Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,900 to it, the largest being URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What International Communication Association Inc does
Mission
To advance the scholarly study of human communication and to facilitate the implementation of such study so as to be of maximum benefit to humankind.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference to exchange papers, abstracts and research project findings.
$1,984,145 spentof which $158,242 as grants$1,158,043 earned by the program67% of program spendingPublication of journal of communication, human communication research, communication theory, ica newsletter and communication yearbook.
$469,372 spentof which $108,000 as grants$1,081,973 earned by the program16% of program spendingDivisions services - to share results of research projects and to present and receive awards.
$325,670 spentof which $17,599 as grants11% of program spendingMember services - benefits include access to 5 professional journals and discounts on annual conferences.
$172,828 spent$760,164 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,952,015.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $7.9M to $8.7M (+9%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 2 funders, grant income fell $12k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 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
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 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
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 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 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,900 to it, the largest being URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $22,900 in grants to INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- URBAN COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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