THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

1400 16TH ST NW STE 600

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 600). 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.

• CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

  EIN 52-1347628

• MYWIRELESS ORG

  EIN 20-2404168

Mission and programs · 2024

• CATALYST - CATALYST IS A COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM ACCELERATING THE WORK OF EARLY-STAGE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS USING THE POWER OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND MOBILE-FIRST APPLICATIONS TO ENHANCE LIVES AND ADDRESS PRESSING CHALLENGES IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $758,969 · Grants $315,000

• POLICY MAKER EDUCATION (PME) - THE FOUNDATION SHOWCASES WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY'S POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT DURING ANNUAL EVENT CONVENING STATE LEGISLATORS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO MEETS WITH FEDERAL POLICYMAKERS ON THE HILL AND AT THE FCC TO INTRODUCE THEM TO PROGRAMS THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS.

  Expenses $385,477 · Grants $14,000

• CHANGEMAKER AWARD - CHANGEMAKER AWARDS SUPPORT CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION'S ("THE ASSOCIATION") WORK TO HIGHLIGHT THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL CHALLENGES.

  Expenses $105,099 · Grants $49,000

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.

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

  $2,317,574

  Expenses

  $1,621,611

  Contributions

  $265,000

  Grants paid

  $433,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,803,885

  Expenses

  $1,250,248

  Contributions

  $232,467

  Grants paid

  $440,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,955,746

  Expenses

  $1,084,919

  Contributions

  $123,393

  Grants paid

  $451,000

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

  $2,185,328

  Expenses

  $1,267,927

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,119,176

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,392,886

  Expenses

  $885,038

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,107,896

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,619,395

  Expenses

  $617,693

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,971,416

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,598,204

  Expenses

  $661,247

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,284,223

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $513,177

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,220,655

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $628,686

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,757,637

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $793,441

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,983,145

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

• RETHINK INC

  $117,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• KAI XR

  $113,600

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UPCHIEVE

  $111,800

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DOPE NERDS

  $72,700

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• HEALTHY HIP HOP FOUNDATION

  $62,800

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• PARROTS INC

  $61,800

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FAST FORWARD

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMELBACK VENTURES

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FAST FORWARD

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMELBACK VENTURES

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $15,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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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