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United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable amount of resources and investment to deliver high-speed broadband to u.s. Households, and expand…

$222k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Itemized grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$168k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 26
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$26M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations United States Telecom Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving13$168k23%
FY202312$176k8%
FY202221$297k29%
FY202126$414k27%
FY202021$320k33%
FY201916$231k63%
FY20189$102k56%
FY20175$47kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$383kHealth$251kCivil Rights$243kSocial Science$185kInternational$128kHuman Services$105kEducation$99kEmployment$90kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of United States Telecom Association by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council$130,00062%
The Third Way Foundation Inc$100,00040%
Lgbt Technology Institute$95,00062%
Horton's Kids Inc$89,80071%
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies Inc$85,00053%
March of Dimes Inc$78,00070%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc$67,50060%
Breakthrough T1d$67,50070%
Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn$65,00040%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$60,00020%
Technology Policy Institute$60,00041%
Global Womens Innovation Network$60,00043%
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc$60,00060%
R Street Institute$50,00050%
The Brookings Institution$50,00020%
Newdeal$50,00032%
Taste of the South$50,00044%
Meridian International Center$47,50030%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$45,00030%
ALLvanza$30,00034%
Hispanic Technology & Telecom Partnership$30,0002n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$30,00020%
Faith and Politics Institute$25,00011%
National Urban League Inc$25,00010%
The First Tee of Greater Washington DC Langston Golf Course$23,50030%
Federal Communications Bar Association$21,00521%
Mana a National Latina Organization$20,00025%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$20,00010%
The Free State Foundation Inc$17,50012%
International Policy Network US Inc$10,00010%
Center for Democracy and Technology$10,00010%
American Society on Aging$10,00010%
No Greater Sacrifice Foundation$10,00010%
International Republican Institute$10,00010%
Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation$10,00012%
The Digital Progress Institute$10,00011%
University at Albany Foundation$10,00010%
Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne Inc$10,00011%
Everybody Wins DC Inc$8,50012%
Miriam's Kitchen$5,10010%

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($98k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United States Telecom Association supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMulticultural Media Telecom & Internet Council: $130,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetThe Third Way Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLgbt Technology Institute: $95,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetHorton's Kids Inc: $89,800 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPhoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $78,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCongressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $67,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $67,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNational Governors Association Center for Best Practices: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTechnology Policy Institute: $60,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGlobal Womens Innovation Network: $60,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCongressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetR Street Institute: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewdeal: $50,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTaste of the South: $50,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetMeridian International Center: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALLvanza: $30,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFaith and Politics Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe First Tee of Greater Washington DC Langston Golf Course: $23,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFederal Communications Bar Association: $21,005 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMana a National Latina Organization: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetAtlantic Council of the United States Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Free State Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetInternational Policy Network US Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Democracy and Technology: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Society on Aging: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNo Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Republican Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFederal Communications Bar Association Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Digital Progress Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity at Albany Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation to Eradicate Duchenne Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEverybody Wins DC Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $5,100 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 39.

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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.

Ncta - the Internet & Television AssociationDC38.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ncta - the Internet & Television Association · Motion Picture Association Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Consumer Technology Association · Ctia - the Wireless Association · Mywirelessorg · The Seminar Network Inc · The Bgr Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Institute · The Business Roundtable Inc · Bsa Business Software Alliance Inc · Association for Accessible Medicines

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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About United States Telecom Association

How much does United States Telecom Association give?
United States Telecom Association reported 13 itemized grants totaling $168,000, out of $221,638 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United States Telecom Association fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (22%), Health (14%), Civil Rights (14%).
Who are United States Telecom Association's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council ($130k), The Third Way Foundation Inc ($100k), Lgbt Technology Institute ($95k).
Does United States Telecom Association fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United States Telecom Association?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncta - the Internet & Television Association, Motion Picture Association Inc, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Where is United States Telecom Association based?
United States Telecom 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 44 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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