National Council of Negro Women Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Lead, advocate for and empower women, their families and communities
- Income
- $19,342
- Spending
- $17,164
- Reserves
- 49.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 94%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 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 September 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 September 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 (4)
- $2,150 spent. Education: Executed programs that supported student achievement and educator readiness to include engaging 135 students in a Fall Literacy Contest that rewarded growth in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills through an online literacy platform; providing more than 75 supply kits to new teachers to help them establish well equipped classrooms; and strengthening middle school students' writing and presentation skills through an essay contest with over 50 participants and three winners, along with additional enrichment activities such as Math Night gift card incentives and classroom book donations.
- $3,237 spent. Outreach: Strengthened community well being through a range of outreach initiatives, including providing birthday gifts for youth in foster care, supporting She Rises Inc. Mommy Closet with essential resources to include diapers, wipe, and formula and coordinating an Adopt A Family program to assist households in need during the holidays. Additional service activities included participating in Christmas in April home repair efforts, supplying food and hygiene items to men's shelters, maintaining local roadways through Adopt A Highway cleanups, and organizing a FunPack snack drive to ensure children had access to nutritious snacks.
- $100 spent. Social Activism: Advanced social activism by promoting civic engagement through National Voter Registration initiatives, hosting a Judicial Education Forum to increase community understanding of the legal system, and delivering human trafficking awareness webinars to equip participants with knowledge on prevention and intervention. Additionally, the program strengthened its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion social justice pillar by fostering dialogue, education, and advocacy efforts aimed at creating more equitable and inclusive communities.
- Health Equity: Executed programs that advanced health equity by providing community education on key health initiatives, supporting a local college's Nutrition Lounge with non perishable food donations to reduce food insecurity, and supplying a local high school hygiene closet with essential menstrual products. The program further promoted awareness, prevention, and intervention through multiple webinars and in person presentations that informed individuals about health risks, encouraged preventive practices such as screenings and healthy habits, and offered guidance on illness management, chronic disease impact reduction, and rehabilitation. Additionally, partnered with a local civic organization to host a Red Cross blood drive in which more than 30 individuals were vetted and donated blood.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as 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 September 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 May 1966.
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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