California Nurses Association: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 94-0362060)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$135.8M
FY2021	$139.6M
FY2022	$140.2M
FY2023	$157.8M
FY2024	$173.9M
FY2025	$187.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$99.2M
FY2021	$92.5M
FY2022	$96.1M
FY2023	$112.6M
FY2024	$140.1M
FY2025	$137.7M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$321.1M
FY2021	$365.3M
FY2022	$398.4M
FY2023	$435.1M
FY2024	$474.1M
FY2025	$528.8M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1978.

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

Part of a larger organization · Schedule R

California Nurses Association files its own Form 990, but Schedule R discloses 4 related entities — figures on this page are for this EIN only, not the whole group.

California Nurses Foundation · National Nurses United · California Nurses Foundation · National Nurses United · See Schedule R

Combined filings · FY2025 · 3 entities with data

Simple sum of each entity's Form 990 headline figures — not audited consolidated financials. This page's EIN is 85% of group revenue.

Group revenue

$219.3M

Group expenses

$170.9M

Group net assets

$582.8M

California Nurses Foundation · $250K rev · $731K net assets

National Nurses United · $32.0M rev · $53.3M net assets

Who runs it and what they're paid

41 people listed on the 990; $3.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Bonnie Castillo

Executive Director

$392,144Pt VII · Sec A

Holly Miller

Chief of Staff

$368,116Pt VII · Sec A

Pete D Castelli

Nat'l Dir, Affiliates and Strategic Campaigns

$331,918Pt VII · Sec A

Donald Nielsen

Chief Operating Officer

$325,909Pt VII · Sec A

Khadijatu Kabba

National Field Director

$310,038Pt VII · Sec A

Gerard Brogan

Director Nursing Practice- Until 10/1/24

$290,010Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Johnston

Director Research and Education

$281,191Pt VII · Sec A

Benjamin Eli Elliott

Director, Public Sector

$269,621Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Charles Idelson	—	—	$798,111	$228,180	$221,577	—
Bonnie Castillo	$392,144	$366,119	—	$306,226	$313,841	$262,666
Holly Miller	$368,116	$291,382	$261,829	$252,604	$240,204	$191,358
David Johnson	—	—	$260,755	$362,192	$246,031	$238,906
Kenneth Zinn	—	$344,662	$234,892	$216,765	$210,695	—
Bonnie Castiilo	—	—	$338,806	—	—	—
Pete D Castelli	$331,918	$268,089	—	—	—	—
Joanne Jung	—	—	—	$330,763	—	—

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

Represents registered nurses through collective bargaining while advocating for safe patient care, improved working conditions, and public policies that support the nursing profession.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024

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The California Nurses Association (CNA) is a 501(c)(5) labor organization with the primary exempt purpose of collective bargaining on behalf of registered nurses (RNs). In addition to collective bargaining for contracts governing the employment terms and working conditions of RNs, CNA activities include organizing new bargaining units…

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking

Grants paid · 90 grants · $2.8M · 2019–2024

Save My Country Action FundDC · FY2024$250,000

Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund DBA Action for Safety and JusticeCA · FY2024$200,000

California Nurses FoundationCA · FY2024$106,891

Labor Community Services Program of Los AngelesCA · FY2024$105,000

Acorn International INCLA · FY2024$90,000

United Farm Workers of AmericaCA · FY2024$60,000

Creative Visions FoundationCA · FY2024$50,000

Afl-Ciolos Angeles CountyCA · FY2024$50,000

Capital & MainCA · FY2024$40,000

California Tax Reform AssociationCA · FY2024$30,000

Sacramento Central Labor CouncilCA · FY2024$25,500

Unite Here Local 2CA · FY2024$25,000

Step Up for ActionLA · FY2024$25,000

Middle East Children's AllianceCA · FY2024$25,000

Healthcare-Now INCTX · FY2024$25,000

Coalition of Black Trade UnionistsDC · FY2024$25,000

American Fed of Labor & CongressTN · FY2024$25,000

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial OrgsCA · FY2024$25,000

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$187.1M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$177.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$10.8M

Money outPt IX

$137.7M

Ln 25

Owns and owesPt X

$528.8M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$306.8M

Total assetsLn 16$562.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$33.6M

PeoplePt VI, VII

41

listed · VII A

PaidVII A31

Voting boardVI 1a33

IndependentVI 1b27

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Fees for servicesLn 2g$177.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$10.8M

Gains on assetsLn 7$128K

Total revenueLn 12$187.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$234.2M

SavingsLn 2$72.6M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$306.8M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$163.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$63.9M

Other assetsLn 15$15.8M

Total assetsLn 16$562.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$33.6M

Net assetsLn 32$528.8M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5839

VolunteersI 610

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$280.1M	$306.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$134.6M	$163.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$65.5M	$63.9M
Total assetsLn 16	$507.0M	$562.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$32.9M	$33.6M
Net assetsLn 32	$474.1M	$528.8M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$6.9M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$2.0M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$49.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$7.8M
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$8.8M
Payroll taxesLn 10	$4.2M
Legal feesLn 11b	$408K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$101K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$262K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$7.4M
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3.0M
Office expensesLn 13	$3.3M
Information technologyLn 14	$2.8M
OccupancyLn 16	$4.0M
TravelLn 17	$6.5M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$7.4M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2.6M
InsuranceLn 23	$601K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$19.9M
All other expensesLn 24e	$732K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$137.7M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$187.1M	$137.7M	$49.3M	$528.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$173.9M	$140.1M	$33.8M	$474.1M	990 PDF
FY2023	$157.8M	$112.6M	$45.2M	$435.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$140.2M	$96.1M	$44.1M	$398.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$139.6M	$92.5M	$47.1M	$365.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$135.8M	$99.2M	$36.6M	$321.1M	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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $187,087,566 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $165,417,358$177,659,949

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,601,856$10,775,019

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$125,377−$1,347,402

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $173,893,837$187,087,566

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $542,939$6,927,339

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $71,143,055$71,787,454

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $68,444,334$59,022,942

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $140,130,328$137,737,735

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $33,763,509$49,349,831

Part VI · Governance 27 of 33 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body33

VI-1b Independent voting members27

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $187,087,566 across 6 lines filed

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $177,659,949$177,659,949

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,647,145$10,647,145

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$1,803,017−$1,803,017

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $127,874$127,874

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $455,615$455,615

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $178,115,564 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $8,972,002$187,087,566

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $137,737,735 across 20 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$6,927,339

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$1,961,076

IX-7 Other salaries and wages$49,082,651

IX-8 Pension plan contributions$7,757,679

IX-9 Other employee benefits$8,830,732

IX-10 Payroll taxes$4,155,316

IX-11b Legal fees$408,047

IX-11c Accounting fees$100,733

IX-11f Investment management fees$261,671

IX-11g Other fees for services$7,390,428

IX-12 Advertising and promotion$2,981,689

IX-13 Office expenses$3,252,172

IX-14 Information technology$2,831,241

IX-16 Occupancy$4,029,294

IX-17 Travel$6,496,480

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$7,432,586

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$2,615,714

IX-23 Insurance$601,275

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$19,889,486

IX-24e All other expenses$732,126

IX-25 Total functional expenses$137,737,735

Part X · Balance sheet $562,476,836 assets, 16 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,298,247; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $211,253,103$234,152,202

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $68,891,500$72,631,046

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $9,437,954$10,442,324

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,120,689$1,130,576

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $65,463,968$63,933,189

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $134,643,300$163,133,811

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,715,787$15,755,441

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $507,026,301$562,476,836

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,313,615$18,345,872

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $525,606$820,102

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $14,077,810$14,480,389

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $32,917,031$33,646,363

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $472,786,669$527,487,167

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,322,601$1,343,306

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $474,109,270$528,830,473

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $507,026,301$562,476,836

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $528,830,473 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$187,087,566

XI-2 Total expenses$137,737,735

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$49,349,831

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$474,109,270

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,765,452

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$394,080

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$528,830,473

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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