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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL SPECTRUM CONSORTIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,866,056
Total expenses
$31,067,062
Contributions and grants received
$3,078,733
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,587,257
Investment income
$200,066
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,539,744
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,821,919
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,717,825
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,029,898
Management and general expenses
$1,037,164
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,029,898

Program services were 96.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,078,733

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REQUEST FOR PROTOTYPE PROPOSAL RE

    total $28,022,145 · related or exempt $28,022,145

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLIN005 REVENUE

    total $565,112 · related or exempt $565,112

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $200,066 · excluded $200,066

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $431,140 · program services $155,211 · management and general $275,929

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $295,575 · program services $170,778 · management and general $124,797

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $85,076 · program services $19,993 · management and general $65,083

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $115,188 · management and general $115,188

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $259,501 · management and general $259,501

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $933,845 · program services $933,845

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,775 · management and general $1,775

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $235,361 · program services $43,304 · management and general $192,057

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,550 · program services $14,550

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,387 · program services $23,387

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $122,951 · program services $122,951

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,350 · program services $17,350

  • 24a · Other expenses: REQUEST FOR PROTOTYPE P

    total $28,022,145 · program services $28,022,145

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT PENALTIES

    total $231,386 · program services $231,386

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSITION SERVICES

    total $108,930 · program services $108,930

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARTNERSHIPS/SPONSORSHI

    total $77,893 · program services $77,893

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,009 · program services $28,175 · management and general $2,834

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,071,480 · end of year $6,033,286

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $208,836 · end of year $5,506,458

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $361,485 · end of year $5,821,919

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,918,831 · end of year $5,717,825

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE NATIONAL SPECTRUM CONSORTIUM (NSC) IS A MISSION-DRIVEN NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON ADVANCED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. NSC ACHIEVES THIS VISION BY FACILITATING HIGH-VALUE R&D AND PROTOTYPING PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SOLVE SPECTRUM CHALLENGES THAT CUT ACROSS MULTIPLE INDUSTRY SECTORS, FIELDS OF RESEARCH, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. NSC IS UNIQUELY ABLE TO FOCUS THE RESOURCES OF INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND GOVERNMENT ON US WIRELESS LEADERSHIP THROUGH ITS OTA CONTRACT VEHICLE AND DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OF OVER 300 COMPANIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS TO BENEFIT THESE MEMBERS AND THE ENTIRE WIRELESS ECOSYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NATIONAL SPECTRUM CONSORTIUM (NSC) IS A MISSION-DRIVEN NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON ADVANCED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. NSC ACHIEVES THIS VISION BY FACILITATING HIGH-VALUE R&D AND PROTOTYPING PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SOLVE SPECTRUM CHALLENGES THAT CUT ACROSS MULTIPLE INDUSTRY SECTORS, FIELDS OF RESEARCH, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. NSC IS UNIQUELY ABLE TO FOCUS THE RESOURCES OF INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND GOVERNMENT ON US WIRELESS LEADERSHIP THROUGH ITS OTA CONTRACT VEHICLE AND DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OF OVER 300 COMPANIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS TO BENEFIT THESE MEMBERS AND THE ENTIRE WIRELESS ECOSYSTEM

  • NSC SUCCESSFULLY STOOD UP FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE,B54 AND PROGRAMMATIC OPERATIONS FOR THE 300-MEMBER CONSORTIUM INDEPENDENT OF ITS PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH A CONSORTIUM MANAGEMENT FIRM. THIS INVOLVED IMPLEMENTING NEW IT SYSTEMS, DEVELOPING A WEBSITE, HIRING STAFF, AND CREATING MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.

    Expenses $28,860,433 · Revenue $28,587,257

  • NSC HOSTED OVER 20 MEETINGS OF THE PATHSS WORKING GROUP, HELPING TO ADVISE DOD CIO AND OTHER FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WIRELESS SPECTRUM IN THE 3.1GHZ TO 3.45GHZ BAND. THESE MEETINGS INVOLVED DEEP INFORMATION SHARING AND COLLABORATION AMONG INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.

    Expenses $1,146,078

  • NSC HOSTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS NORTH AMERICA, WHERE OVER 250 OF ITS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED IN SESSIONS ABOUT SPECTRUM SHARING, 5G NETWORKING, OPEN RAN NETWORKS, AND MORE.

    Expenses $23,387

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Kochan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,504
    From this org
    $162,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,504
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,504

  • Salvador D'Itri

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeffrey Evans

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kamran Mahbobi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Abir Ray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Apurva Mody

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lingjia Liu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheryl Genco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Art King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Daly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erik Perrins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Riordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Walt Magnussen

    DIRECTOR AS OF 1/1/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Christou

    DIRECTOR AS OF 1/1/24

    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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542199349301129

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