Virginia · Nonprofit
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $287,155 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS ($138,534). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $276k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $287k
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc does
Mission
TESOL International Association advances professional expertise in English language teaching to speakers of other languages in multilingual contexts worldwide through professional learning, research, standards, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Strategic Events: During fiscal year 2024, TESOL hosted its TESOL International Convention Expo, bringing together more than 3300 ELT professionals from across the globe to exchange their knowledge, best practices, and research in Tampa, FL. The in-person convention featured three keynotes, over 600 educational sessions, and several special events. Proposals are peer-reviewed. Following the in-person convention, an additional 2000 ELT professionals joined the online convention. This means, over 5,000 TESOLers came together last March and April to share ELT experiences. TESOL also hosted an additional virtual conference in October 2024: Elevate. This 2-day worldwide event strengthened the field and elevated the knowledge and expertise of ELT professionals in the primary and secondary school context. As part of its commitment to DEIA, TESOL successfully included a significant number of underrepresented teachers and other TESOL professionals from around the world in this event.
$1,615,593 spentof which $17,245 as grants$1,813,061 earned by the program35% of program spendingMarketing and Membership Services: For more than 55 years, TESOL has been providing a community to educators, researchers, administrators, and students in the ELT field. With more than 6,000 members representing over 170 countries, and more than 100 worldwide affiliates, TESOL offers members the opportunity to be part of a dynamic professional community and join in TESOL's mission to advance excellence in English language teaching.
$1,111,209 spent$554,504 earned by the program24% of program spendingProfessional Learning: TESOL provides year-round continuing education programs to TESOL members and other professionals throughout the world to develop leadership skills, improve core competencies, and stay abreast of the latest developments in the dynamic field of English language teaching and learning. Self-paced and facilitated courses are available. Popular courses include the fundamentals of TESOL, schoolwide English learning (SWEL), separating difference from disability, social emotional learning (SEL), training for trainers (TFT), the 6ps of exemplary English language teaching (6ps), and supporting English learners with exceptional needs. We also brought the TESOL core certificate training program (TCCP) to hundreds of ELT professionals around the world thru grants, programs, and partnerships.
$983,438 spent$1,557,483 earned by the program21% of program spendingBook Publications:TESOL produces and disseminates serial publications and books that are designed to advance the expertise of English language teaching professionals. TESOL press offers over 100 titles, for educators teaching English as a second or foreign language. In addition, TESOL has 5 zip-guides and 4 6ps quick guides. These shorter, laminated files are designed to share easily digestible information on a slew of ELT topics. TESOL's latest best sellers are our no-prep activity cards. Each deck has 100 easy-to-create activities that give teachers classroom tasks addressing literacy and oracy skills, as well as assessment and AI experiences.Journals:TESOL produces and disseminates serial journals, blogs, and newsletters that are designed to advance the expertise of English language teaching professionals. TESOL publishes two refereed publications (TESOL quarterly and TESOL journal), along with a monthly newsletter, TESOL connections, for all English language professionals, in addition to various other newsletters for specific needs and interests.
$649,829 spent$526,987 earned by the program14% of program spendingAdvocacy, Standards & Professional Relations: TESOL speaks up on behalf of and supports excellence in the EL field through advocating for funding and support of EL educators and their students with elected officials, setting standards of excellence, and offering research based professional development. This work is conducted directly by TESOL and in conjunction with partner organizations, affiliated associations, and a variety of coalitions and groups covering the gamut of language education.
$235,007 spent5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,595,076.
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 2021 to 2022, from $7.5M to $6.3M (−16%).
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 10% · 2021 9% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $148k → $79k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 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
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$1.0M
- Department of State$663k
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 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc?
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $287,155 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS ($138,534). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $287,155 in grants to Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc?
- CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS is the largest funder on record, with $138,534 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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