Texas · Nonprofit
GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS
GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,311,597 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,025,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $-921603
What Geeks Without Frontiers does
Mission
Geeks' vision and mission is to bring the benefits of internet connectivity to the estimated 3.5 billion people who remain unconnected to help close the digital divide and achieve the un sustainable development goals, including improved standards of health, education and social and economic well-being.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
N50 project - digital inclusion in 2021 geeks launched the n50 project. The n50 project accelerates digital adoption and community enrichment through innovative applications, network design, and business models to enable the next 3 billion people to participate in the digital world. Broadband adoption will be accelerated and sustained, globally, through commercial, non-profit government, and community partnerships. The n50 focuses on tech-neutral connectivity, literacy, language, and convening partners to deliver human-enriching applications around education, healthcare, agriculture, and local entrepreneurship. The Geeks Without Frontiers team works as the project management office for the n50, where we provide project curation, development and management; management and execution of the strategic communication; formulate partnerships; and more. With our partners from public, private, non-profit, and academia, we are developing implementable programs and projects that focus on connectivity options, applications, and sustainability. Here are the five largest n50 projects: solar community hubs to indigenous communities - solar community hubs is an initiative supported by dell…
$802,889 spentof which $11,708 as grants$771,140 earned by the program42% of program spendingIndigenous resilience network/broadband for tribes- Geeks Without Frontiers continues to provide further support of the implementation of infrastructure, adoption of applications, workforce and economic development to benefit the communities and sustainable solutions. The gwf team has been actively working with multiple tribes with their plans to build/expand long-term sustainable broadband networks and address the many impacts of digital disparities among the already marginalized communities. The studies provided options for the design, procurement, implementation, and long-term operation of broadband networks owned and operated by each tribe. The summary studies took account of key variables including spectrum, regulatory, policy, technology, applications, user demand, competition, financial modeling, and other factors. These studies also show how the networks can be expanded to provide broadband services for neighboring towns as well as other potential clients. Gwf recommended technology selection path(s) and architecture, multi-year business plan, assessment of the applicability for demand aggregation implementations, use of sources of funding, and recommended approach to…
$723,721 spent$189,460 earned by the program38% of program spendingDigital equity initiative in maricopa, arizona-- since august 2023, gwf has been actively engaged in preparing broadband network designs and strategies tailored to the requirements of community anchor institutions, particularly in collaboration with sun corridor network (scn), including the customization of a customer relationship management (crm) system to streamline interactions. The implementation of this crm system aims to centralize contact management and communication with community anchor institutions effectively. Gwf conducts targeted outreach efforts within maricopa county to identify and assess community anchor institutions eligible for enhanced broadband connectivity, reflecting their commitment to equitable access to digital resources. Additionally, gwf supports scn in network design preparation through site surveys, data analysis, design requirement definition, proposal preparation, and feedback facilitation, collaborating closely with scn partners to establish key performance indicators (kpis) and align strategies for digital equity program implementation. Furthermore, gwf extends broadband funding outreach by engaging with all public housing agencies (phas) in…
$198,182 earned by the programOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$392,707 spent$241,627 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,919,317.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $811k to $2.0M (+144%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $525k → $20.
6 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 73% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $585k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS has grown faster than half of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS?
- GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,311,597 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,025,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,311,597 in grants to GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,025,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing