WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

06

Classification

1000

Street

2111 WILSON BLVD STE 210

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 210). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  EIN 54-1551099

Mission and programs · 2023

• GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS:COORDINATES AND EXECUTES THE ASSOCIATION'S GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ACTIVITIES WITH CONGRESS, THE FCC AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, STATE LEGISLATURES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

• MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS:ANNUAL CONNECTIVITY EXPO AND VARIOUS EVENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT AND INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS.

• DOL CONTRACT: IN 2020, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) AWARDED WIA WITH A MULTIYEAR, MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT AS THE NATIONAL SPONSOR OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (TIRAP). THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FUNDING IS TO EXPAND THE INDUSTRY'S MULTI-EMPLOYER APPRENTICESHIP MODEL TO MEET EMPLOYERS' OCCUPATIONAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.

• TRAINING AND EDUCATION: THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION OFFERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO EQUIP A SKILLED WORKFORCE SO THEY CAN BUILD AND MAINTAIN CURRENT AND FUTURE WIRELESS NETWORKS. WIA OFFERS IN-HOUSE LEARNING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

• SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT: COORDINATE THE USE OF WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND FREQUENCIES.

• MEMBERSHIP: TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY; PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS INDUSTRY NEEDS.

• TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (TIRAP ): BUILT BY AND FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYERS, TIRAP IS A COMPETENCY-BASED APPRENTICESHIP AIMED AT GROWING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE WORKFORCE AS DIRECTLY AS POSSIBLE. TIRAP DEFINES CAREER PATHS IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CRITICAL OCCUPATIONS, INCLUDING TOWER TECHNICIANS, WIRELESS TECHNICIANS, AND UTILITIES WORKERS, ALONG WITH LEADS AND FOREMEN. BY ESTABLISHING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AS WELL AS CLASSROOM LEARNING, THESE APPRENTICESHIPS HELP ONBOARD AND UPSKILL WORKERS. THIS LEADS TO BETTER EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY -PLUS HIGHER EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION. POWERED BY THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION AND WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TIRAP PROVIDES TRAINING RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND ACCESS TO INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR OUR MEMBERS AND OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES. THIS REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM LEADS TO A NATIONAL CREDENTIAL RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

• CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDED $7 MILLION TO A CONSORTIUM OF ORGANIZATIONS LED BY HOUSTON'S SAFAL PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDES WIA, TO DEVELOP A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SYSTEM ALIGNMENT. THIS CENTER SEEKS TO SUPPORT THE INCREASE IN THE USE OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP AS A KEY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO CREATE PIPELINES (SUCH AS PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND OTHER CAREER PATHWAYS) THAT CAN INCREASE THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OF APPRENTICES, AMONG OTHER PRIORITIES. WIA WORKS WITH THE SAFAL PARTNERS-LED CONSORTIUM TO CONVENE AND GATHER INPUT FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED INDUSTRY SECTORS NATIONWIDE.

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

• MDCP SOUTH AFRICA: WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION (WIA) WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION'S MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM (MDCP) FOR ITS "ROADMAP TO 5G SUCCESS" PROJECT, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE 5G DEPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, THEREBY INCREASING BUSINESS FOR U.S.-BASED COMPANIES. THROUGH THE PROJECT, WIA DELIVERS TRAINING TO THE LOCAL, STATE, AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STAFF AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, HELPING THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THE 5G ECOSYSTEM AND LEARN BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFICIENT 5G ROLLOUT. THE MDCP AWARD ALSO FUNDS TRAINING FOR THESE STAKEHOLDERS TO LEARN FUNDAMENTALS OF BROADBAND AND 5G THROUGH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EDUCATION CENTER, WIA'S DYNAMIC LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS INSTRUCTOR-LED CLASSROOM LEARNING, ELEARNING, AND LIVE WEBINARS. MDCP AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO REMOVE TRADE BARRIERS AND HELP U.S. FIRMS TO EXPORT.

As filed on the 2023 return. The first 10 program lines listed; the rest are in the source return and the API. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $16,972,654

  Expenses

  $16,498,791

  Contributions

  $5,819,698

  Grants paid

  $35,482

• 2022

  Revenue

  $15,598,046

  Expenses

  $15,071,128

  Contributions

  $4,975,776

  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

  $13,503,985

  Expenses

  $12,651,574

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,735,220

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,759,021

  Expenses

  $9,580,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,842,371

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,271,474

  Expenses

  $10,214,059

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,440,656

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,057,341

  Expenses

  $9,986,232

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,011,695

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,458,001

  Expenses

  $9,147,474

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,021,727

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,422,448

  Expenses

  $8,051,546

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,433,125

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,760,181

  Expenses

  $6,685,528

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,986,767

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,511,222

  Expenses

  $5,842,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,110,949

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,823,853

  Expenses

  $4,835,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,714,945

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

• WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION

  $9,000

  2023 · AWARD DINNER SPONSORSHIP

• FCBA

  $5,250

  2023 · ANNUAL DINNER SPONSORSHIP

Where these grants went next →

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.

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