- 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.
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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.
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Grant P SpellmeyerGRANT 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
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John HigginbothamJOHN 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
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Brian D HurleyBRIAN 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
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Max StaloffMAX 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
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Olivia ShieldsOLIVIA 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
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Zamir AhmedZAMIR 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
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John BarrettJOHN BARRETT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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Patty BoyersPATTY BOYERS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jonathan BullockJONATHAN BULLOCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Marty CarolloMARTY CAROLLO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Marie CensoflanoMARIE CENSOFLANO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Paul CowlingPAUL COWLING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Paul CroninPAUL CRONIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Mark DesimoneMARK DESIMONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Rob DinardoROB DINARDO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Carla FramilCARLA FRAMIL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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John GdovinJOHN GDOVIN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Katherine GessnerKATHERINE GESSNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jim GleasonJIM GLEASON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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David HymasDAVID HYMAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Tom LarsenTOM LARSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Ed McKayED MCKAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Drew PetersenDREW PETERSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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John ReardonJOHN REARDON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jeffrey RossJEFFREY 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $6,409,333
- Expenses
- $6,271,182
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,955,358
- Expenses
- $5,782,067
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,713,721
- Expenses
- $4,669,786
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,795,873
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,253,956
- Expenses
- $5,028,310
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,832,677
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,860,688
- Expenses
- $6,164,855
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,567,320
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,577,717
- Expenses
- $5,604,506
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,931,951
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,763,786
- Expenses
- $5,648,568
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,004,462
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,896,534
- Expenses
- $5,822,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,855,989
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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.
Declared as related by
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GROUP HEALTH PROGRAM OF THE NATNL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOP ASSOC
On its 2024 return
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.