Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by NFIB SMALL BUSINEES LEGAL CENTER.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,364,055
- Total expenses
- $1,286,492
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,357,631
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $6,424
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $977,927
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $190,570
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $787,357
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,035,579
- Management and general expenses
- $53,500
- Fundraising expenses
- $197,413
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,035,579
Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1d · Related organizations
$753,289
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$604,342
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3 · Investment income
total $6,424 · excluded $6,424
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $353,430 · program services $353,430
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $348,483 · program services $348,483
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $81,822 · program services $81,822
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $45,286 · program services $45,286
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11b · Fees: legal
total $172,964 · program services $172,964
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $16,750 · management and general $16,750
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11g · Fees: other
total $66,377 · program services $942 · fundraising $65,435
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $183 · program services $183
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13 · Office expenses
total $184,905 · program services $26,985 · management and general $25,942 · fundraising $131,978
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17 · Travel
total $16,242 · program services $5,434 · management and general $10,808
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $50 · program services $50
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $817,319 · end of year $912,175
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $31,095 · end of year $19,595
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $34
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $11,404 · end of year $10,599
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $28,656 · end of year $35,524
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $109,548 · end of year $121,583
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $69,132 · end of year $68,987
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $709,794 · end of year $787,357
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE NFIB SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL CENTER IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION CREATED UNDER THE TENNESSEE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT. IT IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 501(C)(3) (SEE SCH O)
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE NFIB SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE THE VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS (SEE SCH O)
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SEE SCHEDULE O FOR SUMMARY OF 2024 CASES
Expenses $1,035,579
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Brad CloseBRAD CLOSE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $1,282,257
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,213,444
- Other
- $68,813
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $699,137 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $341,250 related
- Other
- $0 + $173,057 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $20,060 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $48,753 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,282,257 related
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Nevin GroceNEVIN GROCE
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $42,249
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $42,000
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Steve SchrammSTEVE SCHRAMM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $30,392
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $30,143
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Jeff ReadyJEFF READY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $28,608
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $28,359
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Maria DavidMARIA DAVID
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $28,452
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $28,203
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Jose VillaJOSE VILLA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $28,249
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $28,000
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Patti MellardPATTI MELLARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $25,003
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $24,754
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Rob HoltROB HOLT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,441
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $24,192
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Sam ChamberlainSAM CHAMBERLAIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,249
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $24,000
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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Lisa FullertonLISA FULLERTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,249
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $24,000
- Other
- $249
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 1.5 related
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David AddingtonDAVID ADDINGTON
VP/SECRETARY/PARLIAMENTARIAN
- Total calculated
- $769,223
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $732,837
- Other
- $36,386
- Hours/week
- 5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $514,904 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $203,416 related
- Other
- $0 + $14,517 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $20,377 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $16,009 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $769,223 related
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Jeff SmithJEFF SMITH
CFO
- Total calculated
- $563,706
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $506,041
- Other
- $57,665
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $341,228 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $155,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $9,813 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $22,396 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $35,269 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $563,706 related
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Chris PittsCHRIS PITTS
ASST SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $416,554
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $381,478
- Other
- $35,076
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $274,089 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $94,500 related
- Other
- $0 + $12,889 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $18,226 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $16,850 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $416,554 related
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Dawn SimpsonDAWN SIMPSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $326,543
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $282,418
- Other
- $44,125
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $222,128 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $57,400 related
- Other
- $0 + $2,890 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,292 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $27,833 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $326,543 related
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Beth MilitoBETH MILITO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $353,430
- From this org
- $335,938
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,492
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $279,550
- Bonus
- $54,060
- Other
- $2,328
- Deferred
- $16,731
- Nontaxable benefits
- $761
- Filer's total
- $353,430
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Patrick MoranPATRICK MORAN
SENIOR ATTORNEY
- Total calculated
- $165,172
- From this org
- $159,638
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,534
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,800
- Bonus
- $9,550
- Other
- $288
- Deferred
- $4,781
- Nontaxable benefits
- $753
- Filer's total
- $165,172
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Rob SmithROB SMITH
SENIOR ATTORNEY
- Total calculated
- $139,437
- From this org
- $124,321
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,116
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · Discretionary spending account
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ACCOUNT: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVES CELLULAR PHONE/DATA SERVICE ALLOWANCE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH IRS CODE SECTION 132, THESE FRINGE BENEFITS ARE TREATED AS TAXABLE SALARY, SUBJECT TO WITHHOLDING, ON THE EMPLOYEE'S W-2.
- PART I, LINE 3
- COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED BY RELATED ORGANIZATION: NFIB SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL CENTER RELIES ON THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, INC., A RELATED ORGANIZATION, TO ESTABLISH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, INC. USES ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED ON SCHEDULE J, LINE 3 TO ESTABLISH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION.
- PART I, LINE 7:
- NON-FIXED COMPENSATION: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NFIB SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL CENTER PARTICIPATES IN AN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN WITH A PORTION OF THE INCENTIVE BASED ON MANAGEMENT'S REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR. THE SENIOR ATTORNEYS RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS BASED ON MANAGEMENT'S REVIEW OF PERFORMANE DURING THE YEAR.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUS
501(C)(6) · MEMBER REPRESENTATION · CA
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NFIB FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
527 · PAC · CA
Directly controlled by NFIB
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NFIB THE VOICE OF FREE ENTERPRISE INC
501(C)(4) · SOCIAL WELFARE · TN
Directly controlled by NFIB
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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NFIB MEMBER SERVICES CORPORATION
C · MEMBER BENEFITS · CA
Directly controlled by NFIB
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202501759349301415
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