California · Nonprofit
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,077 to it, the largest being THE SIEGEL & FRIEND FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $38k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $51k
What The Educational Communications Corporation does
Mission
Public awareness-education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Earth Cultures offered ethnic dances and other multi-cultural entertainment to promote cross-cultural awareness; provided personnel for an ethnic dance ensemble who provided teaching and performances at area schools, assisted living facilities, libraries, and other venues.
$13,850 spent86% of program spendingHumanity and the Planet collected clothing and other supplies for distribution to the needy in the United States and other countries. Some used books and other publications were distributed to promote recycling and reuse of such material.
$1,417 spentof which $1,417 as grants9% of program spendingEnvironmental Resources Library archived and disseminated books, literature, tapes, discs, etc. Encouraged and assisted in the recycling and reuse of publications and other materials. Reference materials were made available to both the organization's donors and supporters.
$600 spent4% of program spendingEcology Center of Southern California educated the public on ecological and environmental issues. Functioned as a clearinghouse for environmental organizations. Provided literature and reviews.
$164 spent1% of program spendingVideo/Radio: ECONEWS environmental television shows were offered to more than thirty cable stations serving more than fifteen million homes. Environmental Directions weekly radio series was provided to one broadcast station, simulcast on the internet, and posted to a YouTube channel.
$108 spent1% of program spendingSpeakers Bureau offered speakers to lecture on ecotourism and other environmental topics, sometimes in conjunction with other projects.
$0 spent0% of program spendingProject Ecotourism offered consulting and advisory services which promoted responsible travel and tourism that least disturbed cultures and natural environments.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther Projects included Project Geneology, Campus Greening, and other ecological and humanitarian efforts.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,139.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8k to $32k (+289%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $17.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION’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
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77 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.
Organizations like THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION?
- THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,077 to it, the largest being THE SIEGEL & FRIEND FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,077 in grants to THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION?
- THE SIEGEL & FRIEND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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