National Safety Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362167809
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Itasca, IL, United States
Phone
(800) 621-7615
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Safety Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,566,247
Expenses
$57,414,594
Assets
$64,796,026
Liabilities
$26,679,891

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARTIN LORRAINE (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • CHUNG MARK (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SAFETY LEADERSHIP & ADVO)
  • BELL TOM (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CONVENING & MEMBERSHIP)
  • VINCENT PAUL THRU 070124 (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, WORKPLACE PRACTICE)
  • DORRIS JIM THRU 092724 (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CONSULTING & ASSESSMENTS)
  • GUASTA LORI (VICE PRESIDENT, CONSULTING & ASSESSMENTS)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARTIN LORRAINE (PRESIDENT & CEO): $807,752 total reported compensation
  • SMITH NICK (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $431,064 total reported compensation
  • CHUNG MARK (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SAFETY LEADERSHIP & ADVO): $362,456 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 eliminate preventable deaths at work, on the road, and in our homes and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Safety, education, and training - educational services to customers, including defensive driving, first aid, workplace safety, and conventions.the nsc accomplished the following during fy2025: - safety, education, and training educational services to customers, including defensive driving, first aid, workplace safety and convening safety professionals at nsc congress & expo.the nsc accomplished the following during fy2025: - promoted innovation and technology pillars of safety and health workplace strategy. Nsc held a series of network member meetings and events to convene ehs professionals, researchers and problem solvers for an open exchange of safety innovations and best practices. - provided new training and education resources to help save lives. Nsc continues to offer a variety of virtual and in-person training and educational resources. Nsc strives to update content regularly and create new courses to better fit organizational and individual needs toreduce injuries and build a safety culture. - trained more than 1.2 million people through nsc's workplace , first aid, and driver safety training offers which impacted 41,000+ workplaces.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 97
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

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: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 48th 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: 0.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $808K · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.2M reported
  • Consistency: 46 of 46 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 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: 19 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.