National Education Association

Legal name: National Education Association of the United States

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530115260
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028227572
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$408,913,922
Expenses
$409,287,755
Assets
$432,701,410
Liabilities
$54,383,294

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

176 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA PRINGLE (NEA PRESIDENT)
  • PRINCESS MOSS (NEA VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIM ANDERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN WHITE (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIM ANDERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $637,857 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA PRINGLE (NEA PRESIDENT): $601,251 total reported compensation
  • NOEL CANDELARIA (NEA SECRETARY TREASURER): $517,839 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fuel the transformation of affiliate organizational capacity: build the capacity of state and local affiliates for growth, collective action, and agenda-driving power with particular focus on: a dynamically aligned leadership development system; membership growth and engagement, organizing, and a culture of connectedness; racial and social justice culture; modern affiliate communications; data and technological advancement; and overall affiliate health and strength.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 153 of 162 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $255.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $638K · 176 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $17.6M reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 307 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 246 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.