Nebraska-Iowa Wireless Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264138654
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Gary, SD, USA
- Phone
- 5152791026
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,729
- Expenses
- $37,324
- Assets
- $159,776
- Liabilities
- $2,043
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BILL BAUGHMAN (PRESIDENT)
- BRANDI VANDENBERG (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BILL BAUGHMAN (PRESIDENT)
- BRANDI VANDENBERG (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- CHELLE EISCHENS (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The association is a nonprofit professional association comprised of individuals and firms from all sectors of the wireless industry. The association's mission is to create a unified voice in state and local legislative matters impacting the industry and to promote positive industry awareness of the vital role that wireless networks play in society today. Through the cultivation of relationships between the industry and the communities served setting the highest of ethical standards and integrity to achieve this mission.
What it reported doing in 2025
Form and cultivate strong relationships between the members of the wireless industry, by hosting regular forums that allow collaborative dialog and an open sharing of the best practices that contribute to industry growth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 9
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15.3%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.