National Cartoonists Society
A fellowship of professional cartoonists that has honored and held together its own since 1946, gathering strip artists, animators, and illustrators around shared craft, recognition, and camaraderie
Financial profile
National Cartoonists Society · EIN 13-3441165 · 501(c)(6)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $132,806 | $47,221 | $85,560 | $121,643 | $37,041 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $108,132 | $0 | $108,121 | $136,004 | $25,878 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $116,068 | $0 | $116,063 | $48,475 | $53,749 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $33,019 | $0 | $32,730 | $40,663 | $-13,844 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $58,240 | $0 | $58,159 | $56,831 | $-6,200 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $200,122 | $0 | $200,076 | $211,529 | $-7,609 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies National Cartoonists Society is read alongside.
SI
Society of Illustrators
A historic New York society and museum for the art of illustration, conferring recognition through its juried…
24 companies named
GAG
Graphic Artists Guild
A national advocacy organization for graphic artists and illustrators, defending creators' rights and setting…
SCSBW
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
A global community and professional home for children's book writers, illustrators, and translators, offering…
2 companies named
CSS
Comics Studies Society
The first scholarly society of comics researchers in the United States to stand on its own members' dues…
ITW
International Thriller Writers
A global fellowship of thriller authors who sharpen one another's craft, learn the business of publishing…
12 companies named
Who backs NCS
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs National Cartoonists Society's peers, but not National Cartoonists Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of National Cartoonists Society's five peer societies, and not found in National Cartoonists Society's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A fellowship of professional cartoonists that has honored and held together its own since 1946, gathering strip artists, animators, and illustrators around shared craft, recognition, and camaraderie
- Consensus
- Preserve
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Village and The Legacy.
Strengths
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