2017-05-15T12:12:03-07:00 2016-12-31 990 2016-01-01 460974412 Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition SCHO 2022634626 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 John Windhausen Executive Director 2022634626 2017-05-08 199.47.102.166 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z SHLB Coalition John Windhausen 1250 Connecticut Ave Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 297434 0 X www.shlb.org X 2012 DC The SHLB Coalition advocates for government programs and policies that promote open, affordable, high-capacity broadband for anchor institutions and their communities. 12 12 2 12 0 0 1041750 140300 256907 156204 275 309 1655 621 1300587 297434 0 0 0 0 57716 254411 44625 26000 63677 552721 293729 655062 574140 645525 -276706 738419 445449 58090 49826 680329 395623 The SHLB Coalition advocates for government programs and policies that promote open, affordable, high-capacity broadband for anchor institutions and their communities. We file comments in regulatory proceedings, we convene conferences and events to promote the sharing of information and to foster collaboration among public and private sector organizations, and we sponsor research to highlight the broadband needs of anchor institutions. 0 0 219919 64016 The SHLB Coalition hosted one large conference, co-hosted another event with other organizations, and held one small workshop in 2016. The SHLB Annual Conference attracted about 250 people, featured several FCC and NTIA speakers, state and local government leaders, anchor institutions, and many sectors of the broadband industry. In November, SHLB held a roundtable workshop for broadband thought leaders to strategize about broadband policy in the new Administration.SHLB co-hosted the "Transforming Communities" event with Next Century Cities and US Ignite on November 30, 2016. The event brought together broadband champions from Congress, the Executive Branch, other federal, state and local agencies, community leaders including mayors and heads of anchor institutions, and policy experts. 118123 0 The SHLB Coalition brought greater attention to the needs of anchor institutions for high-capacity broadband through both traditional and social media. In July 2016, the SHLB Coalition and the Benton Foundation joined to publish "Connecting Anchor Institutions: A Broadband Action Plan". This set of 11 papers provides ideas and actionable policy recommendations for government leaders at the federal, state, and local levels to address the broadband needs of anchor institutions. The SHLB Coalition held a press briefing announcing the release of the Action Plan on July 13, 2016. The SHLB Coalition also launched "Grow2Gig+: Anchors Advance Communities", which is SHLB's media campaign to make gigabit speeds for anchor institutions a national priority. The campaign includes the Broadband Action Plan, infographics, a social media campaign around #Grow2Gig, and a monthly webinar series. The Grow2Gig+ monthly webinar series, which began in September 2016, highlights two policy papers from the Action Plan each month and features industry and thought leaders to guide the discussion. 160810 92188 The SHLB Coalition continued its strong emphasis on advocacy to promote high-quality broadband for schools, libraries, health providers and other anchor institutions. For instance, SHLB filed comments supporting the petitions filed by the Boulder Valley School District and Microsoft to extend E-rate services beyond the school to surrounding homes. If successful, these petitions have the potential to solve the homework gap in those communities. The FCC has not yet voted on this issue, and SHLB will continue to advocate for this change in 2017. SHLB also joined with several competitive broadband providers seeking to convince the FCC to place price controls over Business Data Services (BDS), the high-speed broadband lines sold by incumbent telephone carriers to anchor institutions and competitive broadband providers. SHLB participated in over about two dozen meetings with Congressional staff and FCC staff on this issue. SHLB argued that BDS is a broken market with little or no competition. Even though the FCC removed Business Data Services reform from the agenda in November, SHLB's #NOBufferBrains campaign brought significant attention to the high prices paid by anchor institutions for these data circuits. The SHLB Coalition continued its advocacy for greater funding for the FCC's Rural Health Care program. On December 1, 2016 SHLB filed an emergency letter with ten Telehealth Networks urging the FCC to address the Rural Healthcare Program's fiscal cliff and to take immediate steps to prevent rural health clinics from losing their broadband connections. We followed up this filing with several meetings with FCC staff and with USAC. Finally, the SHLB Coalition crafted a document outlining its "Rural American Broadband Connectivity (ABC) proposal. This document suggests that broadband funding for anchor institutions should be a key part of the upcoming infrastructure legislation. The SHLB Coalition plans to discuss the ABC proposal with key policymakers on Capitol Hill and in the Trump Administration in 2017. 0 0 0 498852 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X Emily Olson 2022634626 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 Jennie Stapp Past Chair 5 X X 0 0 0 Denise Atkinson-Shorey Secretary 5 X X 0 0 0 Bob Collie Vice Chair 8 X X 0 0 0 Mark Johnson Director 2 X 0 0 0 Susannah Spellman Director 5 X 0 0 0 Jen Leasure Treasurer 5 X X 0 0 0 Sean McLaughlin Director 2 X 0 0 0 Sascha Meinrath Director 1 X 0 0 0 Don Means Founding Chairman 2 X X 0 0 0 Eric Brown Director 1 X 0 0 0 Crosby Kemper Chairman 5 X X 0 0 0 John Windhausen Executive Director 35 X X 143500 0 0 Elwood Downing Director 2 X 0 0 0 Sari Feldman Director 1 X 0 0 0 143500 0 0 1 0 0 0 John Windhausen 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 Managed the Coalition 143500 1 0 0 0 0 0 140300 0 140300 Conference Registration and Management 611710 64016 64016 0 0 Membership Dues 813920 92188 92188 0 0 0 0 0 0 156204 309 0 0 309 0 0 0 0 0 Mis. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All of the SHLB Coalition's governance documents- included its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and past 990s- are available on the Coalition's website www.shlb.org Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c The SHLB Coalition formed the audit committee complied of board members to deal with the operating activities assocaited with the audit process.