Arrl Foundation
NEWINGTON, CT
$507.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Final payment of $507,500 for three total years to fund the ardc scholarship. Total request is $1,522,500 over three years.
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Amateur Radio Digital Communications Grants
Private foundation · EIN 45-3751971 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | $3.5M |
| 2024 | 92 | $4M |
Where Amateur Radio Digital Communications gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Arrl Foundation
NEWINGTON, CT
$507.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
#1312 second payment of $507,500 for three total years to fund the ardc scholarship. Total request is $1,522,500 over three years.
University of Victoria
BRITISH COLUMBIA
$408.2KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
#1358 university of victoria project to create a modular cube satellite radio to improve current radio communications.
Internet Archive
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
$319.1KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Expand dlarc by digitizing more materials and increasing outreach to preserve and provide free access to amateur radio resources.
Asociacion Civil Altermundi
CORDOBA
$314KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
#1583 aims to strengthen community mesh networks, aiming to improve communication access and reliability for communities through innovative solutions.
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Figures are aggregated from Amateur Radio Digital Communications's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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