Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
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What it says it does
ATIS develops and promotes global technical and operations standards for the information, communications, and technologies industries.
- Income
- $11.2 million
- Spending
- $11.2 million
- Employees
- 28
- Volunteers
- 1,400
- Highest pay
- $1.9 million, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- In March 2024, ATIS launched the Open RAN Minimum Viable Profile (MVP) Initiative in partnership with major North American Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The initiative brought together system developers and operators to define a common set of baseline capabilities to accelerate the deployment of Open RAN technology. The MVP identified a common set of MNO requirements related to architecture, feature/functional capabilities and system performance. It then expanded to include the interoperability requirements needed to facilitate testing and deployment of Open RAN-based solutions. A further outgrowth of this initiative was the launch of the Open RAN Committee (ORC) which examines topics associated with the use and deployment of Open Radio Access Networks in North America.
- The 6G Roadmap for Vertical Industries report was published in May, building on the Next G Alliances (NGA) Roadmap to 6G. The NGAs Research Council delivered a set of recommendations to advance NGA goals in unison with the government and 6G academic research communities. The NGA launched global collaboration with 6G-IA (Europe), the Bharat 6G Alliance (India), Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium (Japan), and the Korea 6G Forum, to advance North American priorities. The NGA welcomed delegates from Koreas 6G Forum to a two-day meeting. The NGA participated in the 3GPP Stage 1 May Workshop on Use Cases delivering a presentation on North American use case priorities, along with representatives from the other regional 6G research organizations.
- ATIS engaged in a series of U.S. government efforts focused on domestic competitiveness in critical and emerging technologies (CET): ATIS filed comments in response to NISTs Request for Information seeking public comment on the National Standards Strategy. ATIS underscored the critical role of fostering robust U.S. engagement in international standards to drive innovation, interoperability, and economic competitiveness on a global scale. ATIS supported the Promoting U.S. Leadership in Standards Act of 2024, introduced by Senators Warner and Blackburn. The NGA, tasked by the E.U.-U.S. Technology and Trade Council to collaborate with its European counterpart--the 6G Industry Association (6G-IA), published the EU-US Beyond 5G/6G Roadmap. The NGAs comments submitted to the NTIA regarding the Implementation Plan for the National Spectrum Strategy, emphasized the critical role of collaborative efforts in spectrum access and management.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1985.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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