International Labor Communications Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530232074
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026375068
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,272
Expenses
$110,933
Assets
$237,008
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHELSEA CONNOR (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • MARCI TOBACK ROSENBLUM (SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER)
  • CHELSEA CONNOR (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER)
  • DELANE ADAMS (TREASURER/EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The ilca's mission is to build the power of labor journalism by providing a place for labor communication professionals to exchange ideas, share stories, learn the latest in the evolution of technology and build an education movement, and recognize the talent within our communities

What it reported doing in 2025

Biennial convention, awards competition and individual sponsorship

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.3%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.14; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.