Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE
MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being CANNON VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $868k
What Minnesota Telecom Alliance does
Mission
Mta is organized for the purpose of enhancing the success and viability of its telecommunications industry members in an increasingly competitive environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
With over 180 members, the mta actively advocates and represents the interests of minnesota's telecom industry, including small, medium and large telecommunications companies that provide advanced voice, data, high-speed internet and wireless communications services. The organization serves its members by informing and educating member companies on subjects relating to the telecommunications industry; developing and promoting uniform standards of communications services, procedures and practices; supporting the provision of high quality, universal service for consumers; informing and educating consumers, legislators and regulators on the necessity, applications and benefits of a reliable, efficient and modern telecommunications infrastructure and the need for adequate compensation to fund the infrastructure; and by representing the member companies' interests before the general public and legislative and regulatory bodies. Mta hosts one of the nation's largest state telecommunications convention and trade show. The 2025 annual convention was held march 10 through march 12, 2025 and included general and breakout sessions, networking opportunities and exhibits. Mta communicates with…
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $624k (−51%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Brent Christensen
CEO/president
Board chair
Terry Nelson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE’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
MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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.
Where its funders are
69% of MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Minnesota Telecom Alliance Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE: 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 MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE?
- MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being CANNON VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,500 in grants to MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE?
- CANNON VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing