Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1980.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
284 people listed on the 990; $4.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Derrick Johnson’s $828K as President and CEO is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 129 $10–100M civil rights & advocacy 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Johnson | $828,305 | $841,356 | $462,621 | $460,511 | $331,000 | $331,001 |
| Denese Carroll | $396,373 | $359,910 | $352,107 | $331,950 | — | — |
| Eris Sims | $331,188 | $306,982 | $307,269 | $288,745 | — | $184,885 |
| Aba Blankson | $331,170 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yumeka Rushing | $330,233 | $306,982 | $300,000 | $281,885 | — | — |
| Janette Mccarthy-Wallace | $320,600 | $306,982 | — | — | — | — |
| Kyle Bowser | $311,181 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Janette Louard | — | — | $305,325 | $265,742 | $187,567 | $187,567 |
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
Programs and updates
Fights racial discrimination and social injustice by supporting legal action, managing civil rights campaigns, and strengthening local advocacy networks across the country.
Questions for NAACP Empowerment Programs INC
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Civic engagement-naacp national office supports the activities of the regional and field offices work with volunteers in communities around the nation. It assists in engagement in group activities, and campaigns that address the issues of concern and promote and encourage the public to join in the activities of the naacp mission.
Civic engagement-naacp national office supports the activities of the regional and field offices work with volunteers in communities around the nation. It assists in engagement in group activities, and campaigns that address the issues of concern and promote and encourage the public to join in the activities of the naacp mission.
Civic engagement-naacp national office supports the activities of the regional and field offices work with volunteers in communities around the nation. It assists in engagement in group activities, and campaigns that address the issues of concern and promote and encourage the public to join in the activities of the naacp mission.
Field operations-naacp regional and field offices are responsible for assuring that naacp units are viable and capable of carrying out the naccp's mission at the local level. This effort requires providing the necessary training and information to adult volunteers, serving, and strengthening stakeholder relations, and cultivating youth…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $60.6M | $77.6M | −$16.9M | $60.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $43.6M | $60.3M | −$16.7M | $74.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $51.2M | $62.0M | −$10.9M | $86.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $103.7M | $54.1M | $49.7M | $103.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $86.0M | $39.5M | $46.5M | $50.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019 | $28.0M | $30.4M | −$2.5M | $5.1M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 66 of 66 board members independent, no flags
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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