Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1989.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
32 people listed on the 990; $8.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil McKinney | $2,623,494 | $2,505,317 | $2,376,981 | $2,161,130 | $1,920,170 | $1,879,502 |
| Christopher Lammers | — | — | — | — | $785,963 | $768,960 |
| Mariam Sorond SVP | — | — | — | $728,305 | — | — |
| Chris Lammers | — | $526,463 | $351,703 | $650,887 | — | — |
| Bernardo Huberman | $650,586 | $627,912 | $608,251 | $603,463 | — | $551,955 |
| Mariam Sorond | — | — | — | — | $637,086 | $328,778 |
| Isaac Elliot | — | — | — | — | $620,797 | — |
| Isaac Elliott | — | — | — | — | — | $598,570 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Cable Television Laboratories INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Drives business growth and cost reduction through innovative ideas and competition.
Questions for Cable Television Laboratories INC
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Founded in 1988 by cable operating companies, cable television laboratories, inc. (cablelabs or the company) is a nonprofit innovation and R&D lab that is dedicated to creating and leveraging innovative ideas that significantly impact its cable operator members' business throughout the world by allowing them to be the providers of choice…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $14.9M | $12.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $7.8M | $8.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5.9M | $7.8M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $47.3M | $64.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $14.6M | $30.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $32.8M | $34.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $426K | |||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $60K | |||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $7.6M | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $30.7M | |||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $3.1M | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $2.3M | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $2.2M | |||
| Management feesLn 11a | $3.6M | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2.8M | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $284K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $5.4M | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $563K | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $6.5M | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $3.4M | |||
| TravelLn 17 | $807K | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $455K | |||
| InterestLn 20 | $5K | |||
| Payments to affiliatesLn 21 | $2.4M | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $2.6M | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $472K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2.7M | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $78.5M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 | $75.6M | $82.2M | −$6.7M | $32.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $77.7M | $86.3M | −$8.5M | $38.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 10, 2024 | $95.3M | $82.2M | $13.1M | $47.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $79.9M | $78.5M | $1.4M | $34.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $76.6M | $71.8M | $4.8M | $32.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $75.4M | $71.8M | $3.7M | $27.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $79,901,749 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $79,901,749 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $78,463,489 across 21 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $64,690,731 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $34,202,303 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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