NAACP Foundation

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

The naacp foundation supports our civil rights and social justice work by raising funds and promoting philanthropy. The foundation board oversees our endowment, generating essential support for naacp's efforts. The foundation manages donor contributions to our scholarship fund, providing students with the most advanced educational opportunities. The contribution to epi, reported on part ix, line 1, is in support of the above activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131998814
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
(410) 580-5777
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Minority Rights

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.2%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.24; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 40 of 40 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $727K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $891K · 44 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

44 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DERRICK JOHNSON (NAACP PRESIDENT/CEO): $890,918 total reported compensation
  • JANETTE MCCARTHY-WALLACE (GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY): $364,914 total reported compensation
  • JUNKO KOBAYASHI (INTERIM CFO (THRU 07/24)): $296,591 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.