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Filing year 2024

THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

Naperville, Illinois·EIN 52-2114179·NTEE B029 · Education·3
Total revenue
$3M
Total assets
$6.8M
Total expenses
$2.3M
Reported officers
19
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.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base
$359k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$721
VP of Commun
vice president
$167k
$179k
Base
$147k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Chief of Sta
highest compensated employee
$156k
$167k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 16 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 11%
from 2023

From $338k in 2023 to $376k in 2024.

$338k
2023
$376k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$374k to $402k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.7M
$2.1M
2023
$3M
$2.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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