New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,917,943 to it, the largest being JEROME LEVY FOUNDATION ($725,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What National Coalition Against Censorship Inc does
Mission
Ncac promotes freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and opposes censorship in all its forms.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ncac's activities are dedicated to protecting the right to free speech and access to information by:" assisting students, teachers, librarians, parents and others opposing censorship in schools and libraries" helping artists, curators and museum directors resist art censorship" informing public officials, the media and the general public about first amendment rights and obligations" advocating for public policies and laws that respect first amendment rights and principles" educating young people and the wider public about the importance of free expression, claiming their rights and respecting the rights of others" engaging with a nationwide network of activists and supporting local activism" analyzing censorship trends, publishing analysis and developing new strategies to promote free speech rightsas part of core program, ncac is an alliance of 59 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. For nearly 50 years, we have engaged in direct advocacy and education to support first amendment principles. Ncac is unique in that we are national in scope but often local in our approach. We work…
$479,857 spent44% of program spendingThe youth free expression program (yfep) is dedicated to the education of young people, helping them assert and defend their right to free expression. Any attempt to restrict the creative and intellectual freedom of young people is harmful. The program works with students, teachers, parents, school administrators, and community members to oppose removal of books from school libraries and classrooms, censorship of student-created visual art, efforts to silence student journalists, cancellation of student-led plays and musicals, restrictions on student speech on social media, and efforts to censor health, history, and science curricula.
$421,243 spent39% of program spendingThe arts and culture advocacy program (acap) helps artists and curators involved in censorship disputes. Our goal is to resolve controversies and develop strategic educational initiatives that equip artists and institutions with the necessary tools to promote artistic freedom. Ncac is the only free speech organization with a program dedicated to the rights of artists.
$178,190 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,079,290.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.4M to $963k (−33%).
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 11% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Lee Rowland
Executive director
Board chair
Jon Anderson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $310k → $522k.
12 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% 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 NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 68% · 2019 43% · 2020 42% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 15% — 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
38% of NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
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
58% of NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC?
- NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,917,943 to it, the largest being JEROME LEVY FOUNDATION ($725,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $3,917,943 in grants to NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC?
- JEROME LEVY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $725,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 61 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