How many funders does WiFi Forward have?

IRS filings report 1 organization giving $45,000 in grants to WiFi Forward.

Who is the largest funder of WiFi Forward?

NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like WiFi Forward find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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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WiFi Forward

WiFi Forward (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ($45,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024: $164k
Funders on record: 1
Grants received: $45k
Net assets: $28k

0/1 repeat funders

01What it does

What WiFi Forward does

Mission

WifiForward is an ad hoc, broad-based group of companies, organizations and public sector institutions working to alleviate the Wi-Fi spectrum crunch and to support making Wi-Fi even better by finding more unlicensed spectrum. The WifiForward coalition will marshal support to Next Gen Connectivity & 5G, Spectrum and Unlicensed Spectrum at work.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

WifiForward worked to alleviate the Wi-Fi spectrum crunch and to support making Wi-Fi even better by finding more unlicensed spectrum. The WifiForward coalition will marshal support to Next Gen Connectivity & 5G, Spectrum and Unlicensed Spectrum at work.
$119,937 spent
100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $119,937.

02The organization over time

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

'24*

total

Ncta - the Internet & Television Associationnew

$45k

funders

From the IRS filings of WiFi Forward’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.

Where its funders are

100% of WiFi Forward's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like WiFi Forward

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 Washington, D.C.

Affordable Broadband Campaign70%Spectrum for the Future69%Free Press Action Fund66%The Digital Progress Institute66%The Wireless Foundation66%Fwdus Inc66%Broadband for America65%Womens Liberation Front65%

Nationally

Affordable Broadband Campaign70%Spectrum for the Future69%Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition68%California Forward Action Fund67%Thread Group Inc66%Woodford Forward Inc66%American Resolve Inc66%Wireless Education Action66%

05Profile & governance

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds WiFi Forward?: WiFi Forward (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ($45,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WiFi Forward have?: IRS filings report 1 organization giving $45,000 in grants to WiFi Forward.
Who is the largest funder of WiFi Forward?: NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WiFi Forward find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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