COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (EIN 52-2114179)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-11-08
IRS object ID: 202203129349304545
Schema version: 2021v4.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-11-08T15:11:45-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	362716239	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BARNES GIVENS & BARNES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 E Evergreen Ave STE 117	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mount Prospect	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60056	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522114179	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Communications Network	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COMM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6304161166	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 N Naper Blvd 200-20	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60563	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Erica Pelletreau	PersonNm
Person Title	Chair	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2022-11-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Erica	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Pelletreau	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	William J Barnes	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00399658	PTIN
Phone	2247642442	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Name Change	Yes (X)	NameChangeInd

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 N Naper Blvd 200-20	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	605638802	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,522,291	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.comnetwork.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1998	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or 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.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	19	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	6	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	96	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,059,008	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$719,017	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,064,173	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$802,879	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,450	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$395	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,124,631	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,522,291	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$633,872	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$629,938	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$93,331	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$509,237	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$566,896	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,143,109	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,196,834	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$981,522	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$325,457	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,627,952	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,096,626	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$75,524	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$218,741	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,552,428	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,877,885	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
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.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$324,746	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$503,794	RevenueAmt
Desc	Annual Conference:Due to the ongoing pandemic, The Communications Network again held a virtual (rather than in-person) conference, building on 2020's ComNetworkV and calling the online gathering ComNetworkV21. ComNetworkV21 again featured a full lineup of keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and online networking that was all accessible through a custom-built online portal. The online gathering was not free as it was in 2020, but still drew 607 participants.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$179,467	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Online Workshops:The Communications Network hosts online learning sessions about 15 times per year on issues that are relevant to social sector communicators. These webinars are free to all and often attract an audience of as many as 400 people. Topics range from practical skill building to forward-thinking thought leadership topics	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$49,317	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Communications:The Communications Network features numerous platforms and channels through which it communicates with and listens to and with its membership. Those include a monthly newsletter featuring insights and resources; The Networks 1100-person listserv; an online Members Community where members can find each other and engage; webinars; Storytelling for Good; Com-Matters.org; ComNetworkDEI.org; Change Agent journal; social media channels; and ComNetwork.org, which features tools, resources, events, archives, and the latest information about The Networks events and offerings.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$553,530	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	6	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	19	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	FRONTLINE	PersonNm
Phone	6304161166	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 N Naper Blvd 200-20	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	605638802	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd
Sean Gibbons
CEO	60.00	0.00	$285,833	$0	$14,282
Erica Pelletreau
Chair	5.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Norris West
Vice Chair	5.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Jill Schwartz
Secretary	5.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Virginia Mcmullan
Treasurer	5.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Jade Floyd
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
LaMonte Guillory
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Maureen Cozine
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Vidya Krishnamurthy
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Stefan Lanfer
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Joanne Flores Moses
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Andrew Sherry
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Julia Friedman
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Ken Weine
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Daphne Moore
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Anusha Alikhan
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Felicia Madsen
Director	2.00	0.00	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$285,833	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$14,282	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$719,017	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$719,017	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Conference Income	$503,794	$503,794
Membership Dues & Assessments	$299,085	$299,085

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$802,879	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$395	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$395	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,522,291	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$802,879	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$395	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$285,833	TotalAmt
Program Services	$71,459	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$185,791	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,583	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$272,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$176,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,200	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,586	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,146	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,259	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,733	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,934	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,426	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,373	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,786	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,946	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,261	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,579	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,079	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,520	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,351	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,208	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21	TotalAmt
Management And General	$21	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,165	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,165	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,945	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,671	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,274	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$133	TotalAmt
Management And General	$133	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,952	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$912	TotalAmt
Management And General	$912	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,254	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,254	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Virtual conference	$312,794	$312,794
Software	$25,995		$25,995
Bank & credit card fees	$23,305	$4,066	$17,612	$1,627
Development	$18,613			$18,613

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,728	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,042	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,797	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,889	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,196,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$553,530	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$549,973	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$93,331	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$650,362	BOYAmt
EOY	$464,724	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,308,461	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,508,856	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$607,166	BOYAmt
EOY	$3	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,382	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,374	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,756	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,087	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,581	BOYAmt
EOY	$669	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,627,952	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,096,626	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,543	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,189	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$215,552	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,524	BOYAmt
EOY	$218,741	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,226,003	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,518,163	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$326,425	BOYAmt
EOY	$359,722	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,552,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,877,885	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,627,952	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,096,626	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$325,457	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$501,403	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$934,948	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$534,114	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,386,152	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,018,102	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,374,719	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$950,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,341,244	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,374,943	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$157,123	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$503,794	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,327,604	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,451,903	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,276,192	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,909,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,543,275	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,521,896	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,702,323	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$8,702,323	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,639	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,724	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,450	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$395	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,462	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,639	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,724	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,450	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$395	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,462	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$168	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$168	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,453,157	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,284,831	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,922,949	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,544,725	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,522,291	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,727,953	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99710	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99690	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00290	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00300	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,756	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,087	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$669	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$669	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,522,291	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,522,291	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,522,291	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,196,834	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,196,834	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,196,834	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Sean Gibbons	PersonNm
Title	CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$280,833	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$5,000	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$12,586	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$1,696	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$300,115	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Management & General:Network programming continued to offer many ways for members to engage with and learn from the field. Circles helped members connect around issue areas and job functions. Online learning sessions and webinars delivered key insights. Tools like ComNetworkDEI.org and Storytelling for Use saw wide use. Our thought leadership program, The Clarence B. Jones Impact Award, elevated another transformational communications campaign. ComNetworkLOCAL continued to meet, albeit mostly virtually, in over a dozen cities around the country. And The Network continued to surface salient research and tools for our members.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	The organization has individual members
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The CEO, Finance Committee and Board of Directors reviews prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	THE BOARD OF THE NETWORK EXAMINES CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY WHEN EACH BOARD MEMBER SUBMITS HIS OR HER CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM; AS CONFLICTS ARISE, THEY ARE DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NETWORK BOARD, EVERY THREE YEARS, REVIEWS COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO, EXAMINES COMPARABLE SALARIES FROM LIKE ORGANIZATIONS, AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FIELD-WIDE SALARY SURVEY DATA. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THEN MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	THE CEO FOLLOWS THE GUIDELINES IN THE BOARD-APPROVED COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENT WHEN CONSIDERING SALARIES FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Upon request