National Action Network INC

Not tax-deductible

New York, NY501(c)(4)Since 1991Public & Societal BenefitEIN 11-3269182Revenue $10.6M in FY2024

On file with the IRSnationalactionnetwork.net106 W 145th St, 10039-4103 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Apr 1999

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Social justice organization to provide a modern civil rights and human rights agenda

81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 34 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $141K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$590K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 73% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $510K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.3M
62% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 62% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
31
of 31 voting members
Looks good: 31 of 31 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.6M
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$10.3M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$10.6M
FY2024▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$11.2M
FY2021$7.3M
FY2022$8.0M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$10.6M
Expenses
$10.3M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.9M
FY2021$7.8M
FY2022$8.8M
FY2023$10.1M
FY2024$10.3M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1999.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $8.4M Management & general 18% · $1.8M Fundraising 1% · $75K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

33 people listed on the 990; $590K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & C.e.o.
$465,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President
$125,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alfred Sharpton’s $465K as President & C.e.o. is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 232 $10–100M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alfred Sharpton$465,000$648,786$374,916$626,677$340,534
Michsrl a Hardy ESQ—$354,075———
Michael a Hardy——$293,700$261,800$241,457
Ebonie C Riley$125,000$117,273$115,613$115,570$102,155
Nelson B Rivers III—$115,309$117,366$117,468$119,759

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Advocates for a modern civil and human rights agenda.

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1 program · $8.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Promoted an agenda that includes an equal standard of justice and decency for all people regardless of race, social justice for communities, and the improvement of race relations.

$8.4Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 18 grants · $1.2M · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$92,523
Nan Newark Tech WorldNJ · FY2023$25,000
I Am Sac Foundation INCCA · FY2023$11,200
March onCO · FY2022$50,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$35,000
Amadou Diallo Foundation INCNY · FY2022$10,000
Families UnitedFY2022$5,200
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,000
Nan Newark Tech WorldNJ · FY2021$600,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$155,460
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,400
Unitemized GrantFY2020$131,899
Nan Newark Tech WorldNJ · FY2020$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,500

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$519K
Money outPt IX
$10.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.4M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Fundraisingcol D$75K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a31
IndependentVI 1b31
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$519K
Total revenueLn 12$10.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$405K
Other assetsLn 15$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K$405K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$33K$33K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$590K$442K$148K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.7M$1.3M$436K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$31K$23K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$164K$123K$41K
Payroll taxesLn 10$177K$133K$44K
Legal feesLn 11b$277K$277K
Accounting feesLn 11c$72K$72K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$75K$75K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M$910K$268K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$192K$144K$48K
Office expensesLn 13$197K$150K$48K
Information technologyLn 14$154K$116K$39K
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$767K$345K
TravelLn 17$2.1M$2.1M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.5M$1.5M
InterestLn 20$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$128K$90K$39K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$500K$500K
All other expensesLn 24e$48K$20K$28K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.3M$8.4M$1.8M$75K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $10.6M$10.3M$249K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.4M$10.1M−$1.6M$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.0M$8.8M−$734K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.3M$7.8M−$458K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $11.2M$7.9M$3.3M$4.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,596,390 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,409,975$10,077,257
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,609$519,133
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,432,584$10,596,390
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $158,723$33,379
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,962,598$2,705,795
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$75,000
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,957,408$7,533,535
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,078,729$10,347,709
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,646,145$248,681
Part VI · Governance 31 of 31 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body31
VI-1b Independent voting members31
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,596,390 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,077,257
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,077,257
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $519,133$519,133
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $519,133 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$10,596,390
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,347,709 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $33,379$33,379
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $442,500 · Management $147,500$590,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,307,722 · Management $435,906$1,743,628
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $23,204 · Management $7,735$30,939
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $122,968 · Management $40,990$163,958
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $132,952 · Management $44,318$177,270
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $276,697$276,697
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $71,782$71,782
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $75,000$75,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $910,322 · Management $267,861$1,178,183
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $143,791 · Management $47,930$191,721
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $149,799 · Management $47,597$197,396
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $115,697 · Management $38,565$154,262
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $766,865 · Management $344,533$1,111,398
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,131,050$2,131,050
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,543,275$1,543,275
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,165$1,165
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $89,909 · Management $38,531$128,440
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $499,945$499,945
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $19,987 · Management $28,234$48,221
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,433,365 · Management $1,839,344 · Fundraising $75,000$10,347,709
Part X · Balance sheet $3,708,355 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,058,308$1,241,796
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $75,000$75,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $56,521$404,578
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,986,981$1,986,981
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,835,959$3,708,355
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $900,262$523,499
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,767,328$1,767,328
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,667,590$2,290,827
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,168,369$1,417,528
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,168,369$1,417,528
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,835,959$3,708,355
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,417,528 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,596,390
XI-2 Total expenses$10,347,709
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$248,681
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,168,369
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$478
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,417,528

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