National Council of State Boards of Nursing

The standards keeper behind nurse licensure, owner of the NCLEX examination and convener of the state boards that regulate nursing

  • www.ncsbn.org
  • Citadel
  • Chicago, IL
  • Professional and scientific society
  • Read from public sources, Jul 2026

Financial profile

National Council of State Boards of Nursing · EIN 36-3481016 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$131,671,935$0$126,149,073$138,862,718$248,295,382Sep 2023
FY2022$126,227,707$0$103,567,347$112,589,094$238,811,162Sep 2022
FY2021$100,771,030$0$89,671,324$95,711,579$284,927,140Sep 2021
FY2020$93,463,915$0$86,905,721$91,977,046$247,521,803Sep 2020
FY2019$88,250,122$0$83,049,939$89,599,179$233,065,256Sep 2019
FY2018$91,364,118$0$78,680,320$88,626,640$230,106,437Sep 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies National Council of State Boards of Nursing is read alongside.

Who backs NCSBN

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

The standards keeper behind nurse licensure, owner of the NCLEX examination and convener of the state boards that regulate nursing

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Citadel

Led from the center, built to endure.

The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.

Also reads toward The Parliament and The League.

Strengths

→Decisions are clear and rarely second-guessed.
→Members trust that the institution will still be standing tomorrow.
→Strong operations keep the core running without drama.

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