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NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION INC

EIN 13-5582627 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$93,415,296
Expenses 2025
$92,834,925

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
1101 NEW YORK AVE NW STE 1200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

NRF'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY AND TO HELP RETAILERS ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN ALL AREAS OF THEIR BUSINESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NRF'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY.

  • NRF ADVANCES AND PROTECTS THE INTERESTS OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY THROUGH ITS LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ADVOCACY. THESE EFFORTS FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE RETAIL BUSINESS INCLUDING CREDIT AND PAYMENTS POLICY, LABOR BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, TRADE AND TAX POLICY, AMONG OTHERS.

  • NRF HELPS RETAILERS ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN ALL AREAS OF THEIR BUSINESS THROUGH ITS ANNUAL CONVENTION, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS. THESE EVENTS BRING RETAILERS TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRY THOUGHT LEADERS AND SUPPLIERS TO EXPLORE RESEARCH ON THE FUTURE OF RETAIL; EXAMINE BENCHMARKING AND BEST PRACTICES OF INDUSTRY PEERS; AND LEARN ABOUT CUTTING EDGE PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRY'S LEADING SOLUTION PROVIDERS. DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A VARIETY OF RETAIL DISCIPLINES INCLUDING STRATEGY AND RETAIL OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, E-COMMERCE, LOSS PREVENTION AND MARKETING THE EVENTS ATTRACT MORE THAN 40,000 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ANNUALLY.

  • NRF HELPS ITS MEMBERS ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN THEIR BUSINESS THROUGH INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON TOPICS THAT RANGE FROM DATA SECURITY, E-COMMERCE, SALES TRENDS, TO FACILITATION OF PEER TO PEER INTERACTION THAT CREATE WORKABLE SOLUTIONS TO BUSINESS CHALLENGES SUCH AS LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMY AND MANAGING GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES. THE WORK IS CONDUCTED BY OVER 40 INDUSTRY COUNCILS AND TASK FORCES.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MATTHEW R SHAY

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $6,311,852
    From this org
    $5,100,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,210,918
    Hours/week
    41.5 + 8.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $2,633,333
    Bonus
    $1,912,500
    Other
    $555,101
    Deferred
    $1,026,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $184,333
    Filer's total
    $6,311,852

  • ROBERT EDDY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIKE GEORGE

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN FURNER

    FIRST VICE CHAIR & IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANISH MELWANI

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BETH ABERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARGUERITE ADZICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHRISTOPHER BALDWIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HORACIO BARBEITO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SHELLEY BRANSTEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN CORNELL

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOSEPH DITTMAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL FIDDELKE

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HARLEY FINKELSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHELLE GASS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DOUG HERRINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANTHONY HUCKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • IAN KAHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HAL LAWTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CONNOR MARSDEN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BILLY MAY

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARC METRICK

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SUSAN MORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVEN PRESTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • DAVID RATNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $93,415,296
    Expenses
    $92,834,925
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $75,217,888
    Expenses
    $75,855,292
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $68,642,983
    Expenses
    $67,172,037
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $61,715,182
    Expenses
    $65,108,511
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,694,616
    Expenses
    $51,465,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,909,805

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,186,074
    Expenses
    $37,768,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,823,967

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,981,540
    Expenses
    $56,375,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,558,264

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,814,461
    Expenses
    $56,547,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,192,980

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,876,815
    Expenses
    $60,484,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,264,267

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,160,452
    Expenses
    $54,871,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,456,124

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,480,407
    Expenses
    $53,291,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,416,104

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,643,564
    Expenses
    $45,110,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,874,910

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,010,143
    Expenses
    $38,255,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,306,049

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $35,463,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,231,371

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

  • NRF FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT AND PROMOTE RETAIL EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CAREERS · DC · controlled entity

  • NRF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

    527 · SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND · DC · controlled entity

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.