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Nonprofit · EIN 52-2086855

NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20005

Financials

$7.4M$6.8M2022$8.3M$7.1M2023$8.4M$7.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$8,426,790$7,635,418$791,372$14,400,083$4,336,688$10,063,395
June 30, 2024990$8,278,069$7,114,456$1,163,613$13,189,597$4,327,094$8,862,503
June 30, 2023990$7,364,102$6,796,509$567,593$11,578,662$4,221,554$7,357,108
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$541,300
Program service revenue
$7,343,108
Investment income
$407,876
Royalties
$44,148
Net rental income
$50,393
Net income from sales of inventory
$39,965
Other revenue
$134,506

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$617,204
Other salaries and wages
$2,239,112
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$3,531,110
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$60,477
Accounting fees
$48,032
Occupancy
$105,248
Travel
$231,190
Depreciation
$125,483
Program services (functional)
$6,173,160
Management and general (functional)
$1,354,167
Fundraising (functional)
$108,091

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$13,189,597
Total assets, end of year
$14,400,083
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,336,688
Net assets, end of year
$10,063,395
Land, buildings and equipment
$19,877
Publicly traded securities
$6,852,695
Net assets without donor restrictions
$10,042,645
Net assets with donor restrictions
$20,750
Gross unrelated business income
$240,348
Gross receipts
$8,434,104
Employees
20
Volunteers
126
Year formed
1998
State of legal domicile
MD

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JEFFREY SHIELDSPRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$526,303$85,127
JAMES PALMIERIEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Highest-paid employee
40$258,935$44,998
JENNIFER HILLENCHIEF LEARNING OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$229,263$41,780
IRENA REESECHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATIONS OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$197,463$37,100
BRIAN GREENSR. DIRECTOR, IT & WEB SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$130,098$33,449
CECILY GARBERASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS & MEMBER
Highest-paid employee
40$126,296$26,639
DUNCAN BOOTHBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
BETH POLLARDCHAIR - ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
LISA TURCHANSECRETARY (AS OF 07/24)
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
KELLY GARNES-PAGESTREASURER (AS OF 07/24)
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
LAUREL BAKER-TEWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
RICK BRANSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JOE CARTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DYANA CONROYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LINDA DENNISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
9 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHAEL EBELINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
ED GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
CHRIS HARPERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
ANNE-MARIE KEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
RAGAN LOWERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
MARK MITCHELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
MEETA NOSRATIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
WHITNEY WALTERS-SACHSDIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/25)
Trustee or director
3$0
LYNDA SAILORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 27 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JEFFREY SHIELDSPRESIDENT AND CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$499,110$82,971
JAMES PALMIERIEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Highest-paid employee
40$245,958$42,750
JENNIFER HILLENCHIEF LEARNING OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$209,132$38,789
IRENA REESEVP, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Highest-paid employee
40$179,260$34,302
BRIAN GREENSR. DIRECTOR, IT AND WEB SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$125,260$31,810
MELISSA ZINDERSENIOR DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING
Highest-paid employee
40$122,408$24,571
DUNCAN BOOTHBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
ROSE NEUBERTPAST BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
JOE CARTERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
BETH POLLARDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
TOM ARNOLDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LAUREL BAKER-TEWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
RICK BRANSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LINDA DENNISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MICHAEL EBELINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JILL FIELDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
KELLY GARNES-PAGESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ED GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
CHRIS HARPERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ANNE-MARIE KEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MARK MITCHELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MEETA NOSRATIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DEV TALVADKARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ANN MARIE TIDONADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0
LISA TURCHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
TERESA STANDARDDIRECTOR (THRU 08/23)
Trustee or director
3$0$0
WHITNEY WALTERS-SACHSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 26 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JEFFREY SHIELDSPRESIDENT AND CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$462,031$77,553
JAMES PALMIERIEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Highest-paid employee
40$219,120$38,672
JENNIFER HILLENCHIEF LEARNING OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$187,046$35,138
IRENA REESEVP, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Highest-paid employee
40$162,762$31,062
BRIAN GREENSR. DIRECTOR, IT AND WEB SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$125,869$30,256
ELIZABETH MAHERDIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING & TAX PROGRAMS
Highest-paid employee
40$116,006$13,683
ROSE NEUBERTBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
DUNCAN BOOTHBOARD CHAIR-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
ANN MARIE TIDONATREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
JOE CARTERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
TOM ARNOLDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LAUREL BAKER-TEWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
RICK BRANSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JAMES COOPERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LINDA DENNISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MICHAEL EBELINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JILL FIELDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ED GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
SUSAN LANSVERKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MARK MITCHELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
BETH POLLARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DEV TALVADKARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
LISA TURCHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
KELLY GARNES-PAGESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
TERESA STANDARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
WHITNEY WLATERS-SACHSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1015 15TH ST NW STE 1025, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-2647
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JEFFREY SHIELDS, 1015 15TH ST NW 1025, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
Signed the 990
JEFFREY SHIELDS, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Phone
(202) 407-7140
Return prepared by
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (NBOA) DEVELOPS, DELIVERS AND PROMOTES BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES TO ADVANCE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND PROVIDES EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY WORLD-CLASS BUSINESS OPERATIONS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • PROGRAMS AND EVENTS: PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION EXCHANGE, AND NETWORKING ACTIVITIES. PARTICIPANTS LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS, DISCOVER CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS AND EXCEPTIONAL BEST PRACTICES. ATTENDEES MAY EARN CPE, SHRM, AND HRCI CREDITS FOR PARTICIPATION.
    Expenses $2,804,226 · revenue $2,506,297
  • MEMBER SERVICES: ASSISTS 1,500+ MEMBERS STREAMLINE BUSINESS AND STRATEGIC OPERATIONS THROUGH INFORMATION SHARING, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS, AND A POOLED PURCHASING PROGRAM AND MEMBER SAVINGS PROGRAMS.
    Expenses $2,697,856 · revenue $4,596,463
  • PUBLICATIONS: NBOA'S PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDING THE PRINT MAGAZINE "NET ASSETS", E-NEWSLETTER "NET ASSETS NOW AND WEB PAGE "NETASSETS.ORG") OFFER PRACTICAL, RELEVANT GUIDANCE TO KEY COMPONENTS OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND SOUND, COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS-OFFICE PRACTICES IN KEY FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL AREAS, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, FINANCIAL REPORTING, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
    Expenses $489,711 · revenue $39,965
  • MEMBER DEVELOPMENT: PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF RESOURCES THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, INCLUDING A VIRTUAL LIBRARY WITH MORE THAN 500 TEMPLATES, FORMS AND WHITE PAPERS RELATED TO BUSINESS OFFICE OPERATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES; MEMBER FORUMS; AND ONLINE MEMBER DIRECTORY.
    Expenses $181,367

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
52-2086855
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1998
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$14,400,083
Income (IRS master file)
$8,434,104

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$8,426,790$7,635,418$14,400,083IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$8,278,069$7,114,456$13,189,597IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$7,364,102$6,796,509$11,578,662XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$6,251,531$5,810,225$9,775,215IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-2086855).

Questions about NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC

What is the EIN of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC is 52-2086855.
Is NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
Are donations to NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JEFFREY SHIELDS.
Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 24 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $526,303 (JEFFREY SHIELDS, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).
How much revenue does NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,426,790, expenses of $7,635,418 and total assets of $14,400,083 at year end.

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