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← NFIB SMALL BUSINEES LEGAL CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NFIB SMALL BUSINEES LEGAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,191,574
Total expenses
$1,252,540
Contributions and grants received
$1,158,441
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$33,133
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$892,572
Total liabilities, end of year
$166,181
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$726,391
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,057,786
Management and general expenses
$54,459
Fundraising expenses
$140,295
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,057,786

Program services were 84.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRAD CLOSE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,283,458
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,210,869
    Other
    $72,589
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $719,725 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $485,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,144 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,912 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $51,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,283,458 related

  • DAVID ADDINGTON

    VP/SECRETARY/PARLIAMENTARIAN

    Total calculated
    $758,179
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $719,911
    Other
    $38,268
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $530,370 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $175,250 related
    Other
    $0 + $14,291 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,927 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,341 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $758,179 related

  • JEFF SMITH

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $550,112
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $489,533
    Other
    $60,579
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $355,200 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $126,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,333 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,786 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,793 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $550,112 related

  • CHRIS PITTS

    ASST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $437,442
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $398,612
    Other
    $38,830
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $286,173 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $99,225 related
    Other
    $0 + $13,214 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,737 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,093 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $437,442 related

  • BETH MILITO

    VP

    Total calculated
    $383,449
    From this org
    $348,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,607
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,635
    Bonus
    $55,960
    Other
    $4,247
    Deferred
    $14,254
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,353
    Filer's total
    $383,449

  • DAWN SIMPSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $348,118
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $300,015
    Other
    $48,103
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $240,822 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $52,700 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,493 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,583 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,520 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $348,118 related

  • PATRICK MORAN

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $186,625
    From this org
    $158,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,770
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,994
    Bonus
    $14,980
    Other
    $881
    Deferred
    $6,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,740
    Filer's total
    $186,625

  • ROB SMITH

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $161,445
    From this org
    $144,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,825
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $1,754
    Deferred
    $7,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,436
    Filer's total
    $161,445

  • NEVIN GROCE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $43,460
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $43,210
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • STEVE SCHRAMM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,340
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $29,090
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • JEFF READY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • JOSE VILLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • PATTI MELLARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • ROB HOLT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • MARIA DAVID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $25,109
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,859
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • STEPHANIE CAMARILLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,975
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,725
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • AMY SPARKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,774
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,524
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • LISA FULLERTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

  • SAM CHAMBERLAIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $22,000
    Other
    $250
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.5 related

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
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 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 VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVES CELL 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 VICE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, INC. USES ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED ON SCHEDULE J, LINE 3 TO ESTABLISH THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED COMPENSATION: THE VICE PRESIDENT 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 PERFORMANCE 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601739349301265

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