBAN LEAGUE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250.2M on record — $250.2M federal, $29 state.
- Department of Labor$160.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$50.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$18.7M
- Department of Justice$10.8M
- Small Business Administration$5.0M
- Department of Commerce$3.5M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$29
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 URBAN LEAGUE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Urban League Empowerment Center LLC · disregarded
- Ulec Retail LLC · disregarded
- The Urban Empowerment Fund · exempt
- Ulec Leverage Inc · exempt
- Nul Civic Engagement Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC?
- NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 278 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,845,947 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($107,350,200). 129 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 278 organizations giving $238,845,947 in grants to NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC, 129 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $107,350,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 278 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing