2016-05-16T16:41:14-07:00 2015-12-31 990 2015-01-01 460974412 Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition SCHO 2022634626 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 John Windhausen Executive Director 2022634626 2016-05-13 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z SHLB Coalition John Windhausen 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 1300587 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 1 0 0 0 256054 1041750 103971 256907 354 275 0 1655 360379 1300587 0 0 0 0 52983 57716 0 44625 56625 412680 552721 465663 655062 -105284 645525 373785 738419 338981 58090 34804 680329 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 125172 0 0 The SHLB Coalition actively engaged with the FCC and other government agencies to reform programs funded by the Universal Service Fund (USF). The Coalition filed eight comments and letters with the FCC and held meetings with FCC officials regarding the E-rate, Lifeline and Rural Health Care Programs. Regarding the E-Rate Program, the Coalition successfully advocated that the E-rate Eligible Service List should allow schools and libraries to use dark fiber, lit fiber or any broadband technology that best suits their needs in the most cost-effective manner. The Coalition strongly supported the reform and modernization of the Lifeline Program to help low-income consumers obtain Internet connections. In its comments to the FCC, the Coalition supported including stand-alone broadband connectivity as a service funded by the Lifeline program. It argued that the increasing broadband adoption and making broadband service more affordable should be among the Lifeline Program's new performance goals. It encouraged the Commission to adopt a holistic approach to broadband that recognizes the role played by Community Anchor Institutions in broadband adoption. Also, it argued for no funding cap on the program. Each of these recommendations was adopted by the FCC in its Lifeline reform Order released in April 2016. In addition to its FCC activities, the Coalition filed comments with the Obama Administration's Broadband Opportunities Council and encouraged the Council to build broadband policy around Community Anchor Institutions and to view Broadband as a meta-infrastructure. The Coalition was invited to the White House announcement of the BOC recommendations in September 2015 and several SHLB ideas were included in the White House recommendations. 24990 0 23500 The SHLB Coalition filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC in December 2015 to modernize the Rural Healthcare Program. The SHLB Coalition assembled a group of six telehealth networks from California, Colorado, Montana, New England, New Mexico and Utah. The goal of the filing was to address how the FCC's Healthcare Connect Fund could be modernized to increase the availability of affordable, modern, quality broadband capable of meeting the needs of healthcare in the 21st century. These proactive telehealth networks met over a period of six months on conference calls led by the SHLB Coalition to discuss key barriers to rural healthcare delivery and how a modernization of the program could address these concerns. From these meetings, the group provided a roadmap of changes that the FCC should make to the program. The Petition recommended changes to incentivize greater investment in high-capacity health broadband networks, including recommendations to promote consortia applications, reduce the applicant match, facilitate public-private partnerships and adjust the definition of rural. In addition, the petition called for a number of changes to the administration of the program. The FCC put the Petition out for comment in early 2016 and most comments supported moving forward with the SHLB Coalition's recommendations. 287019 0 232657 The SHLB Coalition hosted three events in 2015 -- a Kansas Broadband Conference in January, an Annual Conference in May and the California AnchorNETs Conference in November. The SHLB Coalition contracted with the Kansas Department of Commerce to convene a statewide broadband conference, which attracted over 200 attendees. The SHLB Annual Conference attracted about 220 people, featured several FCC and NTIA speakers, state and local government leaders, anchor institutions, and many sectors of the broadband industry. The AnchorNETs Conference held in Mountain View, CA highlighted California's progress in promoting the development and utilization of broadband infrastructure for education, workforce development, government and healthcare, and to promote broadband adoption by citizens and communities. The agenda included several speakers from the California state government and from the NTIA. Together, these convenings met the SHLB Coalition's goal of promoting partnerships and collaboration and to advance an understanding of the broadband needs of anchor institutions. 820 750 As part of its mandate to promote research on broadband issues, the Coalition issued a Community Anchor Institution Broadband Progress Report at the five year anniversary of the National Broadband Plan on March 17, 2015. This report focused on the U.S.'s progress regarding Goal #4 (American communities should have affordable access to at least 1 Gbps broadband service to anchor institutions by the year 2020) of the National Broadband Plan. The Progress Report concluded that, while the country has made progress toward this goal, America needs to increase its broadband efforts to address the shortage of broadband for community anchor institutions across the country, particularly in rural areas. The report found that may anchor institutions had not yet been able to acquire affordable broadband connectivity at the gigabit levels that are needed to serve their communities. 820 0 750 438001 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 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 1 1 DC X X Emily Olson 2022634626 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 X Jennie Stapp Chair 5 X X 0 0 0 Denise Atkinson-Shorey Vice Chair 5 X X 0 0 0 Bob Collie Treasurer 5 X X 0 0 0 Mark Johnson Secretary 1 X X 0 0 0 Larra Clark Director 2 X 0 0 0 Susannah Spellman Director 2 X 0 0 0 Jen Leasure Director 1 X 0 0 0 Sean McLaughlin Director 2 X 0 0 0 Sascha Meinrath Director 2 X 0 0 0 Don Means Founding Chairman 2 X X 0 0 0 Eric Brown Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Crosby Kemper Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 John Windhausen Executive Director 35 X 120000 0 0 120000 0 0 1 0 0 0 John Windhausen 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 Managed the Coalition 120000 1 X 0 77375 0 0 0 964375 0 1041750 Conference Registration and Management Revenue 611710 232657 232657 0 0 Telehealth Petition 921140 23500 23500 0 0 CAI Broadband Progress Report 900099 750 750 0 0 0 0 0 0 256907 275 0 0 275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Credit Card Rewards Income 522210 1655 0 0 1655 0 0 0 0 1655 1300587 256907 0 1930 X 52004 25000 27004 918 918 4794 4794 120000 84000 24000 12000 35692 34226 1466 10517 10517 44625 44625 93363 93363 4041 4041 11097 11097 426 426 22820 22820 25100 25100 202656 201412 1244 175 175 1356 1356 Staff and Board Leadership Training 25478 0 25478 655062 438001 160436 56625 336217 24118 0 375149 0 300000 2075 5750 0 0 0 0 35493 33402 0 0 0 0 0 373785 738419 6787 16090 0 332194 42000 0 0 0 0 0 338981 58090 X 30291 680329 4513 0 0 0 34804 680329 373785 738419 645525 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 0 0 230802 256054 1041750 1528606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 230802 256054 1041750 1528606 844255 684351 0 0 104 354 1930 2388 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1530994 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 1 Andrea Castrovillari 7675 Harley Hills Drive North Royalton OH 44133 As part-time development director, Andrea Castrovillari was retained under contract to help the SHLB Coalition develop a list of grant-making foundations and to work with the Board of Directors to increase fundraising and to develop relationships with potential sponsors for SHLB events and programs. 0 0 44625 -44625 0 44625 -44625 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The members of the Board of Directors were sent an electronic copy of this Form 990 before it was filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All of the SHLB Coalition's governance documents - including its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and past 990s - are available on the Coalition's website: ww.shlb.org. Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a Mr. John Windhausen is a sole proprietor and independent contractor who worked for the SHLB Coalition as part-time Executive Director throughout 2015. The SHLB Coalition Board will consider hiring Mr. Windhausen as a full-time employee once it develops additional financial resources. Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1f The Coalition received notice from the Gates Foundation in November 2015 about the award of a $600,000 three year grant. The Coalition received $300,000 of the funding in November 2015 and are scheduled to receive the remainder in September 2016 after the Gates Foundation receives a copy of the Coalition's board approved budget for 2017. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g The Coalition hired two contractors to manage the Kansas Conference in January 2015.