New York · Nonprofit
THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC
THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,828,348 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($716,110). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $126M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What The Epoch Times Association Inc does
Mission
Delivers trusted, independent journalism to inform and uplift society, and supports programs that promote education, culture, and community well-being.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Epoch Times Association, Inc. produces The Epoch Times, an independent, nonpartisan newspaper published in print and digital formats. The Epoch Times informs the public on issues of civic importance at the national, state, and local levels, including but not limited to matters relating to public health, government transparency, education, culture, and human rights, and produces thousands of news articles, investigative reports, and video programs each year, reaching millions of readers and viewers globally.
$109,545,844 spent$122,018,228 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe Epoch Times Association, Inc.s grantmaking program distributes grant funds on a case-by-case basis to nonprofit organizations that advance the Epoch Times Association, Inc.s mission of fostering truth and tradition, particularly in the areas of media freedom, education, cultural programming, and community engagement, as part of the organizations broader goal of fostering a more informed and empowered public.
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,545,844.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $35M (+146%).
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.
1% of THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (56% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $2k → $640k.
14 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
87% 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 THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 23% · 2021 21% · 2022 37% · 2023 39% — 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
50% of THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
85% of THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $419k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 54 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 54 arts & culture nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $198 on record.
- SUBSCRIPTIONS - ON-LINE/ELECTRONIC $198
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 THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 31 related entities
- Epoch Group Inc · corp_trust
- Epoch USA INC · corp_trust
- Youmaker Corporation · corp_trust
- World Fortunes Inc · corp_trust
- Pyunkang US LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,828,348 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($716,110). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $2,828,348 in grants to THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $716,110 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION 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.
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 47 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing