National Equipment Finance Association Inc
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What it says it does
TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR MEMBERS TO PURSUE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, ETHICS, ADVOCACY, NETWORKING, EDUCATION AND INVOLVEMENT.
- Income
- $1.6 million
- Spending
- $1.7 million
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 121
- Highest pay
- $222,227, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 (5)
- $389,338 spent. FALL CONFERENCE - THE NEFA FALL CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA IN OCTOBER 2025. THE EVENT HOSTED APPROXIMATELY OVER 400 LEASING PROFESSIONALS. ATTENDEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN PRACTICAL TOOLS THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO THEIR COMPANIES.
- $439,052 spent. SPRING CONFERENCE - THE NEFA SPRING CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA IN MARCH 2025. THE EVENT ATTRACTED OVER 325 ATTENDEES FROM THE EQUIPMENT FINANCE AND LEASING INDUSTRY. THE CONFERENCE ATTENDEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND EACH OTHER DURING THE CONFERENCE.
- $92,578 spent. REGIONAL EVENTS - NEFA HELD 6 REGIONAL EVENTS IN 2025. THESE EVENTS ARE SMALL SCALE NETWORKING AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THESE FORUMS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY TO CONNECT WITH THEIR PEERS.
- $662,616 spent. MEMBERSHIP-MEMBERSHIP IN NEFA IS OPEN TO FIRMS ENGAGED IN FINANCING, LEASING OR COMMERCIAL FINANCE, OR FIRMS THAT HAVE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE EQUIPMENT FINANCING AND LEASING FIELD AND WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION. NEFA EMPOWERS ITS MEMBERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND LARGE AND SMALL GATHERINGS OF ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NEFA ENHANCES THE MANY BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. NEWSLINE - THE NEFA PUBLICATION IS DISTRIBUTED BI-MONTHLY AND FOCUSES ON INDUSTRY RELATED NEWS AND EDUCATION. VIRTUAL NETWORKING - NEFA HELD 11 VIRTUAL NETWORKING EVENTS IN 2025. THESE EVENTS WERE HELD VIRTUALLY AND WERE FORUMS FOR REGIONAL NETWORKING AND EDUCATION ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
- MEMBERSHIP-MEMBERSHIP IN NEFA IS OPEN TO FIRMS ENGAGED IN FINANCING, LEASING OR COMMERCIAL FINANCE, OR FIRMS THAT HAVE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE EQUIPMENT FINANCING AND LEASING FIELD AND WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION. NEFA EMPOWERS ITS MEMBERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND LARGE AND SMALL GATHERINGS OF ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NEFA ENHANCES THE MANY BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. NEWSLINE - THE NEFA PUBLICATION IS DISTRIBUTED BI-MONTHLY AND FOCUSES ON INDUSTRY RELATED NEWS AND EDUCATION. VIRTUAL NETWORKING - NEFA HELD 11 VIRTUAL NETWORKING EVENTS IN 2025. THESE EVENTS WERE HELD VIRTUALLY AND WERE FORUMS FOR REGIONAL NETWORKING AND EDUCATION ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 November 6, 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 2025.
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 June 2010.
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 November 4, 2026.
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