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Center for the Study of International Communication Inc

Center for the Study of International Communication Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,800 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$17k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$70k
Net assets
$54k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 58%
01What it does

What Center for the Study of International Communication Inc does

Mission

Promote the study of international communications

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provides educational programs in communications

    $31,873 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,873.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($88k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($144k)2018 Revenue 60 ($53k) Expenses 127 ($63k) Net assets 93 ($134k)2019 Revenue 98 ($87k) Expenses 104 ($51k) Net assets 118 ($169k)2020 Revenue 18 ($16k) Expenses 118 ($58k) Net assets 88 ($127k)2021 Revenue 49 ($43k) Expenses 128 ($63k) Net assets 74 ($107k)2022 Revenue 30 ($27k) Expenses 37 ($18k) Net assets 80 ($116k)2023 Revenue 32 ($28k) Expenses 81 ($40k) Net assets 72 ($104k)2024 Revenue 30 ($27k) Expenses 124 ($61k) Net assets 48 ($69k)2025 Revenue 19 ($17k) Expenses 65 ($32k) Net assets 37 ($54k)
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Revenue (19)Expenses (65)Net assets (37)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $169k to $127k (−25%).

$144k
$134k
$169k
$127k
$107k
$116k
$104k
$69k
$54k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of Center for the Study of International Communication Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’17
−$10k
’18
$35k
’19
−$42k
’20
−$20k
’21
$8k
’22
−$12k
’23
−$35k
’24
−$16k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $51k → $500.

From the IRS filings of Center for the Study of International Communication 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

Center for the Study of International Communication Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2019 95% · 2022 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

Center for the Study of International Communication Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.

PA
CA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Center for the Study of International Communication Inc's revenue fell 81% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−94% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−19% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

81%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Center for the Study of International Communication Inc?
Center for the Study of International Communication Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,800 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Center for the Study of International Communication Inc have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $69,800 in grants to Center for the Study of International Communication Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Center for the Study of International Communication Inc?
THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Center for the Study of International Communication Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 3 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