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SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC

SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,005 to it, the largest being STEINER-HELSBY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$1.1M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$-745814
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Society for Technical Communication Inc does

Mission

The society for technical communication advances technical communication as the discipline of transforming complex information into usable content for products, processes, and services. Stc serves its members by identifying and promoting best practices in the field and by demonstrating the economic value delivered by technical communicators. By providing lifelong learning opportunities, we help our members develop their skills and competencies so that they may advance in a variety of career paths.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual conference: serves the educational needs of technical communication. Educational programs, seminars, and workshops provide a forum for learning and discussion.

    $277,617 spent$341,725 earned by the program
    40% of program spending

  2. Membership: promotes the purposes of the society among members, furthers member interaction, and provides a forum for discussion.

    $157,101 spent$481,529 earned by the program
    23% of program spending

  3. Communications and publications: journal, magazine, newsletter, and other communications that disseminate professional news and current developments in the technical communication field.

    $107,611 spent$51,033 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

  4. Education: support to practitioners, teachers, and students of technical communication through programs, scholarships, annual conferences, and seminars. The society also provides information about events and courses related to technical communication.

    $80,218 spent$183,953 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

  5. Community relations: programs to enable collaborative communication between stc communities and members; promote the strategic objectives and initiatives of the society; make resources available for career training and leadership development.

    $46,597 spent$58,936 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  6. Marketing and public relations: programs to market and promote the society's mission through organizational partnerships, corporate value programs, sponsorships, and member development.

    $12,416 spent
    2% of program spending

  7. Professional development: programs and activities created and maintained by the society where technical communicators may have access to valuable resources for professional development.

    $10,366 spent$10,095 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $691,926.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 93 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 94 ($1.8M) Expenses 89 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 63 ($1.2M) Expenses 71 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 69 ($1.3M) Expenses 68 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 63 ($1.2M) Expenses 76 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 61 ($1.1M) Expenses 64 ($1.2M)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (61)Expenses (64)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $600k to $118k (−80%).

$694k
$687k
$715k
$622k
$864k
$600k
$118k
2017201820192020202120222023
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$27k
’17
−$152k
’18
$74k
’19
−$175k
’20
$10k
’21
−$267k
’22
−$67k
’23
0.8
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed11141010101013
Joined·+8+0+2+3+0+10
No longer listed·542307
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $5.

Funder
'18
'20
total
funders
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 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

SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.

“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

SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

WA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 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 Virginia

Technology Student Association84%Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography82%Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc82%Society of Toxicology81%Society of Toxicologic Pathology81%State Government Affairs Council81%American School Counselor Association81%American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics81%

Nationally

Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc87%Society for Scholarly Publishing85%Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Inc84%Technology Student Association84%Society of Professional Journalists83%Society for Corporate Governance Inc83%College Sports Communicators Inc83%Student Television Network Inc83%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 43%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Stc Certification Commission · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC?
SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,005 to it, the largest being STEINER-HELSBY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,005 in grants to SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC?
STEINER-HELSBY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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