#485of 1,000 in 2025

Communication First

Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Sector
Education
Founded
2018
Website
communicationfirst.org
382%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$2.0MFY2025 revenue
9Employees, FY2025
#37of 76 in Education
#15of 29 in District of Columbia

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $417,974 $418K FY22 FY2023: $213,533 $214K FY23 FY2024: $602,457 $602K FY24 FY2025: $2,015,784 $2.0M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from Communication First’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$1.0M · 52%
Noncash gifts
$903K · 45%
Program revenue
$70K · 3%
Total revenue on the 990
$1,922,819
Investment income
− $45,778
Pledge payments received this year, promised in an earlier year
+ $138,743
Revenue we count
$2,015,784

What it does

To protect the rights and advance the interests of the estimated 5 million children and adults in the united states who cannot rely on speech alone to be heard and understood, through public education, systemic reform of policy and practice, and legal advocacy.

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Leadership

Tauna SzymanskiExecutive Director & Legal Director

EIN 83-0836835 · Full filings on ProPublica

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