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THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC
THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,250 to it, the largest being ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ($15,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $838k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $857k
What The Catholic Press Association of the United States Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Organization is to build and strengthen the value, effectiveness, and identity of Catholic media by facilitating the professional development and spiritual growth of our members. We contribute to the Church's mission of communicating the Good News and evangelizing the modern world by engaging and supporting the content creators and distributors of Catholic media.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Training: Includes an annual conference for all members and partners, webinars, and onsite training at meetings.
$244,868 spent$325,771 earned by the program40% of program spendingDirectory and Publications: Includes a monthly newsletter, an annual directory, and a website. It also includes advertising placements in member publications and on the Organization's website.
$166,929 spent$15,890 earned by the program28% of program spendingMembership - Includes programs for meetings, surveys, training, and other services.
$97,542 spent$236,552 earned by the program16% of program spendingAwards: Award program to recognize excellence in Catholic Journalism; Catholic Book Publishing; Catholic Alumni and Student Publications; and Film, Radio, Television, and Cross-Platform Media Production.
$97,494 spent$170,909 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $606,833.
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 2020 to 2021, from $732k to $868k (+19%).
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.
5% of THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $16k.
From the IRS filings of THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: 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 THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC?
- THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,250 to it, the largest being ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ($15,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $21,250 in grants to THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC?
- ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 2 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