- Revenue 2025
- $12,476,331
- Expenses 2025
- $10,093,298
Program services were 76.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1200
- 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
THE NRF FOUNDATION SHAPES RETAIL'S FUTURE BY BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE INDUSTRY THROUGH STATISTICS AND STORIES; DEVELOPING TALENT THROUGH EDUCATION, EXPERIENCES AND SCHOLARSHIPS; AND FOSTERING CAREER GROWTH AMONG PEOPLE WHO WORK IN RETAIL.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PURSUE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION.
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RESEARCH AND RETAIL INDUSTRY PROJECTS: IN ORDER TO ENSURE FUTURE LEADERSHIP IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY, THE FOUNDATION ACTIVELY WORKS WITH CURRENT RETAIL LEADERS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND STUDENTS INFORMING AND EDUCATING THEM ABOUT CAREER PATHS WITHIN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES PLATFORMS WHERE ALL OF THESE PARTICIPANTS CAN MEET AND ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Expenses $3,641,406 · Revenue $2,194,012
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RISE UP: TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING INITIATIVE DESIGNED BY THE RETAIL INDUSTRY TO HELP PEOPLE - REGARDLESS OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, ECONOMIC MEANS OR AGE - ACQUIRE THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO LAND JOBS IN RETAIL AND ADVANCE INTO PROMISING CAREERS.
Expenses $2,436,898 · Revenue $7,629,175
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SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS: IN SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY THROUGH EDUCATION, THE FOUNDATION SPONSORS SEVERAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDVIDUALS ATTENDING ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A VARIETY OF CAREERS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. THE CRITERIA FOR AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FURTHER DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE I OF THIS FORM 990.
Expenses $874,824 · Grants $874,824 · Revenue $274,105
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CAREERS AND STUDENT OUTREACH
Expenses $753,146
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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MATT R SHAY
PRESIDENT AND CEO, NRF
- Total calculated
- $6,311,852
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $5,100,934
- Other
- $1,210,918
- Hours/week
- 8.5 + 41.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $2,633,333 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $1,912,500 related
- Other
- $0 + $555,101 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $1,026,585 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $184,333 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $6,311,852 related
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STEVEN PRESTON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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MALEK ROBERT BOBBY AMIRSHAHI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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RON BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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BARBRA BUKOVAC
DIRECTOR (THRU 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MIRI CHAN
DIRECTOR-NONVOTING (THRU 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ASHLEE CHICOINE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MONICA DAVILA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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LAURA FELICE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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TONYA HALLETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MARK IRVIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MICHAEL KEINATH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ANN SATTIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MARTIN SCAGLIONE
DIRECTOR (THRU 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JUSTIN SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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LORRAINE STOMSKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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RICHARD WIDDOWSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ABBEY SILBERMAN FAGIN
DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ALI FURMAN
DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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REGINALD B HENDERSON
DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JOSHUA SECREST
DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SARAH STARKO
DIRECTOR-NONVOTING (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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STEPHANIE MARTZ
SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUN
- Total calculated
- $1,080,474
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $971,571
- Other
- $108,903
- Hours/week
- 8.5 + 41.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $670,040 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $256,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $45,531 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $62,000 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $46,903 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,080,474 related
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ADAM LUKOSKIE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $514,631
- From this org
- $376,526
- From related orgs
- $66,445
- Other
- $71,660
- Hours/week
- 34 + 6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $305,508 + $53,913 related
- Bonus
- $63,750 + $11,250 related
- Other
- $7,268 + $1,282 related
- Deferred
- $39,525 + $6,975 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,386 + $3,774 related
- Filer's total
- $437,437 + $77,194 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $12,476,331
- Expenses
- $10,093,298
- Contributions
- $2,596,000
- Grants paid
- $874,824
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2024
- Revenue
- $11,709,944
- Expenses
- $14,410,360
- Contributions
- $2,556,007
- Grants paid
- $810,356
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2023
- Revenue
- $9,275,963
- Expenses
- $7,431,567
- Contributions
- $2,884,725
- Grants paid
- $641,377
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2022
- Revenue
- $10,843,365
- Expenses
- $5,533,148
- Contributions
- $5,968,400
- Grants paid
- $636,612
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,428,251
- Expenses
- $3,824,682
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,745,201
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,819,890
- Expenses
- $3,794,459
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,598,498
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,568,273
- Expenses
- $6,211,850
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,557,340
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,421,661
- Expenses
- $5,674,704
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,088,379
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,572,169
- Expenses
- $4,770,299
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,803,356
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,362,534
- Expenses
- $4,738,501
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,372,376
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,998,092
- Expenses
- $3,177,320
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,771,827
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,043,334
- Expenses
- $2,874,562
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,933,059
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,165,171
- Expenses
- $2,262,095
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,853,526
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,755,337
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,647,406
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
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 SPECIAL PROJECT
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
$30,000
2023 THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
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$25,000
2023 EDUCATION
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$25,000
2022 EDUCATION
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2023 MULTIPLE
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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
$25,000
2022 THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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
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501(C)(6) · TRADE ASSOCIATION · NY
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NRF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
527 · SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND · DC
Declared as related by
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NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION INC
On its 2025 return as a controlled entity
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
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.