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SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC

SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $376,342 to it, the largest being SCTE FOUNDATION INC ($326,342). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$15M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$376k
Net assets
$6.6M
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($15M) Expenses 100 ($15M) Net assets 100 ($8.7M)2018 Revenue 100 ($15M) Expenses 101 ($15M) Net assets 94 ($8.2M)2019 Revenue 98 ($15M) Expenses 99 ($15M) Net assets 101 ($8.7M)2020 Revenue 69 ($10M) Expenses 76 ($11M) Net assets 91 ($7.9M)2021 Revenue 82 ($12M) Expenses 84 ($13M) Net assets 105 ($9.1M)2022 Revenue 43 ($6.4M) Expenses 46 ($6.9M) Net assets 100 ($8.6M)2023 Revenue 108 ($16M) Expenses 114 ($17M) Net assets 93 ($8.0M)2024 Revenue 104 ($16M) Expenses 115 ($17M) Net assets 79 ($6.8M)2025 Revenue 101 ($15M) Expenses 105 ($16M) Net assets 76 ($6.6M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (101)Expenses (105)Net assets (76)

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’17
−$120k
’18
−$47k
’19
−$1.1M
’20
−$251k
’21
−$449k
’22
−$911k
’23
−$1.7M
’24
−$540k
’25
2.6
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'19
'20
'21
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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

87%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.

PA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC

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In Colorado

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Scte Foundation Inc · exempt
  • Cable Television Laboratories Inc · exempt

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC?
SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $376,342 to it, the largest being SCTE FOUNDATION INC ($326,342). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $376,342 in grants to SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC?
SCTE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $326,342 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing