Indiana · Nonprofit
MORE THAN A PHONE INC
MORE THAN A PHONE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,070 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($103,321). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $275k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What More Than a Phone Inc does
Mission
At more than a phone, we believe everyone deserves a reliable and safe smartphone, especially survivors of domestic violence. We meet the need for connection while empowering independence through our devices and data. We also cultivate community throughout the us, in cities where the cellular connection, llc (tcc) has a retail footprint, through volunteerism and victim advocacy as a way to give more than a phone.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
More than a phone is our program that donates smart phones and data service to survivors of domestic violence. Our goal is to help those in need stay connected; as most of us know our wireless devices are nearly a necessity. When faced with a traumatic life event, the reassurance of being connected can help reduce some stress.we partner with domestic violence shelters and other nonprofits that support survivors. We provide them with an annual box that contains 40 phones, and each phone is activated when needed with 4 months of data service. The phones are theirs to keep forever.
$722,026 spentof which $714,402 as grants100% of program spendingDonate a phone, turn in your old device at participating tcc and wireless zone stores. These phones will be properly recycled, and donations will support the program through a third-party donation.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $722,026.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.8M (+57%).
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.
95% of MORE THAN A PHONE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Julie Moorehead
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $49 → $77k.
8 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 MORE THAN A PHONE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. 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
MORE THAN A PHONE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 MORE THAN A PHONE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.
“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
67% of MORE THAN A PHONE INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 57% 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
76% of MORE THAN A PHONE INC'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 $66k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k 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
MORE THAN A PHONE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MORE THAN A PHONE INC
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Round Room Gives · exempt
- Round Room LLC · partnership
- The Cellular Connection LLC · partnership
- Round Room Holdings Inc · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MORE THAN A PHONE INC: 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 MORE THAN A PHONE INC?
- MORE THAN A PHONE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,070 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($103,321). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MORE THAN A PHONE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $275,070 in grants to MORE THAN A PHONE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MORE THAN A PHONE INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $103,321 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MORE THAN A PHONE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 14 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