Popular Culture Association
A big tent for anyone who takes the ordinary culture around us seriously enough to study it.
Financial profile
Popular Culture Association · EIN 31-1387458 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $417,378 | $440 | $391,834 | $719,421 | $1,385,974 | Aug 2023 |
| FY2022 | $413,310 | $1,813 | $368,617 | $544,985 | $1,648,636 | Aug 2022 |
| FY2021 | $470,934 | $25,732 | $340,639 | $379,030 | $2,049,879 | Aug 2021 |
| FY2020 | $326,751 | $4,250 | $270,460 | $302,714 | $1,797,195 | Aug 2020 |
| FY2019 | $654,022 | $6,494 | $605,395 | $690,259 | $1,665,957 | Aug 2019 |
| FY2018 | $547,155 | $2,050 | $508,210 | $832,376 | $1,668,652 | Aug 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Popular Culture Association is read alongside.
ASA
American Studies Association
The oldest and largest association for the interdisciplinary study of U.S. culture and history in global…
5 companies named
IASPM
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
A multidisciplinary international scholarly association that established popular music as a legitimate field…
CSA
Cultural Studies Association
The largest network of cultural studies scholars, educators, practitioners, artists, and activists in the…
ISMRC
International Society for Media, Religion and Culture
An international scholarly society for researchers studying how religion moves through media and culture…
ACLA
American Comparative Literature Association
A scholarly community organized around reading literatures and cultures against one another
3 companies named
Who backs PCA
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Popular Culture Association's peers, but not Popular Culture Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of Popular Culture Association's five peer societies, and not found in Popular Culture Association's reviewed public records.
| Company | ASA | ACLA | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE SCHOLAR’S CHOICE | Named | Named | 2 of 2 |
| Bloomsbury Academic | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| De Gruyter Brill | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| INGRAM ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| PM PRESS | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| THEWRITEPLAN.AI | Named | 1 of 2 |
The outside view
A big tent for anyone who takes the ordinary culture around us seriously enough to study it.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Village
Where everyone is known by name.
The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Parliament.
Strengths
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