National Abortion Federation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883509330
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
Phone
2026675881
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,283,586
Expenses
$9,322,578
Assets
$16,249,195
Liabilities
$1,636,244

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRITTANY FONTENO (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRITTANY FONTENO (PRESIDENT & CEO): $446,932 total reported compensation
  • VERONICA JONES (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $345,849 total reported compensation
  • MELISSA FOWLER (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $306,141 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the national abortion federation, inc. (naf) is to unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership services: naf sets the standards for quality abortion care through our evidence based clinical policy guidelines (cpgs). First published in 1996, naf's cpgs are updated and reissued annually in order to help providers stay current in abortion practice and provide the highest quality abortion care. Our quality assurance and improvement (qai) program includes site visits to assess members compliance with the cpgs and provides technical assistance and training to help providers meet regulatory requirements. We develop and disseminate research-based protocols and clinical publications to our members on current medical issues. Our group purchasing program helps clinics stay open so women can access quality abortion care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.9%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 99.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.9% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $6.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $447K · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $314K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.