South Wireless Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461628311
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Brentwood, TN, USA
Phone
6157265717
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Boards of Trade

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,802
Expenses
$59,288
Assets
$96,884
Liabilities
$12,137

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE NICLEY (PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER)
  • MIKE BELSKI (VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD M)
  • WHITNEY GRAVES (VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE NICLEY (PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER)
  • MIKE BELSKI (VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD M)
  • WHITNEY GRAVES (VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization serves to organize and bring together members of state wireless associations from Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas/Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the carolinas and Texas for educational meetings and networking sessions.

What it reported doing in 2022

Annual summit - event hosting the wireless infrastructure industry's largest gathering of thought leaders and technology experts focused on expanding next-generation communications throughout the south region of the united states, providing a platform for industry members to discuss key issues and focus a joint mission in support of the development of wireless networks on a state and regional level.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 20

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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 25.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th 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 · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.