National Press Photographers Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840504295
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Athens, GA, USA
Phone
7088247778
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$596,703
Expenses
$649,726
Assets
$132,848
Liabilities
$498,564

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AKILI RAMSESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DANIELLE GATEWOOD-GILL (PRESIDENT)
  • OLIVER JANNEY (PRESIDENT)
  • CAREY WAGNER (PRESIDENT / PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MARIE D DE JESUS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MATT MCCABE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AKILI RAMSESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,231 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 national press photographers association is the only u.s. Organization solely dedicated to the advancement of visual journalism, in both video and photography - its creation, practice, training, editing and distribution, in all news media. The nppa works to promote its role as a vital public service.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education: the nppa offers a variety of in-person and online programs to enhance the professional and business skills of visual journalists. Included in the events are the northern short course, a 3-day conference with dozens of lectures and workshops taught by industry leaders on topics relevant to professionals and students and portfolio reviews conducted by top photo editors. The women in visual journalism is a 2-day in-person event that offers similar education and inspiration in the context of issues faced by women in the field. In addition, nppa hosts two intense, week-long training workshops about video news stories, advanced storytelling and multimedia presentations. These highly regarded programs involve presentations by award-winning visual journalists; coaching and candid critiques; and in-the-field assignments. The nppa offers a photography portfolio review, helping to provide meaningful work through short interviews with editors. Finally, nppa conducts webinars and in person gatherings focused on timely issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 72% 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: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 0

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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.75; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.