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Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council

Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,091,000 to it, the largest being NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ($950,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.6M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$1.8M
6/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council does

Mission

The council is dedicated to promoting and preserving equal opportunity and civil rights in the mass media, telecommunications and broadband industries.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Mmtc advocates before the federal communications commission and other federal agencies to promote diversity in economic, communications and workforce policies.

    $913,828 spent$352,000 earned by the program
    72% of program spending
  2. Mmtc convenes conferences and summits to educate and train social justice advocates in order to advance diversity in the media, telecommunication industries and technology.

    $177,396 spent$46,250 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  3. Mmtc facilitates transactions to increase ownership opportunities for minorities and women in the regulated communications industry.

    $173,392 spent$40,500 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,264,616.

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 ($2.0M) Expenses 100 ($2.1M) Net assets 100 ($446k)2018 Revenue 77 ($1.5M) Expenses 66 ($1.4M) Net assets 133 ($592k)2019 Revenue 65 ($1.3M) Expenses 67 ($1.4M) Net assets 142 ($635k)2020 Revenue 63 ($1.3M) Expenses 54 ($1.1M) Net assets 162 ($724k)2021 Revenue 97 ($1.9M) Expenses 60 ($1.2M) Net assets 348 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 83 ($1.7M) Expenses 70 ($1.4M) Net assets 377 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 82 ($1.6M) Expenses 71 ($1.5M) Net assets 393 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 78 ($1.6M) Expenses 80 ($1.6M) Net assets 395 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (78)Expenses (80)Net assets (395)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 $1.4M to $2.3M (+61%).

$1.1M
$928k
$1.2M
$1.4M
$2.3M
$2.2M
$1.8M
$1.9M
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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
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

76% of Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$49k
’17
$181k
’18
−$71k
’19
$148k
’20
$703k
’21
$222k
’22
$184k
’23
−$75k
’24
7.0
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.

Board chair

Dr Ronald Johnson

Chair & treasurer - p/t

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed1918181818181718
Joined·+1+4+1+2+1+0+1
No longer listed·2412110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $195k → $230k.

From the IRS filings of Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council’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

Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

78% 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 Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council.

45%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 77% · 2019 51% · 2020 63% · 2021 40% · 2022 67% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

83% of Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

71% of Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

WA
NY
CA
MD
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington, D.C. 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

Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council is better cushioned than half of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve7.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $578k on record.

Federal$578k
grants $578kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Federal Communications Commission$578k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

83%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 36 states

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Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mmtc Broadcasting LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council?
Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,091,000 to it, the largest being NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ($950,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,091,000 in grants to Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council?
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council 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.

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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 9 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