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AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 94-3180176 BEAVER, PA

Revenue 2024
$6,409,333
Expenses 2024
$6,271,182

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
1000
Street
401 BRKICH WAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION, INC. (ACA CONNECTS) PURPOSE SHALL BE THE PROTECTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES BY INFORMING AND EDUCATING LEGISLATORS, REGULATORS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE UNIQUE NEEDS, INTERESTS AND THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES, AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. ACA CONNECTS ALSO PROVIDES REGULATORY, TECHNICAL, INDUSTRY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION TO ITS MEMBERS.

  • ADVOCACY: IN 2024,ACA CONNECTS ADVOCATED FOR THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBER COMPANIES IN CONGRESS, AT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND IN THE COURTS. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS TO PROTECT OUR MEMBERS FROM ONEROUS REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS THAT INHIBIT THEIR ABILITY TO INVEST IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF BROADBAND NETWORKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR POLICIES THAT ENABLE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BROADBAND PROVIDERS TO COMPETE FAIRLY FOR ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FUNDS THAT SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND NETWORKS IN HARD-TO- SERVE RURAL AREAS. EDUCATION: DURING 2024, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS AND PURSUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. FOLLOWING THE 2024 ELECTION, WE PIVOTED TO HELPING OUR MEMBERS NAVIGATE THE TRANSITION TO NEW LEADERSHIP OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Grant P Spellmeyer

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $765,485
    From this org
    $704,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,410

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $644,075
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $61,410
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $765,485
  • John Higginbotham

    EVP & COO

    Total calculated
    $365,977
    From this org
    $339,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,369

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,208
    Bonus
    $54,400
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $26,369
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $365,977
  • Brian D Hurley

    SR VICE PRES

    Total calculated
    $320,410
    From this org
    $294,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,997

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,413
    Bonus
    $36,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $320,410
  • Max Staloff

    VP OF REG. A

    Total calculated
    $225,581
    From this org
    $203,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,365

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,216
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $22,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $225,581
  • Olivia Shields

    VP OF PUBLIC

    Total calculated
    $221,703
    From this org
    $183,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,491

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,212
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $38,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $221,703
  • Zamir Ahmed

    SR VICE PRES

    Total calculated
    $211,631
    From this org
    $180,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,018

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,613
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $31,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $211,631
  • John Barrett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Patty Boyers

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jonathan Bullock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Marty Carollo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Marie Censoflano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Paul Cowling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Paul Cronin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Mark Desimone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rob Dinardo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Carla Framil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • John Gdovin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Katherine Gessner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jim Gleason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • David Hymas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tom Larsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Ed McKay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Drew Petersen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • John Reardon

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jeffrey Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,409,333
    Expenses
    $6,271,182
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,955,358
    Expenses
    $5,782,067
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,332,915
    Expenses
    $5,647,300
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,713,721
    Expenses
    $4,669,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,795,873
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,253,956
    Expenses
    $5,028,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,832,677
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,860,688
    Expenses
    $6,164,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,567,320
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,577,717
    Expenses
    $5,604,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,931,951
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,763,786
    Expenses
    $5,648,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,004,462
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,896,534
    Expenses
    $5,822,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,855,989
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,584,155
    Expenses
    $4,749,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,632,282

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.