Computer and Communications Industry Association FY2020 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(6)Since 1972Mutual / membership EIN 95-6377796Revenue $6.7M in FY2020

On file with the IRSccianet.org25 Massachusetts Ave Nw, 20001-1430 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Dec 1972

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To further the interests of the industries served by our member companies in being the leading advocate promoting open, barrier-free competition in the offering of Computer and Communications products and services worldwide.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $546K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$6.1M
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.7M
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
0%
Net assets
$7.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$13.2M
FY2022$84.1M
FY2023$18.9M
FY2024$24.0M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$12.6M
FY2022$83.2M
FY2023$18.1M
FY2024$24.4M
Net assets
$7.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.4M
FY2021$8.6M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024$10.8M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1972.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$290,000Pt VII · Sec A
Global Competition Counsel
$194,000Pt VII · Sec A
Patent Counsel
$177,500Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President and General Counsel
$147,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications
$127,000Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Policy Counsel
$124,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Public Policy
$120,404Pt VII · Sec A
Policy Counsel
$102,500Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Matthew C Schruers$502,086$445,123$449,134$314,914$290,000
Stephanie Joyce$329,000$294,250$235,000——
Krisztian Katona$324,500$274,800$219,295——
Jonathan McHale$295,618$275,828———
Brian McMillan$260,131————
Arthur D Sidney———$248,856$120,404
Trevor M Wagener$248,600$207,000$174,512$137,679—
Joshua Rogin—$239,562———

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Advocates for open, barrier-free competition in global computer and communications markets.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Commission studies performed by third-party experts to determine the economic impact of the industries we serve. The results of these studies are shared with policymakers, member companies, and the general public to illustrate the impact of the industries ccia serves, and the impact pending and proposed legislation could have.

Pt IX · col B
02

Engage with policymakers to inform, educate, and possibly influence legislation in the areas which may directly or tangentially affect our members companies. Issue areas include, but are not limited to, competition policy, patent reform, copyright reform, and trade policy.

Pt IX · col B
03

Work as an industry advocate by proactively monitoring the path of proposed and pending legislation to determine possible ramifications to each member individually and member companies' industries as a whole. Keep member companies informed and educated on such.

Pt IX · col B

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 14 grants · $2.7M · 2020–2024
Commoncrawl FoundationCA · FY2024$35,000
Boston UniversityFY2023$65,000
TechfreedomDC · FY2023$10,000
Texas 2036TX · FY2022$745,000
NetchoiceDC · FY2022$518,750
Unified PatentsFY2022$100,000
TechfreedomDC · FY2020$200,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$616K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$7.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.9M
Total assetsLn 16$13.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$616K
Other incomeLn 4–11$252K
Gains on assetsLn 7$528K
Total revenueLn 12$6.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$130K
SavingsLn 2$7.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$506K
Other assetsLn 15$48K
Total assetsLn 16$13.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.1M
Net assetsLn 32$7.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.0M$7.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$543K$506K
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M$13.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M$6.1M
Net assetsLn 32$6.7M$7.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$303K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$53K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$511K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$144K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$109K
Payroll taxesLn 10$227K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$487K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K
Office expensesLn 13$40K
Information technologyLn 14$111K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$276K
TravelLn 17$13K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$205K
InterestLn 20$1K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$27K
InsuranceLn 23$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$85K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $24.0M$24.4M−$481K$10.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $18.9M$18.1M$813K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $84.1M$83.2M$906K$8.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.2M$12.6M$655K$8.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $6.7M$5.9M$838K$7.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $6,692,478 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,354,197$3,623,585
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,178,888$2,200,665
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $107,244$615,900
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,628$252,328
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,646,957$6,692,478
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $87,403$355,348
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,715,236$2,729,295
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,034,836$2,770,168
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,837,475$5,854,811
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,809,482$837,667
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,692,478 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,623,585
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,623,585
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,200,665 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,200,665
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $87,503$87,503
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $528,397$528,397
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $13,279 · Unrelated business $239,049 · Excluded from tax $0$252,328
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,213,944 · Unrelated business $239,049 · Excluded from tax $615,900$6,692,478
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,854,811 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$302,720
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$52,628
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$510,634
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,739,215
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$143,631
IX-9 Other employee benefits$108,765
IX-10 Payroll taxes$227,050
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$486,684
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$24,073
IX-11g Other fees for services$1,491,440
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$3,305
IX-13 Office expenses$40,133
IX-14 Information technology$110,920
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$276,391
IX-17 Travel$13,154
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$204,854
IX-20 Interest$1,016
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$27,149
IX-23 Insurance$6,151
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$84,898
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,854,811
Part X · Balance sheet $13,485,818 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,015; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $87,435$130,439
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,883,673$7,737,239
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,346,463$1,541,983
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,769$49,357
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $542,657$506,476
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,041,800$3,387,032
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $78,822$84,100
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $48,177$48,177
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,042,796$13,485,818
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $205,130$249,698
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $389,789$5,081,464
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $21,203$15,540
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $696,381$703,907
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,312,503$6,050,609
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,730,293$2,810,209
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$4,625,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,730,293$7,435,209
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,042,796$13,485,818
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,435,209 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,692,478
XI-2 Total expenses$5,854,811
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$837,667
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,730,293
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$132,751
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,435,209

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