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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING INC

EIN 36-3481016 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$143,984,750
Expenses 2024
$133,172,200

Program services were 93.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E030
Classification
1000
Street
111 E WACKER DR STE 2900

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 · 2024

Mission

Through collaborative leadership, advance regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Advance regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection.

  • Nurse Competence NCSBN became the first organization to implement computerized adaptive testing (CAT) nationwide licensure examinations (NCLEX) in 1994. Since 1994 more than about 8.6 million candidates for nurse licensure have taken the NCLEX exam via CAT.

    Expenses $89,054,602 · Revenue $109,147,052

  • Information NCSBN provides technology and comprehensive data management for use by its members. NCSBN maintains the NURSYS database that coordinates national publicly available nurse licensure information. NURSYS is the only national database for verification of nurse licensure, discipline and practice privileges for RNs and LPN/VNS licensed in participating jurisdictions including all states in the nurse licensure compact. It allows employers to retrieve licensure/discipline documentation from a single location.

    Expenses $18,913,167 · Revenue $8,159,336

  • Nurse Regulatory OutcomeU.S. boards of nursing regulate more than 5 million licensed nurses. NCSBN provides an organization through which boards of nursing, act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare. NCSBN provides resources, communication and education for use by its members and external stakeholders. NCSBN expands and enhances evidenced based regulation. The NCSBN Center for Regulatory Excellence grant program provides funding for scientific research projects that advance the science of nursing regulation.

    Expenses $16,259,613 · Grants $1,692,270 · Revenue $122,655

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Phyllis Polk Johnson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jose Delfin D Castillo

    President-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lori Scheidt

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carolyn McCormies

    Area I Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Danette Schloeder

    Area I Director (Until 08/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sue Painter

    Area II Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jenny Barnhouse

    Area III Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Barbara Blozen

    Area IV Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tony Graham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ann Oertwich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Missy Poortenga

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tammy Vaughn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Philip Dickison

    Secretary & CEO

    Total calculated
    $992,453
    From this org
    $919,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $744,025
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $25,000
    Deferred
    $50,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,328
    Filer's total
    $992,453

  • Rob Clayborne

    Chief Financial Off (Until 08/25)

    Total calculated
    $397,317
    From this org
    $341,049
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,268
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,049
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,668
    Filer's total
    $397,317

  • Jennifer Gallagher

    Chief Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $325,905
    From this org
    $265,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,322
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,444
    Filer's total
    $325,905

  • Laura Doerr

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Total calculated
    $325,104
    From this org
    $274,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,380
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,796
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,928
    Filer's total
    $325,104

  • Maryann Alexander

    Chief Off, Nursing Reg (Until 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $391,512
    From this org
    $350,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,561
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,951
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,961
    Filer's total
    $391,512

  • Steven Viger

    Deputy Chief Officer, Examinations

    Total calculated
    $320,536
    From this org
    $273,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,519
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,093
    Filer's total
    $320,536

  • Joseph Betts

    Measurement & Testing Director

    Total calculated
    $319,524
    From this org
    $264,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,538
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,236
    Filer's total
    $319,524

  • Jason Schwartz

    Member Outreach & Engagement Dir

    Total calculated
    $313,140
    From this org
    $258,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,581
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,357
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,202
    Filer's total
    $313,140

  • Tammy Spangler

    Information Security Assurance Dir

    Total calculated
    $258,105
    From this org
    $225,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,384
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,721
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,427
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,957
    Filer's total
    $258,105

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $143,984,750
    Expenses
    $133,172,200
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,692,270
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $136,049,664
    Expenses
    $127,664,953
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,150,451
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $131,671,935
    Expenses
    $138,862,718
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $734,529

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $126,227,707
    Expenses
    $112,589,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $278,021,193

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $100,771,030
    Expenses
    $95,711,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $316,187,238

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $93,463,915
    Expenses
    $91,977,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,213,897

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $88,250,122
    Expenses
    $89,599,179
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,434,575

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $91,364,118
    Expenses
    $88,626,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,476,324

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $83,610,707
    Expenses
    $82,956,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $247,547,399

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $81,754,510
    Expenses
    $77,713,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $229,156,136

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $81,309,908
    Expenses
    $76,950,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $214,066,269

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,700,099
    Expenses
    $66,091,729
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,351,052

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.