Idaho · Nonprofit
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (Idaho) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $407k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $279k
What Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications does
Mission
The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is dedicated to excellence and high standards in professional education in journalism and mass communication.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) advocates for the highest standards in journalism and mass communication education. ACEJMC evaluates and accredits programs at colleges and universities around the world. 120 programs are accredited, primarily in the U.S., and the Council welcomes additional programs, in the U.S. or elsewhere, that seek accreditation.ACEJMC is a crucial resource for educators, students and institutions. For educators, ACEJMC provides a framework to ensure journalism and mass communication programs meet industry standards and prepare students for the professions. For students, attending an accredited program means an experience that meets rigorous quality benchmarks and enhances employability. For institutions, obtaining accreditation is a distinction that can attract top-tier faculty and students and serve program review requirements.
$289,407 spent$370,575 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $289,407.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $552k to $385k (−30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
8% of Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications?
- Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (Idaho) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications.
- Who is the largest funder of Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications?
- JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing