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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$104,314,179
Total expenses
$94,202,288
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$3,178,872
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Listed in Part VII

  • MEREDITH A BAKER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $6,240,526
    From this org
    $6,132,509
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $108,017
    Hours/week
    37 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,828,140
    Bonus
    $1,581,371
    Other
    $2,722,998
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,037
    Filer's total
    $6,240,526

  • BRADLEY GILLEN

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,920,276
    From this org
    $1,827,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $92,469
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $863,492
    Bonus
    $964,315
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,489
    Filer's total
    $1,920,276

  • ROCCO CARLITTI

    SVP, CFO

    Total calculated
    $994,816
    From this org
    $908,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,181
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $666,872
    Bonus
    $241,763
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,201
    Filer's total
    $994,816

  • THOMAS POWER

    SENIOR COUNSEL (AS OF 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $920,830
    From this org
    $845,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,494
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $653,709
    Bonus
    $191,627
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,514
    Filer's total
    $920,830

  • JAMIE HASTINGS

    SVP, EXTERNAL & STATE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $913,638
    From this org
    $832,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,471
    Hours/week
    37 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $641,956
    Bonus
    $190,211
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,713
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,758
    Filer's total
    $913,638

  • KELLY COLE

    SVP, GOV'T AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $908,775
    From this org
    $828,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $636,452
    Bonus
    $192,260
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,083
    Filer's total
    $908,775

  • SCOTT BERGMANN

    SVP, REG AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $835,031
    From this org
    $737,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $97,124
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $565,810
    Bonus
    $172,097
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,144
    Filer's total
    $835,031

  • THOMAS SAWANOBORI

    SVP, CTO

    Total calculated
    $807,248
    From this org
    $715,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,842
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $554,729
    Bonus
    $160,677
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,422
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,420
    Filer's total
    $807,248

  • UMAIR JAVED

    SVP, GEN COUNSEL (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $729,629
    From this org
    $637,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $92,263
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $572,566
    Bonus
    $64,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,283
    Filer's total
    $729,629

  • JOHN MARINHO

    VP, CYBERSECURITY

    Total calculated
    $646,452
    From this org
    $561,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $436,331
    Bonus
    $125,373
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,768
    Filer's total
    $646,452

  • NICHOLAS LUDLUM

    SVP, CCO

    Total calculated
    $606,667
    From this org
    $517,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $393,179
    Bonus
    $124,204
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,652
    Filer's total
    $606,667

  • ROBERT ROCHE

    VP, RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $560,694
    From this org
    $479,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,348
    Bonus
    $98,883
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,405
    Filer's total
    $560,694

  • JAMES SCHULER

    VP, EXTERNAL & STATE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $549,715
    From this org
    $459,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,052
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $357,417
    Bonus
    $102,246
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,588
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,464
    Filer's total
    $549,715

  • MICHELLE JAMES

    VP, STRATEGIC INDUSTRY PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $528,659
    From this org
    $460,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,560
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,657
    Bonus
    $109,442
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,580
    Filer's total
    $528,659

  • DOUG HYSLOP

    VP, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $520,075
    From this org
    $431,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,158
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,531
    Bonus
    $90,386
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,178
    Filer's total
    $520,075

  • JAMES CATHEY

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON DINARDO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF UNTERREINER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE FINLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIKLAS HEUVELDOP

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDD HINKLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURENT THERIVEL

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM MOUNGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIGHID RIORDAN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SLAYTON STEWART

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLIE TOWNSEND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE VONDRAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZONGJIAN CHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED EVANS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYLE MALADY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAUN MCCARTHY

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CINDY CHRISTY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENIFER ROBERTSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMIT JHAWAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EBEN ALBERTYN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLINE CHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT CARTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK LOUISON

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARMINE REPUCCI

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW DAVIES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ULF EWALDSSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHAN JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LODEMA STEINBACH

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENTINA TERRY

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL GLICKMAN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOSSI COHEN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NISHANT BATRA

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DURGA MALLADI

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVE DAS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/2024)

    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 — 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A:
THE ASSOCIATION PAID FOR FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES. THE FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL WAS FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, AND ACCORDINGLY, THE COST OF THE FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL WAS NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION. ALL CTIA EMPLOYEES RECEIVE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE. ADDITIONALLY, ALL SENIOR EXECUTIVES RECEIVE ADDITIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE IN EXCESS OF THE STANDARD AMOUNT. THIS ADDITIONAL LIFE INSURANCE IS CONSIDERED TAXABLE INCOME TO THE EMPLOYEE. IN ORDER TO OFFSET THE TAX IMPACT ON THIS ADDITIONAL BENEFIT, CTIA USES THE "GROSS UP" METHOD TO COVER THE TAXES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. ANNUALLY, THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES THE PRESIDENT/CEO AN EXECUTIVE PERQUISITE. THESE PERQUISITES INCLUDE AN ALLOWANCE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP, INVESTMENT, TAX AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES. THE ASSOCIATION INCLUDES THESE PERQUISITES IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TAXABLE WAGES (W-2).
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B:
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN FROM CTIA. THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III) BECAME VESTED AND WAS PAID OUT DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024: MEREDITH A. BAKER - $2,722,998

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.

  • THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · CHARITBL SUPT · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CTIA

  • MYWIRELESSORG

    501(C)(4) · GRASRTS ADVOC · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CTIA

  • CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION PAC

    527 · PAC · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CTIA

  • CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOC CA PAC

    527 · PAC · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CTIA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523149349302092

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