National Association of Foreign
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What it says it does
THE NAFTZ, AN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MEMBERS, IS THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES PROGRAM. THE NAFTZ IS THE PROGRAM'S PRINCIPAL EDUCATOR AND LEADER IN DEMONSTRATING THE PROGRAM'S VALUE AND ROLE IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
- Income
- $1.6 million
- Spending
- $1.5 million
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 150
- Highest pay
- $176,000, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- ADVOCACY FOR THE U.S. FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES PROGRAM, FTZ USERS, FTZ OPERATORS, FTZ GRANTEES, AND THE MORE THAN 550,000 U.S. JOBS WITHIN FTZS: ONE OF NAFTZ'S MOST IMPORTANT ROLES IS ENSURING THE UNIQUE INTERESTS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE COMMUNITY ARE EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED, RECOGNIZED, AND ADVANCED IN WASHINGTON. WE ADVOCATE FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM SIMPLICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE FTZ COMMUNITY. THE NAFTZ WORKS TO ENSURE CONGRESSIONAL DECISION-MAKERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES. NAFTZ'S DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE AND INFORMED PERSPECTIVES TO MAJOR POLICY DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON. NAFTZ CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS AND NAVIGATES THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. NAFTZ HOSTS AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC INVITING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLICY MAKERS, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS, DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS CURRENT ADVOCACY TOPICS AND RELATED AND EMERGING ISSUES. ADVOCACY FOR THE U.S. FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES PROGRAM, FTZ USERS, FTZ OPERATORS, FTZ GRANTEES, AND THE MORE THAN 550,000 U.S. JOBS WITHIN FTZS: ONE OF NAFTZ'S MOST IMPORTANT ROLES IS ENSURING THE UNIQUE INTERESTS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE COMMUNITY ARE EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED, RECOGNIZED, AND ADVANCED IN WASHINGTON. WE ADVOCATE FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM SIMPLICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE FTZ COMMUNITY. THE NAFTZ WORKS TO ENSURE CONGRESSIONAL DECISION-MAKERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES. NAFTZ'S DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE AND INFORMED PERSPECTIVES TO MAJOR POLICY DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON. NAFTZ CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS AND NAVIGATES THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. NAFTZ HOSTS AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC INVITING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLICY MAKERS, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS, DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS CURRENT ADVOCACY TOPICS AND RELATED AND EMERGING ISSUES.
- CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND NETWORKING: NAFTZ OFFERS MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE TWO ANNUAL EVENTS FEATURING SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, AND SPECIALIZED SESSIONS RELEVANT TO OPERATOR/USERS, GRANTEES, CONSULTANTS, OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THOSE NEW TO THE INDUSTRY. TOPICS ARE UPDATED AND SELECTED EACH YEAR TO ADDRESS CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE FTZ COMMUNITY. PARTICIPANTS CAN HEAR FROM - AND INTERACT WITH - GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS. THESE EVENTS ARE WHERE MEMBERS CONNECT AND BUILD THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS TO SUPPORT THEIR FTZ ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH HUNDREDS OF ATTENDEES AT EACH EVENT.
- EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS, AND PUBLICATIONS: NAFTZ HAS BEEN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN SUPPORT OF OUR OVERARCHING MISSION TO SERVE AS THE FTZ PROGRAM'S PRINCIPAL EDUCATOR. NAFTZ'S "FUNDAMENTALS OF FTZS" IS ONE OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MOST POPULAR OFFERINGS AND IS A TRAINING STAPLE FOR MANY FTZ USER/OPERATORS ADDING NEW STAFF TO THEIR FTZ FUNCTION. NAFTZ'S ACCREDITED ZONE SPECIALIST (AZS) DESIGNATION, AND ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE BASED CERTIFIED ZONE SPECIALIST CREDENTIAL ARE DESIGNED TO ELEVATE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND DISTINGUISH FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE FTZ PROGRAM AND REGULATORY CHANGES IN TODAY'S CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. NAFTZ ALSO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATES OUR FORMAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AFTER EACH ANNUAL COHORT. THIS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES WAYS FOR THOSE IN THE FTZ COMMUNITY TO GROW, LEARN, AND DEVELOP SKILLS WHILE ESTABLISHING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXPERIENCED AND NEWER PRACTIONERS IN THE FTZ COMMUNITY. EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS, AND PUBLICATIONS: NAFTZ HAS BEEN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN SUPPORT OF OUR OVERARCHING MISSION TO SERVE AS THE FTZ PROGRAM'S PRINCIPAL EDUCATOR. NAFTZ'S "FUNDAMENTALS OF FTZS" IS ONE OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MOST POPULAR OFFERINGS AND IS A TRAINING STAPLE FOR MANY FTZ USER/OPERATORS ADDING NEW STAFF TO THEIR FTZ FUNCTION. NAFTZ'S ACCREDITED ZONE SPECIALIST (AZS) DESIGNATION, AND ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE BASED CERTIFIED ZONE SPECIALIST CREDENTIAL ARE DESIGNED TO ELEVATE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND DISTINGUISH FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE FTZ PROGRAM AND REGULATORY CHANGES IN TODAY'S CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. NAFTZ ALSO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATES OUR FORMAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AFTER EACH ANNUAL COHORT. THIS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES WAYS FOR THOSE IN THE FTZ COMMUNITY TO GROW, LEARN, AND DEVELOP SKILLS WHILE ESTABLISHING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXPERIENCED AND NEWER PRACTIONERS IN THE FTZ COMMUNITY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1996.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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