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Computer and Communications Industry Association

To further the interests of companies in the computer and communications industries, including the interests of our members, by being the leading advocate promoting open, barrier-free competition in the offering of computer and communications products and services worldwide.

$248k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$185k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 6
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$33M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Computer and Communications Industry Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’22’23
Public BenefitEducationCommunity ImprovementScience & TechInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$185k50%
FY20234$375k25%
FY20226$1.8M100%
FY20202$300k100%
FY20192$19kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Employment$745kCommunity Improvement$584kEducation$560kPublic Benefit$350kScience & Tech$335kInternational$100kCivil Rights$10kArts & Culture$9k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Texas 2036$745,00018%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$550,00030%
NetChoice$518,75012%
Center for the National Interest$250,000211%
Techfreedom$210,000216%
Unified Patents$100,0001n/a
Center for Strategic and International Studies$100,00010%
International Policy Network US Inc$100,00012%
Boston University$65,0001n/a
Commoncrawl Foundation$35,00012%
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All grantees of Computer and Communications Industry Association by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Texas 2036$745,00018%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$550,00030%
NetChoice$518,75012%
Center for the National Interest$250,000211%
Techfreedom$210,000216%
Unified Patents$100,0001n/a
Center for Strategic and International Studies$100,00010%
International Policy Network US Inc$100,00012%
Boston University$65,0001n/a
Commoncrawl Foundation$35,00012%
San Diego Public Library Foundation$10,00010%
The Shakespeare Theatre$8,77810%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Computer and Communications Industry Association supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTexas 2036: $745,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $550,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNetChoice: $518,750 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for the National Interest: $250,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTechfreedom: $210,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCenter for Strategic and International Studies: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Policy Network US Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCommoncrawl Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSan Diego Public Library Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $8,778 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropic TrustPA7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Computer and Communications Industry Association?

Find your warmest path to Computer and Communications Industry Association through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Computer and Communications Industry Association

How much does Computer and Communications Industry Association give?
Computer and Communications Industry Association reported 2 itemized grants totaling $185,000, out of $247,516 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Computer and Communications Industry Association fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (28%), Community Improvement (22%), Education (21%).
Who are Computer and Communications Industry Association's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Texas 2036 ($745k), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($550k), NetChoice ($519k).
Does Computer and Communications Industry Association fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Computer and Communications Industry Association?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Computer and Communications Industry Association based?
Computer and Communications Industry Association is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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