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ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS

EIN 94-3287156 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$15,745,006
Expenses 2024
$10,055,142

Program services were 53.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1000
Street
1013 TORNEY AVENUE FIRST FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

APC'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER AND SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN AND THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS) TO BUILD STRATEGIC COMMUNITIES AND INITIATIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO EQUITABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, PARTICIPATORY POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

APC'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN AND THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS) TO BUILD STRATEGIC COMMUNITIES AND INITIATIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO EQUITABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, PARTICIPATORY POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

  • SAFETY FOR VOICES(SFV). SUSTAINING DEFENDERS THROUGH FEMINIST HOLISTIC SECURITY, OR SAFETY FOR VOICES, IS A GLOBAL SOUTH-BASED INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTED BY A CONSORTIUM LED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS, WITH URGENT ACTION FUND AFRICA, URGENT ACTION FUND ASIA AND PACIFIC AND IM-DEFENSORAS AS CONSORTIUM PARTNERS, THAT IS FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING "GREATER SAFETY, BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE, FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE" WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGIS). PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,224,887 · Grants $648,582

  • WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROGRAMME (WRP). THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROGRAMME (APC WRP) HAS A LONG-TERM GOAL OF ENSURING THAT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF DIVERSE SEXUALITIES AND GENDERS PARTICIPATE IN, SHAPE AND CO-CREATE THE INTERNET AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT REFLECT AND RESPOND TO THEIR LIFE. PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,211,292 · Grants $724,830 · Revenue $19,990

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION POLICY PROGRAMME (CIPP). IN 2024 THE CIPP PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTED WORK THAT ENABLED DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE (COMMUNITY NETWORKS); REGIONAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN AFRICA AND ASIA. PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,190,000 · Revenue $85,912

  • GLOBAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY (GAPS)- LEADS GLOBAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ADVOCACY. PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.CUMMUNICATIONS UNIT - THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MANAGES APC'S ONLINE AND OFFLINE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICITY, SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, WEBSITES AND PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING OUTREACH TO APC'S MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND THE MEDIA, TO STRATEGICALLY CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHERING APC'S ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES. PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.TECHNICAL UNIT - THE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT TEAM PROVIDES THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL INFRASTUCTURE AND SUPPORT FOR APC PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS, STAFF AND MEMBERS TO OPERATE IN STABLE, SECURE AND RELIABLE ONLINE SPACES. PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.NETWORK DEVELOPMENT - THE NETDEV TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH APC MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES AND STAFF AS WELL AS WITH CLOSE PARTNERS AND COLLABORATING NETWORKS TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG, SUSTAINABLE AND VIBRANT NETWORK. THE TEAM LEADS THE WORK AROUND NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND RESOURCE SHARING WITHIN THE NETWORK (INCLUDING GRANTING). PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,745,412 · Grants $1,113,958 · Revenue $600

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CONCEPCION RAMILO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,666
    From this org
    $115,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,910
    Hours/week
    50

  • KAREN BANKS

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,674
    From this org
    $117,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,910
    Hours/week
    50

  • LEANDRO NAVARRO

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SYLVIE SIYAM

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PONCELET ILELEJI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • NEEMA IYER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PAVEL ANTONOV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHEL LAMBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TB DINESH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,745,006
    Expenses
    $10,055,142
    Contributions
    $15,508,234
    Grants paid
    $2,487,370
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,287,698
    Expenses
    $8,249,226
    Contributions
    $8,122,440
    Grants paid
    $762,338
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,181,263
    Expenses
    $7,150,607
    Contributions
    $7,038,491
    Grants paid
    $463,907

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,669,963
    Expenses
    $5,552,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,702,422

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,230,707
    Expenses
    $4,189,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,488,069

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,549,774
    Expenses
    $5,396,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,243,745

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.