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National Communication Association

Advancing communication scholarship, teaching, and practice to foster a better world.

$255k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$309kEducation$186kCommunity Improvement$110kEmployment$5kYouth Development$5kHealth$5k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $102,319, the rows itemized in this filing. The $254,831 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $152,512 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $93k
$19,050
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$26,350
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$22,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$19,050
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$15,319
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$9,600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $19k → 11%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $10k → 10%CREATING FIRST IMPRESSIONS INC: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $26k → 14%USF FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $5k → 17%JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC: $15k → 15%COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARIES: $10k → 15%WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 9%THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - GREENSBORO: $55k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $22k → 8%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $15k → 12%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 19%DENISON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 10%BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $15k → 16%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $15k → 22%NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 12%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $20k → 6%TOWSON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - METRO BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY - TEMPE: $10k → 11%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC: $15k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - GREENSBORO: $55k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $10k → 8%PURDUE UNIVERSITY - FORT WAYNE: $5k → 19%DENISON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC: $10k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - GREENSBORO: $5k → 16%DENISON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$277k · 7 repeat orgs$343k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
24

Total granted

$277k
$285k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+55%

Still filing today

29%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentScience & TechHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
    2× · 2019–2020 · $115k
  • DU
    DENISON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +39%
  • UO
    University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $39k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • University of South Florida Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +55%
  • BG
    Bowling Green State University Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +39%
  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
7
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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8
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University Corporate Research Park I Inc

To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.

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11
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
The University of British Columbia

Pursuing excellence in research learning and engagement to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society across British Columbia Canada and the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Creating First Impressons Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO: $115,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBOROARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $29,050 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE: $26,350 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLEUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $22,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $21,549 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $17,062 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $15,000 · OtherFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $14,995 · OtherJACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $14,960 · OtherCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $14,750 · OtherOhio University: $14,750 · Other+7 more: $66,825 · Other+7 moreDENISON UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITYUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of South Florida F…Bowling Green State University Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationBowling Green State Universit…Vanderbilt University: $19,000 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH F…UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATI…COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $8,031 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $6,500 · Education+2 more: $10,292 · Education+2 moreUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $39,200 · Science & TechUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC: $5,000 · HealthTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$407,291Education$163,823Science & Tech$39,200Health$5,000Youth Development$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $39,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBowling Green State University Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $8,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,292 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile Foundation
Amazonsmile FoundationWA1.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Communication Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Communication Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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