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Name:	National Urban League
Address:	120 Wall Street
	New York, NY 10005
Phone:	212-558-5000
Web Address:	www.nul.org

National Urban League (the League) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The League currently has a multi-part programmatic agenda. The organization’s economic programs work to empower people through job training, obtaining jobs, homeownership, entrepreneurship, and wealth accumulation. The League’s education and youth program seeks to ensure that children are educated and prepared for economic self-reliance. The organization’s health and quality of life programs work to build healthy and safe communities through the elimination of health disparities, and by ensuring access to affordable health care. The League’s civic engagement program works to empower people to take an active role in determining the direction, quality of life, public policy and leadership in their communities. The League’s civil rights and racial justice programs promote civil rights by working to eradicate barriers to equal participation in American society.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the League's program expenses were:

Economic empowerment	24,067,192
Civic engagement	8,540,246
Education and youth empowerment	3,813,818
Health and quality of life empowerment	2,441,477
Technical assistance to affiliates	1,881,874
Civil rights and racial justice empowerment	251,968
Total Program Expenses:	$40,996,575

Chief Executive : Marc Morial, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$734,181

Chair of the Board: John D. Hofmeister
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy, former President, Shell Oil

Board Size: 43

Paid Staff Size: 105

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, grant proposals, and Internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $39,691,777, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on the League's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	18,124,508
Government grants and contracts	17,008,890
Program service fees	5,382,576
Donated materials and services	2,946,511
Special events, net	1,424,351
Franchise fees	1,000,000
Other	574,545
Investment returns	567,427
Legacies and bequests	184,049
Sale of publications	102,538
Federated fundraising agencies	3,468
Total Income	$47,318,863

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 84%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: 10%

Total income				$47,318,863
	Program expenses			$40,996,575
	Fund raising expenses			2,844,859
	Administrative expenses			4,895,522
Total expenses				$48,736,956
Expenses in Excess of Income				(1,418,093)
Beginning net assets				31,170,549
Other Changes in Net Assets				2,827,901
Ending net assets				32,580,357
Total liabilities				11,388,638
Total assets				$43,968,995

Note: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to an investment return, net of amount designated for current operations ($2,315,153), and pension-related changes other than net periodic pension credit ($512,748).