Cable Television Laboratories Inc

Overview

Mission

Cablelabs co-innovates unexpected solutions that transform and inspire our industry. We strive to deliver innovations that enable our members to be the provider of choice in their markets.

What it reported doing in 2024

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 in the markets they serve. Continued on schedule o.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043012897
IRS 990 coverage
2008–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Louisville, CO, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

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The verdict

- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.9%; rating input score 97; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 1.45; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.7M · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 17 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2008 to 2024
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links