Private foundation · EIN 45-3751971

Amateur Radio Digital Communications

Preselected only

San Diego, CA

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Tax year 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31) · Filed with IRS 2025 · Data as of 2026-10-24 · View filing on ProPublica · Source: IRS e-file object 202523179349103742
Total assets (EOY)$128,192,418
Grants paid$3,421,327
Typical (median) grant$11,524
Grants listed92
Giving in home state (CA)15%

Grant size distribution

RangeGrants
Under $5K32
$5K–$25K26
$25K–$100K22
$100K+12

Smallest $1,000 · Largest $507,500

Geographic focus

Other/foreign
39%
CA
15%
CT
13%
MN
6%
NY
4%
IL
3%
NM
3%
NH
3%

Common purposes

radioamateurstudentscommunicationsclubprovidesfreesupportsschoolequipmentincludingprojectwillorganizationenhance

Giving history

Tax yearContributions paidTotal assetsGrants listed
2023$6,345,764$117,236,71991
2024$3,421,327$128,192,41892

Years shown are the filings ingested so far; more years are added as additional IRS batches are processed.

How to apply

This foundation checked Part XV line 2 of its 990-PF: it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Source: 990-PF Part XV line 2, tax year 2024.

Top recipients (tax year 2024)

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Arrl FoundationNEWINGTON, CT#1312 SECOND PAYMENT OF $507,500 FOR THREE TOTAL YEARS TO FUND THE ARDC SCHOLARSHIP. TOTAL REQUEST IS $1,522,500 OVER TH$507,500
University Of Victoria#1358 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA PROJECT TO CREATE A MODULAR CUBE SATELLITE RADIO TO IMPROVE CURRENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.$408,239
Asociacion Civil Altermundi#1583 AIMS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY MESH NETWORKS, AIMING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION ACCESS AND RELIABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES$313,970
Allina Health Foundation On Behalf Of Courage Kenny Rehabilitation InstitutMAIL ROUTE, MN#1446 SUPPORTS THE HANDIHAM PROJECT FOR THREE YEARS BY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND ADDING PROGRAM STAFF. THE HANDIHAM PROGR$224,841
University Of Leeds#1308 SUPPORT A STUDENT THROUGHOUT THEIR RESEARCH TOWARDS A PHD DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. T$201,090
Seti InstituteMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA#1592 ENHANCE CURRICULUM BY ADDING HANDS-ON LABS THAT INCORPORATE EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TECHNIQ$194,698
Open Collective Europe (On Behalf Of Multimode Digital Voice Modem (Mmdvm)#1578 CONTINUE FULL-TIME DEVELOPMENT OF ITS OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL VOICE MODEM, WHICH SUPPORTS MULTIPLE AMATEUR RADIO MODES$180,000
Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Space With A Fiscal Sponsorship From Cal Poly PomoPOMONA, CA#1398 STUDENT-LED UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION LOCATED AT CAL POLY POMONA AIMS TO DEMOCRATIZE SPACE ACCESS. THIS GRANT FUNDS $158,924
Software Freedom ConservancyBROOKLYN, NY#1391 THE SFC LEVERAGES COPYLEFT LICENSING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOFTWARE FREEDOM. THIS GRANT FUNDS COPYLEFT AND GPL EN$150,000
Society Of Women EngineersCHICAGO, IL#1534 SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS, INCLUDING A NEW SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN INDIA.$130,000
University Of Cape Town#1509 A SMARTSDN IMPLEMENTATION FOR QOS MANAGEMENT A COMMUNITY NETWORK IN SOUTH AFRICA, DONE AS A RESEARCH PROJECT THROU$124,394
Native Forward Scholars FundALBUQUERQUE, NH#1385 SCHOLARSHIPS FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION IN STEAM FIELDS, PARTICULARL$100,000
Aircraft Carrier Hornet FoundationALAMEDA, CA#1317 RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION PROJECT OF THE SHIP'S RADIO EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES TO CONTINUE ITS WORK IN AMATEUR$80,438
Scientific Instrumentation Center Adventist University Of Chile#1460 FUNDS A THREE YEAR PROJECT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE/SPACE WEATHER ON RADIO/SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS.$79,280
American Indian Science And Engineering SocietyALBUQUERQUE, NM#1593 PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUPPORT FOR TWELVE STUDENTS PURSUING STEM DEGREES RELATED TO AMATEUR RADIO IN THE 2025-20$72,000
East Tennessee Repeater AssociationLOUDON, TN#1374 REPEATER SYSTEM UPGRADED AND EXPANSION TO SERVICE A LARGE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT.$59,781
Cascade Amateur Radio SocietyTIGARD, OR#1577 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ARDEN IN UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE PORTLAND.$58,067
Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club E V On Behalf Of Online Amateur Radio Communi#1414 EXPANDING NEW PACKET RADIO CAPABILITIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND.$55,456
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation IncPOMONA, CADIRECTION FINDING FROM AERIAL PLATFORMS WITH AMATEUR$51,945
Deep Space Exploration SocietyCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO#1529 THIS GROUP FOCUSES ON DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND WILL CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENT AS PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR EARTH-VENUS$50,090
Tobb Economy And Technology University#1444 SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF AN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THAT WILL FACILITATE SDR BASED LABORATORY PROJ$48,549
Freedom Academy FoundationPROVO, UT#1401 TWO AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS COMING TOGETHER WORKING WITH SCHOOLS IN THEIR AREA PROMOTE AMATEUR RADIO WITH A FOCUS ON I$43,000
New England Sci-Tech IncNATICK, MA#1340 PLANS TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS WORK BRINGING MORE YOUTH INTO AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER STEM LEARNING. OFFERING AFTER SCH$39,850
Electronic Applications Radio Service IncUNION, KY#1139 SECOND OUT OF THREE YEARS OF FUNDING FOR YOTA AMERICAS CAMPS, SERVING 30 CAMPERS PER YEAR.$39,338
New Jersey Institute Of TechnologyNEWARK, NJ#1585 SUPPORT FOR SUPPLIES, PARTICIPANT TRAVEL, AND CATERING FOR THE HAM RADIO SCIENCE CITIZEN INVESTIGATION (HAMSCI) WO$34,625
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