Eastern Communication Assoc

Analysis

Eastern Communication Assoc is a registered charity in United States, based in Scranton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Eastern Communication Assoc reported income of $148k and spending of $286k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $260k to $148k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Eastern Communication Assoc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wea Member Benefits Foundation Inc ($148k), Tiny Tots Pre-School Inc ($148k) and The Friends of Hawthorne ($147k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $15k (5.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $943k against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $873k.