National Survivors Union Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
National Survivors Union's mission is to end the racist war on drugs, the war on sex workers, the war on underground economies, and the war on poverty. We accomplish this through organizing and mobilizing, empowerment and skill-building, and holding increasingly professionalized harm reduction and public health spaces accountable to people who use drugs and trade sex. We hold the values of being led by impacted people through non-hierarchical organizing and collective leadership, a shared messaging of pride and love, meaningful engagement, and intersectional experiences. Our goals are to give people who use and sell drugs and people who trade sex the resources they need to not only survive but thrive through racist drug and anti-trafficking wars, nurturing fellow drug user and sex worker brilliance and achievement.
- Income
- $162,611
- Spending
- $31,504
- Reserves
- 57.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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)
- $131,107 spent. This year, National Survivors Union instituted all-Black leadership of its general drug user call. Our methadone reform call, has been working on a Patient Bill of Rights project that has attracted new members to that call, further cementing our partnership with the National Coalition to Liberate Methadone. We participated in a research partnership with Boulder Care, a harm-reduction-focused telehealth buprenorphine company, on a Small Business Innovation Research grant with the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Our sex worker organizing team created an election information zine for drug user and sex worker populations, and is now at work creating a similar zine bringing information across the country on how we can resist hostile political environments. Our biweekly grantwriting call helped many affiliate groups write grants to fund themselves and taught a number of non-profit administration skills to attendees. Finally, we are bringing about 30 National Survivors Union members with us on our scholarships to the upcoming International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Detroit.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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