Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$17,955,035

Total expenses

$18,038,354

Contributions and grants received

$17,948,427

Grants paid

$13,100,328

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,608

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,215,967

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,238,092

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,977,875

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$16,925,920

Management and general expenses

$1,111,572

Fundraising expenses

$862

Program service expenses (Part III)

$16,925,920

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PLATFORMS FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS RESEARCH (PAWR): PAWR IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE NATION'S WIRELESS ECOSYSTEM WHILE SUSTAINING US LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS. FUNDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND A 30+ INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM OF THE NATION'S LEADING WIRELESS COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS, PAWR PROJECT OFFICE (PPO) MANAGES THE $100 MILLION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. MAJOR 2022 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A) COMPLETING A SUCCESSFUL SPECTRUM SHARING DEMONSTRATION ON POWDER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOD; B) PARTNERING WITH ERICSSON TO DEMONSTRATE ON AERPAW HOW 5G-CAPABLE DRONES COULD SUPPORT PRECISION AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS; AND C) STRENGTHENING SUPPORT CAPABILITIES FOR O-RAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PLATFORMS.

  Expenses $12,750,693 · Grants $11,767,862

• US IGNITE COMMUNITIES: THIS PROGRAM IS A NETWORK OF 50+ COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEMS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND BOOSTING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A MAJOR 2022 ACCOMPLISHMENT INCLUDES CLOSING PROJECT OVERCOME, WHICH SUPPORTED THE DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT, AND TESTING OF SEVERAL ADVANCED WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS TO REACH UNDER- AND UNSERVED COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE SEVEN COMMUNITIES' ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES WERE PUBLISHED. ACADEMIC JOURNALS ISOLATED THE WIRELESS INNOVATIONS AND THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE INTERNET IN UNCONNECTED AND UNDER-CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. US IGNITE ADDED ELEVEN NEW COMMUNITIES IN 2022, REPRESENTING A MORE THAN 20% GROWTH.

  Expenses $330,628 · Grants $82,400

• SMART BASES: IN 2022, THE US IGNITE SMART BASE PORTFOLIO INCLUDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES CONDUCTED AT FORT CARSON ARMY POST, MARINE CORP AIR STATION MIRAMAR, AND THE FORT MOORE ARMY BASE. THESE INITIATIVES INVOLVED THE DEPLOYMENT OF MULTIPLE SMART CITY SOLUTIONS ACROSS A DIVERSE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, WEATHER, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. SEVERAL CUSTOMIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING A DASHBOARD PLATFORM, WERE DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THESE INSTALLATIONS, ULTIMATELY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE SOLDIERS RESIDING AND WORKING AT THESE FACILITIES. US IGNITE ANTICIPATES A PHASE 2 FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT IN 2023 FOR THE SMART INSTALLATION AND COMMUNITY DASHBOARD AT FORT MOORE.

  Expenses $1,559,572

• OTHER PROGRAMS

  Expenses $2,285,027 · Grants $1,250,066

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  $3,150,087

  SUBAWARD

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

  $2,288,994

  SUBAWARD

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  $2,135,306

  SUBAWARD

• RICE UNIVERSITY

  $1,023,098

  SUBAWARD

• NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

  $707,700

  SUBAWARD

• ZYLINIUM RESEARCH LLC

  $459,020

  SUBAWARD

• WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA

  $337,749

  SUBAWARD

• DIGITALC

  $251,843

  SUBAWARD

• MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

  $248,570

  SUBAWARD

• ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS

  $234,077

  SUBAWARD

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

6 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343109349301424

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