Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE NONPROFIT CENTER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA, INC. IS A 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY WITH A MISSION TO CONNECT, STRENGTHEN AND ADVOCATE FOR A STRONG NONPROFIT COMMUNITY. IT IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA DEDICATED TO BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS. WE CREATE AND CURATE PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, CONSULTING, RESEARCH, COACHING, CONVENING, AND ADVOCACY WITH THE INPUT OF OUR MEMBERS AND BASED ON OUR TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. OUR EMPHASIS IN THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN ON HELPING THE LOCAL SECTOR CONTINUE ITS REBOUND FROM THE CHAOTIC ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, HOSTING A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO RETURN TO SUPPORTING LOCAL NONPROFITS, AND HELPING NONPROFITS ADAPT THEIR BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIES TO COPE WITH INFLATION, A TIGHT LABOR MARKET AND UNCEASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES.
- Income
- $831,331
- Spending
- $1.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 6.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 86%
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 14
- Highest pay
- $145,427, cheif executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 59 out of 100. Higher than 25% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.9 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 24% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 25% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 28% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 95% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2515 of 16 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (1)
- $777,436 spent. THE NONPROFIT CENTER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA, INC. IS A 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY WITH A MISSION TO CONNECT, STRENGTHEN AND ADVOCATE FOR A STRONG NONPROFIT COMMUNITY. IT IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA DEDICATED TO BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS. WE CREATE AND CURATE DATA, PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, CONSULTING, RESEARCH, COACHING, CONVENING, AND ADVOCACY WITH THE INPUT OF OUR MEMBERS AND BASED ON OUR TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. IN NAVIGATING A DRAMATICALLY SHIFTING MARKETPLACE, THE NPC HAS LED THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LEADERS TOWARDS A FOCUS ON MISSION SUSTAINABILITY OVER ORGANIZATION SUSTAINABILITY. THROUGH DIVERSE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE INTRODUCED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND MERGERS AS POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE GREATER IMPACT AND ARE ADVANCING COLLABORATIVE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS TO SEED THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS NEW STRATEGY. THE NPC RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF: 1. CURATE INNOVATIVE OFFERINGS TO HELP NONPROFITS THRIVE IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.2. LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TO ACCELERATE OUTCOMES FOR MEMBERS.3. BE THE REGIONAL LEADER AND TRUSTED CONVENER TO AMPLIFY NONPROFIT IMPACT.4. ENSURE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUCCESS THROUGH INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS.CURATE ACCELERATE AMPLIFY INNOVATETHE NONPROFIT CENTER IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION WITH 342 DIVERSE NONPROFIT MEMBERS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AND SERVING A COMPLEX SET OF CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WE KNOW THAT NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP IS A BAROMETER OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RELEVANCE AND ARE PROUD TO HAVE PROVEN OUR VALUE TO BOTH OUR LONG-TIME MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR NEW AND GROWING CONSTITUENTS.THE SERVICES WE OFFER INCLUDE THE HIGHEST-QUALITY NONPROFIT PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, ADVOCACY, AND RESOURCE-SHARING. LIKE OUR MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS, OUR INDICATORS OF PROGRAM SUCCESS ARE OUTPACING PRIOR YEARS. TH TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ATTENDING A NONPROFIT CENTER PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS 1,846 AND THE AVERAGE SATISFACTION RATING OF 4.8 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 5. OUR ANNUAL MEMBER SURVEY REPORTED THAT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, VIA PHONE CALL, EMAIL, OR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, AND WEBINARS, WAS OUR MOST VALUED MEMBER RESOURCE. NONPROFITS ARE OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMERS, BUT THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS ALSO AN AUDIENCE THAT WE TRY INFLUENCE WITH COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND ADVOCACY. THROUGH OUR MONTHLY RESOURCE NEWSLETTERS, NUGGETS AND BRIDGING THE SECTOR, WE EDUCATE BOTH OUR MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY ON CRITICAL ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHY AND RESILIENT SECTOR THAT IS PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. KNOWING THAT DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH THE NONPROFIT SECTOR AND THE CIVIC, PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT IT, OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA AND EVALUATION HAS LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF CATALYST NORTHEAST FLORIDA 2.0, A COLLABORATIVE DATA INITIATIVE CREATED BY AND FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COMMUNITY. THE CATALYST DASHBOARD FEATURES 200+ COMMUNITY INDICATORS, DEVELOPED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SEVEN COUNTIES THAT COMPOSE THE NONPROFIT CENTER'S MEMBERSHIP AREA. THE CATALYST PROJECT IS MORE THAN A USEFUL TOOL FOR DECISION-MAKERS IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NONPROFIT, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS TO BUILD SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOW MOBILIZING COLLABORATION AROUND SIX KEY PRIORITY AREAS THAT INCLUDE: YOUTH AND EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND COMMUNITY AND CIVIC VIBRANCY. THE NONPROFIT CENTER HAS COMPLETED YEAR 2 OF OUR 5-YEAR RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE RENA COUGHLIN RESEARCH FUND (RCRF). OUR FOCUS ON DATA AND EVALUATION CAPACITY FOR THE SECTOR AND SHARED SERVICES HAS BEEN EXPLORED AND SUPPORTED BY THE RCRF. NONPROFIT CENTER CEO, DAWN LOCKHART, AND THE NPC SHARED SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED THE RESEARCH TO EVALUATE REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SHARED SERVICES MODELS AND WILL LAUNCH A SHARED SERVICES PLATFORM FOR OUR MEMBERS IN THE YEAR AHEAD. SHARED SERVICES WILL FURTHER ADVANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE IMPACT AND REDUCE BACK-OFF EXPENDITURES WHILE ENSURING HIGH QUALITY OPERATIONS.THE NONPROFIT CENTER CONTINUES TO EVALUATE HOW TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL SECTOR BY EXPLORING INNOVATIVE SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE IMPACT. WE KNOW THAT WHEN ORGANIZATIONS WORK COLLABORATIVELY, THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR IMPACT WHILE REDUCING COSTS. THE BENEFICIARIES OF OUR MEMBER'S MISSIONS DESERVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE, AND THE NONPROFIT CENTER IS PROUD TO BE THEIR PARTNER IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 June 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 July 2001.
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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