Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$14,082,305

Total expenses

$14,722,148

Contributions and grants received

$14,032,003

Grants paid

$8,566,179

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$50,302

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,120,667

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,782,635

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,338,032

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$13,521,291

Management and general expenses

$1,195,507

Fundraising expenses

$5,350

Program service expenses (Part III)

$13,521,291

Program services were 91.8% 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 · 2023

• 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, THE PAWR PROJECT OFFICE (PPO) MANAGES THE $100 MILLION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. MAJOR 2023 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A) THE LAUNCH OF THE ARA TESTBED IN IOWA FOCUSED ON WIRELESS RESEARCH IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS; B) HELPING TO SECURE THE DESIGNATION FOR PAWR PLATFORMS AS OPEN TEST AND INTEGRATION CENTERS (OTICS) FOR OPEN RAN TESTING AND CERTIFICATION; AND C) PROMOTING THE RELEASE OF POWDER'S NEW OPEN SOURCE 5G NETWORK RESOURCES.

  Expenses $9,076,761 · Grants $8,566,179

• SMART BASES: THE US IGNITE SMART BASE TEAM DELIVERED THE SMART INSTALLATION AND COMMUNITY DASHBOARD FOR FORT MOORE AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER. PHASE 2 OF THE PROGRAM ADVANCED THE ORIGINAL PROJECTS ON INTELLIGENT INTRUSION DETECTION AND HEAT RISK MANAGEMENT WHILE EXPANDING TO USE CASES THAT ENHANCE EMERGENCY SERVICES, IMPROVE INSTALLATION READINESS, AND SUPPORT ARMY MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES. THE TEAM ENGAGED INDUSTRY-LEADING VENDORS ACROSS THE PROJECT SECTORS TO PROVIDE A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE TO FORT MOORE'S LEADERSHIP.

  Expenses $2,539,238

• 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. OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE TEAM CREATED NEW STANDARDS FOR OUTREACH, ONBOARDING AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTFOLIO OF CITIES. THIS ALLOWED THE TEAM TO FORMALIZE THE METHODS FOR ENGAGING WITH NEW PARTNERS ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR.

  Expenses $762,699

• OTHER SERVICE

  Expenses $1,142,593

As filed on the 2023 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

  $2,918,553

  SUBAWARD

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  $1,288,887

  SUBAWARD

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

  $1,269,765

  SUBAWARD

• NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

  $682,881

  SUBAWARD

• THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (RUTGERS)

  $545,520

  SUBAWARD

• ZYLINIUM RESEARCH LLC

  $410,518

  SUBAWARD

• RICE UNIVERSITY

  $304,665

  SUBAWARD

• WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA

  $279,991

  SUBAWARD

• MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

  $230,283

  SUBAWARD

• CITY OF LAS VEGAS

  $209,383

  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

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423199349316427

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