Native American Business Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842499054
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone
8179174450
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Small Business Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,863
Expenses
$105,934
Assets
$1,603
Liabilities
$7,236

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Hanlon (Vice President)
  • Amanda Smith (President)

People named in this filing

  • Lori Wade (Secretary / Treasurer)
  • Lisa Hanlon (Vice President)
  • Amanda Smith (President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The Native American Business Association (NABA) advances the economic development of Native American entrepreneurs and businesses through networking events, trade missions, mentorship programs, and business development resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program Service 1 - Advocacy, Government Relations & Policy Engagement: NABA engaged in sustained legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of Native American-owned businesses at federal, state, and local levels throughout 2025. Activities included participation in agency advocacy & Policy, Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTIA attendance at the AUSA Association of the United States Army conference for defense contracting outreach; engagement with the North Texas Tollway Authority NTTA on procurement opportunities; and direct meetings with U.S. Senate staff. The organization also participated in the Oncor Supplier Diversity program engagement, supporting member access to utility supplier pipelines. Advocacy activities were tracked and documented throughout the year. Approximately 150-200 member businesses and partner stakeholders benefited from these representation efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -68.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.51; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -40.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -47.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.