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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.

$222k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $168,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $221,638 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,638 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $160k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION$30,000
LGBT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE$20,000
MULTICULTURAL MEDIA TELECOM & INTERNET COUNCIL$15,000
TECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE$15,000
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW & ECONOMICS$10,000
HORTON'S KID'S$10,000
FCBA$10,000
R STREET INSTITUTE$10,000
MARCH OF DIMES INC$10,000
ALLVANZA$10,000
DIGITAL PROGRESS INSTITUTE$10,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER$10,000
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $25k → 17%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 27 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
14

Total granted

$1.5M
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+41%

Still filing today

89%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MM
    Multicultural Media Telecom & Internet Council
    6× · 2018–2024 · $130k · revenue +1%
  • LT
    LGBT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $95k · revenue +351%
  • HK
    HORTON'S KIDS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • FA
    FAITH AND POLITICS INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +41%
  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -65%
  • AC
    ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +62%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Techcongress Foundation

Techcongress gives talented technologists the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in federal policymaking and shape the future of tech policy through fellowships with members of congress and congressional committees.

Community Improvement
3
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
4
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
5
Third Way Institute

Third way institute supports charitable and educational activities that advance centrist solutions to major economic, national security, energy and social policy issues.

Civil Rights
6
Portulans Institute

To develop cross-community knowledge and dialogue on how people, technology and innovation contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth; to inform policy-makers, by producing independent, rigorous metrics and data-based research; to…

Arts & Culture
7
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
8
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
9
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
10
The Berkeley Policy Institute Inc
Social Science
11
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
12
Issue One

Issue one is the leading crosspartisan political reform organization that educates the public, engages capitol hill, and advocates for solutions to fix our broken political system.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Free State Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Technology Policy Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
33/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Third Way Foundation Inc: $100,000 · OtherThe Third Way Foundation IncHORTON'S KIDS INC: $89,800 · OtherHORTON'S KIDS INCNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST…CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 · OtherCONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INCFCBA: $37,500 · OtherHISPANIC TECHNOLOGY & TELECOM PARTNERSHIP: $30,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW & ECONOMICS: $30,000 · OtherGLOBAL WOMENS INNOVATION NETWORK: $60,000 · OtherGLOBAL WOMENS INNOVATION NETWORKTASTE OF THE SOUTH: $50,000 · OtherTASTE OF THE SOUTHTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $50,000 · OtherTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTIONFAITH AND POLITICS INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $134,505 · Other+9 moreMulticultural Media Telecom & Internet Council: $130,000 · Civil RightsMulticultural Medi…PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $85,000 · Civil RightsPHOENIX CENTER FOR…CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLAC…CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 · Civil RightsMARCH OF DIMES INC: $78,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES I…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $67,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $65,000 · HealthPrevent Cancer F…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $30,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPL…FOUNDATION TO ERADICATE DUCHENNE INC: $10,000 · HealthLGBT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE: $95,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $10,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5,100 · Human ServicesTECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE: $60,000 · InternationalMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $47,500 · InternationalATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $20,000 · InternationalR STREET INSTITUTE: $50,000 · EducationALLvanza: $30,000 · EducationTHE FREE STATE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · EducationINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationEVERYBODY WINS DC INC: $8,500 · EducationNEWDEAL: $50,000 · Community ImprovementInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $45,000 · Community Improvement
Other$726,805Civil Rights$292,500Health$250,500Human Services$135,100International$127,500Education$126,000Community Improvement$95,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 &…Motion Picture Associ…Pharmaceutical Resear…Consumer Technology A…Ctia - the Wireless A…MywirelessorgThe Seminar Network I…The Bgr Foundation IncCharles Koch InstituteThe Business Roundtab…Bsa Business Software…Association for Acces…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United States Telecom Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Telecom Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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