Enterprise Wireless Alliance INC

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Herndon, VA501(c)(6)Since 1958Community Development EIN 53-0241669Revenue $6.1M in FY2024Latest return filed Nov 6, 2025

On file with the IRSenterprisewireless.org13221 Woodland Park Road, 20171-5503 · Herndon, VATax-exempt since Jul 1999

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The leading national trade assoc for businesses that support the private Wireless industry

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Run by 56 volunteers and 23 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $459K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.8M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
50
of 52 voting members
Looks good: 50 of 52 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.1M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$5.0M
Net assets
$6.8M
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$6.1M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$4.3M
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$5.9M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$6.1M
Expenses
$5.0M
FY2024-0.3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$4.8M
FY2020$5.0M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$5.0M
Net assets
$6.8M
FY2024▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$3.5M
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$5.5M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$6.8M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 1999.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

57 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$376,274Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President O
$260,722Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategy Officer
$222,719Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director Strat I
$199,989Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$190,863Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Software Engineer
$177,058Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robin Cohen’s $376K as President/CEO is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2019
Mark Crosby$222,719$223,562$198,876$377,691$387,671
Robin Cohen$376,274$336,449$296,544$226,744$201,220
Eric Hill$260,722$284,563$292,063$268,980$256,220
Raghuraman Kanchi$177,058$203,319$164,719$158,984$110,638
Kyle Entz$199,989$191,710$181,003$170,611—
Bill Mulholland$190,863$181,559$143,261——
Ila Dudley——$123,483$121,050$178,302
Matthew Tylenda———$119,570$118,220

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.

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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 15aNo

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2 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Ewa is an FCC certified frequency advisory committee that assists business enterprises and other entities to secure authority from the FCC to use radio spectrum for use within private internal and private carrier wireless communications systems.

Pt IX · col B
02

Through the private wireless education council, ewa will provide greater access to training programs in place today and offer additional courses that expand its members' knowledge base, such as licensing and frequency coordination, system planing, spectrum acquisition, safety requirements, and radio frequency interference mitigation.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$183K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$5.0M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$6.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$8.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
57
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a52
IndependentVI 1b50
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$183K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$6.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$996K
SavingsLn 2$1.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Other assetsLn 15$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$8.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$6.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 656
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.9M$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$7.4M$8.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.7M$6.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$425K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$49K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$256K
Payroll taxesLn 10$170K
Legal feesLn 11b$20K
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$233K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$79K
Office expensesLn 13$281K
Information technologyLn 14$378K
OccupancyLn 16$181K
TravelLn 17$53K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$249K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$325K
InsuranceLn 23$53K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 6, 2025 $6.1M$5.0M$1.1M$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 6, 2024 $5.2M$5.0M$142K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $5.9M$4.6M$1.3M$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 $5.6M$4.8M$878K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Oct 20, 2022 $4.9M$5.0M−$79K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2019Filed with the IRS Aug 2, 2021 $4.3M$4.8M−$555K$3.5M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,125,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,014,502$5,940,953
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $152,461$183,022
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,297$1,634
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,170,260$6,125,609
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,304,636$3,120,718
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,723,534$1,890,512
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,028,170$5,011,230
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $142,090$1,114,379
Part VI · Governance 50 of 52 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body52
VI-1b Independent voting members50
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,125,609 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $12,300 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,928,653$5,928,653
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $183,022$183,022
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,634$1,634
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,930,287 · Unrelated business $12,300 · Excluded from tax $183,022$6,125,609
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,011,230 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$425,155
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$2,219,872
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$49,300
IX-9 Other employee benefits$256,451
IX-10 Payroll taxes$169,940
IX-11b Legal fees$19,766
IX-11c Accounting fees$38,566
IX-11g Other fees for services$233,237
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$79,244
IX-13 Office expenses$281,170
IX-14 Information technology$378,431
IX-16 Occupancy$181,216
IX-17 Travel$52,702
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$248,561
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$324,720
IX-23 Insurance$52,899
IX-25 Total functional expenses$5,011,230
Part X · Balance sheet $8,640,630 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,085,534$996,201
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,780,946$1,914,257
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $386,778$322,561
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,898$33,693
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,117,559$2,282,448
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,809,716$1,929,149
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,206,289$1,162,321
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,411,720$8,640,630
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $275,075$446,191
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $163,338$153,494
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,283,704$1,232,883
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,722,117$1,832,568
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,669,579$6,788,038
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,024$20,024
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,689,603$6,808,062
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,411,720$8,640,630
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,808,062 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,125,609
XI-2 Total expenses$5,011,230
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,114,379
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,689,603
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,080
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,808,062

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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