Fiber Network Owners Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473480508
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Ringgold, GA, USA
Phone
7069651226
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Boards of Trade

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$469,542
Expenses
$412,956
Assets
$399,814
Liabilities
$214,947

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAANYA FRENCH (PRESIDENT (START 1/25))
  • JOHN STANFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID HOWER (PRESIDENT (END 12/24))

People named in this filing

  • TAANYA FRENCH (PRESIDENT (START 1/25))
  • JOHN STANFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PHILIP FOSTER (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to empower members through collaboration, innovation, and shared expertise to build resilient, affordable, and equitable fiber broadband infrastructure that drives local economic growth and digital inclusion.

What it reported doing in 2024

A strategic alliance of organizations focused on aligning their fiber network resources for the purpose of providing a unified platform to create business and operational advantages for its members. The members are like-minded with similar goals, needs and challenges and believe united they are stronger than apart. The organization promotes the common business interests of members in the fiber network industry. Fiber networks improve the economic conditions and competitiveness of the community served by the fiber network owners. The organization conducts quarterly meetings of its members for educational and networking purposes. These meetings are designed to promote the common business interest of the fiber owners industry.an annual conference is held at which vendors present products and services to members and at which the organization conducts additional educational and training sessions.the board of directors conduct monthly meetings to discuss goals and strategies for the organization. Quarterly meetings were held to discuss the organization's business and operations with the members, vote on new members, and have guest speakers regarding topics of interest to the group. The annual conference was held in september of 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.