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EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$278k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$912k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Eastern Communication Association does

Mission

Promote the study, criticism, research, teaching and application of artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. The association exists for educational, scientific, and literary purposes only.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conduct annual meetings and conventions for presentation of research papers and presentations of scholarly research, and publish quarterly journals and semi-annual newsletter to disseminate scholarly works in the field of communication.

    $210,297 spent$69,060 earned by the program
    94% of program spending

  2. Publish quarterly journals and semi-annual newsletter to disseminate scholarly works in the field of communication.

    $14,029 spent$93,068 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

  3. To provide scholarships to worthy individuals.

    $725 earned by the program

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $224,326.

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 ($163k) Expenses 100 ($138k) Net assets 100 ($828k)2018 Revenue 143 ($233k) Expenses 111 ($153k) Net assets 106 ($879k)2019 Revenue 160 ($260k) Expenses 129 ($178k) Net assets 116 ($956k)2020 Revenue 88 ($143k) Expenses 76 ($105k) Net assets 102 ($842k)2021 Revenue 122 ($198k) Expenses 93 ($128k) Net assets 131 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 94 ($153k) Expenses 106 ($145k) Net assets 114 ($940k)2023 Revenue 91 ($148k) Expenses 208 ($286k) Net assets 105 ($873k)2024 Revenue 171 ($278k) Expenses 204 ($281k) Net assets 110 ($912k)
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Revenue (171)Expenses (204)Net assets (110)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 2020 to 2021, from $842k to $1.1M (+29%).

$828k
$879k
$956k
$842k
$1.1M
$940k
$943k
$912k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

31% of EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
$80k
’18
$83k
’19
$39k
’20
$70k
’21
$8k
’22
−$139k
’23
−$3k
’24
39
months of
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

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Listed55555555
Joined·+1+1+2+0+1+1+2
No longer listed·1120112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.

Funder
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'19
'22
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION’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

EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

NY

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

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’19
’22
Pennsylvania 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

EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve39.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

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 Pennsylvania

Eastern University Academy Charter School76%Easton Area Education Association74%Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc73%Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council73%Early Music America Inc73%Eastern University73%East Mount Airy Neighbors Inc72%Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools72%

Nationally

Eastern Contractors Association Inc80%National Communication Association78%International Communication Association Inc77%American Economic Association77%Eastern Academic Scholars Trust Inc77%Eastern University Academy Charter School76%New England Association for College Admission Counseling Inc76%East Link Academy76%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

26
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

74%

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

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION: 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 EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION?
EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION?
URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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