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NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION (EIN 36-2307745)
Tax period
2018-06-01 to 2019-05-31
Filed
2019-10-09
IRS object ID
201912829349301561
Schema version
2018v3.1
Source
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Address Line11 S Wacker Drive STE 800AddressLine1Txt
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Phone8478665111PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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State AbbreviationILStateAbbreviationCd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonKamilla L SpoehrPersonNm
Person TitleVice President & TreasurerPersonTitleTxt
Phone8478665111PhoneNum
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Preparer PersonRebekuh EleyPreparerPersonNm
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Legal Domicile StateILLegalDomicileStateCd
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionThe mission of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is to recognize and honor the academically talented students of the United States. NMSC accomplishes its mission by conducting nationwide academic scholarship programs. The enduring goals of NMSC's scholarship programs are: to promote a wider and deeper respect for learning in general and for exceptionally talented individuals in particular; to shine a spotlight on brilliant students and encourage the pursuit of academic excellence at all levels of education; and to stimulate increased support from individuals and organizations that wish to sponsor scholarships for outstanding scholastic talent.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
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Grant$39,494,574GrantAmt
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DescThe National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) - a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.6 million entrants each year-and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements. For fiscal year 05/31/19 the National Merit Scholarship Program included:Four-Year Renewable Scholarships: 22,591 recipients One-Time Awards: 2,746 recipientsDesc

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DescThe National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. The last awards in the National Achievement Scholarship Program, which included four-year renewable scholarships, were offered in 2015. Although NMSC ceased conducting this program, there are continuing scholarship obligations for the four-year renewable awards. Black students could enter both the National Achievement Program and the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and meeting other published requirements for participation. A student's standing was determined independently in each program. Black American students could qualify for recognition and be honored as Scholars in both the National Merit Program and the National Achievement Program, but could receive only one monetary award from NMSC. For fiscal year 05/31/19 the National Achievement Scholarship Program included:Four-Year Renewable Scholarships: 73 recipientsDesc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Kamilla L SpoehrBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Phone8478665111PhoneNum

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Richard L Keyser
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Michael G Johnson
Vice Chairman0.50Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Diana M Schmelzer
Vice Chairman0.50Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Deborah V Traskell
Vice Chairman0.50Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Brian F Begley
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Judith L Bonner
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
David A Dohnalek
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
M Timothy Gott
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Colleen M Harsin
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Philip A Hooper
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Heidi B Jark
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Peter C Jennings
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Marc A Johnson
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jennifer L Moench
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Brian P Sinchak
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
David L Stubblefield
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
William E Troutt
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Paul G Weaver
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Frank J Dellaquila
Past Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Mark C Dziatczak
Past Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Matthew P Horvat
Past Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Timothy E McGuire
President50.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$298,740$0$70,825
Jeffrey Z Little
Executive Vice President50.00Yes (X)$178,058$0$47,178
Kamilla L Spoehr
Vice President and Treasur40.00Yes (X)$118,942$0$19,016
Richard L Sevcik
Corporate Secretary0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jennifer B Ryan
Controller40.00$112,303$0$18,619Yes (X)
Brooke E Smart
Senior Business and Systems Analyst40.00$100,185$0$24,403Yes (X)
Yucheng Yuan
Director of IT40.00$117,815$0$13,533Yes (X)
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Computer Aid Inc
1390 Ridgeview DriveAllentownPA18104IT Consultant$2,029,612
CapGemini America Inc
400 Broadacres Drive Suite 410BloomfieldNJ07003IT Consultant$1,891,823
Westford Group
2332 Rock CanyonNew LenoxIL60451Employment Consultant$240,030
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market StreetPhiladelphiaPA19103Legal Services$179,274
John Drake & Associates
903 Commerce Drive Suite 302Oak BrookIL60523IT Services$175,751
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Securities$8,659,482SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

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Fundraising$159,630FundraisingAmt

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Management And General$431,712ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Program Services$106,519ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$53,088ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Management And General$74,940ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$24,073FundraisingAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$44,754TotalAmt
Management And General$44,754ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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Total$243,212TotalAmt
Management And General$243,212ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$245,045ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$18,427ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$36,668FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Program Services$2,650,385ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$353,385ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$313,489ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$96,458ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$72,344FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$20,598ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,124ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$12,114FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Management And General$553,627ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$40,340ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$17,289ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescUBIT ExpenseDesc
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Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$150BOYAmt
EOY$150EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$28,523EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$53,605BOYAmt
EOY$62,960EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$18,069,688LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,247,595BOYAmt
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Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$140,883,361BOYAmt
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Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,732,415BOYAmt
EOY$4,387,800EOYAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$27,238BOYAmt
EOY$29,197EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,045,604BOYAmt
EOY$846,614EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,334,566BOYAmt
EOY$2,313,230EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,380,170BOYAmt
EOY$3,159,844EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$152,060,430BOYAmt
EOY$142,430,221EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,837,453BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,061,016BOYAmt
EOY$4,952,430EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$156,958,899BOYAmt
EOY$147,382,651EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$160,339,069BOYAmt
EOY$150,542,495EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$1,978,989ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$7,597,259NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$43,765,198CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$39,197,586CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$43,280,935CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$36,755,701CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$35,786,918CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$198,786,338TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$43,765,198CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$39,197,586CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$43,280,935CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$36,755,701CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$35,786,918CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$198,786,338TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$9,726,455SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$189,059,883PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,945,678CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,661,924CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,587,842CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,670,030CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,978,999CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$8,844,473TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$207,630,811TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$18,068,401GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.91060PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.91660PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$50,965,849FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$50,965,849FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,000,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$250,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$1,000,000CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$1,000,000CurrentYearAmt
Total$4,000,000TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$6,000,000LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2$2,500CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Total$2,500TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$250,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$250,000CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$250,000CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$250,000CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,000,000TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$1,500,000GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$5,083,272BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$71,615InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$202,457GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$4,952,430EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$4,901,725BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$367,031InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$185,484GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$5,083,272EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$4,557,451BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$522,357InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$178,083GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$4,901,725EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$4,848,333BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$103,801InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$187,081GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$4,557,451EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$4,826,067BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$207,341InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$185,075GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$4,848,333EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY1.00000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$471,768OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$398,765DepreciationAmt
Book Value$73,003BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$238,304OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$138,091DepreciationAmt
Book Value$100,213BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$22,922,897OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$17,532,832DepreciationAmt
Book Value$5,390,065BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$5,563,281TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$41,146,389TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$7,597,259NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$7,597,259RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$48,743,648RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$243,212InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$243,212RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$48,986,860TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$50,722,637TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$50,722,637ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$243,212InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$243,212ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$50,965,849TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4:The income from the endowment funds is used to pay for scholarships sponsored by the donors.
Part X, Line 2:NMSC is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and applicable state law, though it is subject to tax on income unrelated to its exempt purpose, unless that income is otherwise excluded by the Code. NMSC has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Grants and contributions to NMSC are deductible by the donor under Section 170 of the Code.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmt
National Merit Program Scholarship Grants25337$39,494,574
National Achievement Program Scholarship Grants73$174,501

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationIn order to monitor the use of the scholarship grants, NMSC prepares a check that is payable to each selected Scholar or his/her college/university. NMSC mails these checks directly to the applicable college or university and instructs the institution to verify the Scholar's eligibility for the payment prior to distributing the check to the student or applying it to the Scholar's university account. If the student is ineligible for the payment, NMSC asks the college or university to either send the check back to NMSC or to provide NMSC with a refund if the check has already been deposited by the institution. Each Scholar has an agreement with NMSC that his/her stipend check is only to be used for college undergraduate studies and that any unused portion must be returned to NMSC.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Timothy E McGuire
President$298,740$0$0$0$0$0$49,607$0$21,218$0$369,565$0$0$0
Jeffrey Z Little
Executive Vice President$178,058$0$0$0$0$0$31,825$0$15,353$0$225,236$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe Form 990 is prepared by RSM US LLP and then is reviewed internally by NMSC's Treasurer. RSM US LLP makes any necessary edits and the Form 990 is then reviewed by NMSC's President, and is then forwarded to NMSC's legal counsel for an additional review. The completed Form 990 is then mailed to NMSC's Executive Committee of the Board of Directors prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cNMSC requires all members of NMSC's Board of Directors and all Officers to complete a disclosure form on an annual basis to disclose any interests that could give rise to conflicts. In addition, the written policy is provided to all new employees and is constantly available to all employees along with all other policies and procedures on NMSC's network.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15NMSC's Executive Committee annually determines the salary for NMSC's President and senior executives based on comparable market data. All other salaries are determined by NMSC's President within the parameters of the compensation budget which is approved annually by the Board of Directors. NMSC regularly receives and reviews salary survey data from comparable not-for-profit organizations. This information is reviewed by NMSC's Chairman and the President before determining annual salary adjustments. The process for determining compensation was recorded in the Executive Committee's minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19NMSC's annual audited financial statements are made available to the public as part of NMSC's Annual Report, which is posted on NMSC's website each year. At this time, NMSC's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public.