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POPULATION COMMUNICATION

POPULATION COMMUNICATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,381,870 to it, the largest being THE GILLESPIE FOUNDATION ($3,381,870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$523k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3.4M
Net assets
$3.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 100%
01What it does

What Population Communication does

Mission

Stabilization of world population

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Population Communication is currently working on the four transitions towards population stabilization. The first is peak and depletion of gas, oil and coal as well as rare minerals used for wind and solar. The second is preserving and protecting the forests, oceans, potable water, biodiversity, soil and all life support systems, including the atmosphere. The third is the equilibrium of movement from rural to urban areas and sovereign spaces given finite and habitat realities. Population stabilization takes place when couples want and have two children.Population Communication has authored a population stabilization statement signed by 75 heads of government. The statement will be framed within the four transitions and challenge the worlds leaders to focus on preserving and protecting habitats and accommodating the needs of children now and in the future.In collaboration with the Partners in Population and Development, we have commissioned reports by professional demographers and economists focused on rights-based population policies in 18 countries. These reports will be revised and updated within the framework of the four transitions.The India Vital Statistics App is being…

    $316,931 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $316,931.

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 ($100k) Expenses 100 ($252k) Net assets 100 ($703k)2018 Revenue 125 ($125k) Expenses 93 ($235k) Net assets 84 ($593k)2019 Revenue 110 ($110k) Expenses 106 ($267k) Net assets 62 ($436k)2020 Revenue 100 ($100k) Expenses 79 ($200k) Net assets 48 ($336k)2021 Revenue 214 ($215k) Expenses 83 ($210k) Net assets 48 ($341k)2022 Revenue 1666 ($1.7M) Expenses 91 ($229k) Net assets 254 ($1.8M)2023 Revenue 1615 ($1.6M) Expenses 103 ($259k) Net assets 447 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 521 ($523k) Expenses 135 ($341k) Net assets 473 ($3.3M)
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Revenue (521)Expenses (135)Net assets (473)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 2021 to 2022, from $341k to $1.8M (+423%).

$705k
$594k
$437k
$358k
$341k
$1.8M
$3.1M
$3.3M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

45% of POPULATION COMMUNICATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 312 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$152k
’17
−$110k
’18
−$157k
’19
−$100k
’20
$5k
’21
$1.4M
’22
$1.4M
’23
$183k
’24
15
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

Robert W Gillespie

President&Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed88777777
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0100000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100k → $1.2M.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of POPULATION COMMUNICATION’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

100% of POPULATION COMMUNICATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California 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

POPULATION COMMUNICATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 297 social science nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 297 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like POPULATION COMMUNICATION

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Gillespie Foundation · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POPULATION COMMUNICATION: 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 POPULATION COMMUNICATION?
POPULATION COMMUNICATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,381,870 to it, the largest being THE GILLESPIE FOUNDATION ($3,381,870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does POPULATION COMMUNICATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,381,870 in grants to POPULATION COMMUNICATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of POPULATION COMMUNICATION?
THE GILLESPIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,381,870 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like POPULATION COMMUNICATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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