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← THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,803,885
Total expenses
$1,250,248
Contributions and grants received
$232,467
Grants paid
$440,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,671,324
Other revenue
-$99,906
Total assets, end of year
$34,178,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,728
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,103,593
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,038,560
Management and general expenses
$181,661
Fundraising expenses
$30,027
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,038,560

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MEREDITH A BAKER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,282,024
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,679,821
    Other
    $602,203
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $2,160,914 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,518,907 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $542,379 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $59,824 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $4,282,024 related

  • JAMIE HASTINGS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $877,150
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $799,431
    Other
    $77,719
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $616,143 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $183,288 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $40,422 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,297 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $877,150 related

  • DOLORES KREIGER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $353,412
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $286,710
    Other
    $66,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $248,507 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $38,203 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $29,507 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,195 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $353,412 related

  • EDUARDO ARTHUR

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA BAFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAKE TYE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL O'BRIEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARRIE HUGHES

    VICE CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAQUEL NORIEGA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA HOGAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELE THOMAS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLINT ODOM

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION ("THE ASSOCIATION"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION, PAYS THE COMPENSATION OF THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION'S OFFICERS/HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES. AS SUCH, THE REVIEW OF ALL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IS PERFORMED BY CTIA. THE FOLLOWING ARE METHODS USED TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION: PRESIDENT: COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, COMPENSATION SURVEY AND APPROVAL BY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: COMPENSATION SURVEY.
SCHEDULE J, PART III, LINE 4B
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN FROM CTIA. THE CONTRIBUTIONS ACCRUED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C) AS PART OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION. MEREDITH A. BAKER - $500,000

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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413119349301046

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