National Captioning Institute
National Captioning Institute reported $13.1 million in revenue and $13.1 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $78.97 went to program services, $21.03 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 97.2% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $325,613 (Chairman, President & CEO). 5 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue fell 21% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $13MFor context, the median across 3,614 covered human services charities: $88.27 programs, $11.52 management, $0.21 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $13MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 79.0% | 87.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 21.0% | 11.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | Not reported | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 0.5% | 20.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 2.4% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 97.2% | 70.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $325,613 | $274,992 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 2.49% | 1.18% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 5 of 5 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseNCI supports and empowers people who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as diverse communities by providing access to the audio portions of television programs, movies, and other events and performances, through closed and open captioning, subtitling, construction and sales of captioning equipment and other related services; and by developing described video for people who are blind or have low vision
Highest reported compensation
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman, President & CEO Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $325,000 | $0 | $613 | $325,613 |
| Executive VP/Chief Adminis Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $177,692 | $0 | $7,797 | $185,489 |
| President/Chief Operating Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $179,231 | $0 | $650 | $179,881 |
| VP of Sales & Marketing Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $112,060 | $0 | $535 | $112,595 |
| Director of IT Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $105,073 | $0 | $7,387 | $112,460 |
| Assistant Corporate Secret Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $98,782 | $0 | $7,681 | $106,463 |
5 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from National Captioning Institute (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $1.0M (Part IX, line 5).
7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b5 · 5 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 5143
Private foundation grants it received
1 private foundation reported grants to National Captioning Institute totaling $121 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Of every $100 National Captioning Institute spent in 2025, $78.97 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of National Captioning Institute's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, National Captioning Institute reported that 79.0% of its $13.1 million in expenses went to program services, 21.0% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does National Captioning Institute pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation National Captioning Institute reported for one person in calendar year 2025 was $325,613, for the role of Chairman, President & CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does National Captioning Institute get its money?
Of $13.1 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 0.5% came from contributions and grants and 97.2% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is National Captioning Institute a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 52-1144663 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202641739349301509 · read the filing · XML
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202541689349300549 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202421999349301012 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202302579349301025 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202233189349305968 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202313359349300326 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202002259349302110 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 52-1144663: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.