Public Charity

THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK is a Public Charity headquartered in NAPERVILLE, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.0M revenue, $2.7M expenses, $7.1M total assets. 12 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $162K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 522114179 NAPERVILLE, IL Management & Technical Assistance NTEE: B02 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$2.7M
Total Assets$7.1M
Grant Records12
Funding Total$162K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEARNING, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF ELEVATING AND ADVANCING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SOCIAL SECTOR. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT FOUNDATIONS AND NONPROFITS TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF SMART COMMUNICATIONS.

Where $100 goes at The Communications Network

How The Communications Network divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$56 Programs the work itself
$38 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $56 for programs

$27
The network offers support to members throughout the year in other programs and is continually trying to improve learing opportunities for all members and faciliating communications and connections
48% of program spending
$27
Annual conference
48% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 900 attendees
$2
Communications
4% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PAST CHAIR Alejandro De Onis
DIRECTOR Allyn Brooks-Lasure
CHAIR Anusha Alikhan
DIRECTOR Bryan Simmons
VP OF COMMUN Carrie Clyne
DIRECTOR Courtney Mccall

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$60,886 4 grants
Training & Professional Development
$51,000 4 grants
Education
$8,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$42,483 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.0M $2.7M $7.1M
2024 $3.0M $2.3M $6.8M
2023 $3.7M $2.1M $6.0M
2022 $2.3M $2.1M $4.4M
2020 $2.1M $1.1M $3.6M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.1M to $3.0M (+41%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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