WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $569K · expenses $543K · assets $896K

EIN

26-2811483

Address

PO BOX 90716, AUSTIN, TX 78709-0716

Website

www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org

NTEE code

A80

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

March 2010 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

Principal officer

Elizabeth Maxfield (its 2009 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2009 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

The Foundation preserves and promotes the history of the wireless industry. The Foundation chronicles the achievements of individuals, the contributions of numerous organizations, and the evolution of markets and technology. The Foundation will research and publish objective information on the people, products, and events crucial to the development of wireless services for use by individuals, businesses, schools and government entities. The organization seeks to increase public understanding of the wireless industry and its social and economic impacts by creating a comprehensive wireless history web site, celebrating landmark events, and supporting recognition programs for extraordinary contributions to the development of wireless communications.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

10 grantors reported grants to this organization, $306,940 in all, tax years 2010 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.