Amateur Radio Digital Communications
AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS is a high-volume grantmaker that only funds pre-selected organizations, distributing $8M through 101 grants annually.
2023 Summary
$107.90M
Total Assets
$8.00M
Funding Awarded
101
Grants Given
$24,927
Median Grant
$889,405
Largest Grant
$1,000
Smallest Grant
2023 Recipients
| Recipient | Award | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Archive | $889,405 | Winter Garden, FLORIDA | To Build The Digital Library Of Amateur Radio & Communications (Dlarc), An Online, Open Access Resource That Preserves The Vital Resources Past, Present, And Future That Document The History Of Amateur Radio And Communications. |
| Arrl Foundation | $500,000 | Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO | Scholarships For Youth Attending College Who Have An Interest In Amateur Radio. |
| Society Of Women Engineers | $365,000 | Tucson, ARIZONA | Continuation Of 2021 Programs 30 Scholarships, Longitudinal Study On How To Support More Women In Becoming Engineers, Leadership Training, Community College To 4 Year College Support For Engineers. |
| Associated Universities Inc | $315,123 | Spring Creek, NEVADA | Introduce Two Cohorts Of Students To Radio Technologies And Develop A Scalable, Hands On Curriculum. |
| Deep Space Exploration Society | $299,959 | Cambridge City, INDIANA | Restoring And Operating A 60 Foot Dish Antenna For Radio Astronomy And Amateur Radio Experimenting |
| Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation | $296,760 | Healdsburg, CALIFORNIA | Produce An Open Source Design For A Low Cost Universal Radio Test Instrument. |
| Altermundi | $294,000 | Kirkland, WASHINGTON | Develop More Agency For Communities By Expanding The Tools Available To Them While At The Same Time Drastically Reducing The Number Of Low Level Software Problems That Are Specially Challenging For Them To Deal With. |
| Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (Darc) Ev | $286,419 | Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS | Extend Existing Open Source Projects In The Domain Of Gsm/Gprs To Ensure They Can Be Used To Operate Both The Base Station (Bts) And Phone (Ms) Side Inside Amateur Radio Bands. |
| Seti Institute | $263,011 | West Chester, OHIO | Make A Number Of Improvements To Gnu Radio That Represent Both Short And Long Term Enhancements To The Capabilities And Ease Of Use Of Gnu Radio With An Emphasis On Increasing Accessibility And Maintainability Of The Software. |
| Central Michigan Amateur Network | $250,945 | Hawthorne, FLORIDA | To Replace 3.4 Ghz Links And Build Out Communications Gear At Their Sites Across The State Of Michigan. |
| Colorado School Of Mines | $250,000 | Peoria, ILLINOIS | Establish A New Electromagnetic Field Imaging Center At The Colorado School Of Mines, Including Equipment Purchases And Hiring A Student Phd Researcher. |
| Native Forward Scholars Fund | $250,000 | n/a | Provide Native Scholars Access To Communication And Stem Related Fields, Including Radio Communications , Wireless Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Communications, Networking, Mechanical/Material Science, Emergency Management Communications, Mathematics And Physics. |
| Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (Darc) Ev | $229,323 | Huntsville, ALABAMA | Supports Software Developer Time To Further The Open Source M17 Project. |
| Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (Darc) Ev | $205,810 | Grants, NEW MEXICO | Current Issues Need To Be Fixed And A Recent Linux Kernel Should Provide Full Ax.25 Support Again. Common Tools Like Ax25 Apps, Ax25 Tools And Libax25 Need To Be Upgraded To Work With The Current Linux Architecture. Standard Tools Like ""Ip And ""Ss"" Need Adaptions To Support Ax.25. |
| Hampton University | $200,748 | Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Scholarship Assistance To Fund Four [4] Students For One [1] Full Academic Year And Assist With Numerous Students Gaps In Tuition And Associated Costs For Attendance At Hampton University |
| Software Freedom Conservancy | $200,000 | Scranton, PENNSYLVANIA | Provide 100 Internships For Free And Open Source Software Developers From Underrepresented Backgrounds. |
| The University Of Scranton | $196,241 | Scranton, PENNSYLVANIA | The Purchase And Installation Of A Complete Amateur Radio Station For The W3 Usr University Of Scranton Amateur Radio Club. |
| Highline Amateur Radio Club | $183,229 | Perryville, MARYLAND | Develop Digital Radio Site Infrastructure At 2 Locations. Deploy Pre Installed Vhf/Uhf And Mesh Antennas At Key Community Facilities. Deploy Dmr, And Winlink+Vara Radio Equipment At The Key Community Facilities. |
| Pleasant Valley Amateur Radio Club | $154,000 | Camarillo, CALIFORNIA | Extending Repeater System To All Of Ventura County And Existing Sites Significantly Improved And Hardened. Some Funding Will Be Allocated For Spare Equipment To Cover Outages. |
| San Francisco Wireless Emergency Mesh Inc Bay Area Mesh | $147,144 | San Francisco, CALIFORNIA | To Build A Wireless Backbone Between Multiple Rural Counties Within Northern Eastern California, Otherwise Known As The High Sierras. The Intention Of The Network Is To Build A Common Backbone For Multiple Emergency Services, Public Life Safety, Public Education, And Amateur Radio Users. |
| ... and 26 more recipients. | |||
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FL
Florida
$1,140,350 -
CA
California
$806,329 -
NM
New Mexico
$705,810 -
MA
Massachusetts
$458,759 -
IN
Indiana
$429,320 -
PA
Pennsylvania
$396,241 -
AZ
Arizona
$365,000 -
IL
Illinois
$333,000 -
NV
Nevada
$315,123 -
WA
Washington
$294,000 -
OH
Ohio
$263,011 -
AL
Alabama
$258,963 -
DC
District of Columbia
$243,948 -
MD
Maryland
$183,229 -
TX
Texas
$179,164 -
KY
Kentucky
$123,683 -
OK
Oklahoma
$109,648 -
TN
Tennessee
$85,000 -
LA
Louisiana
$72,382 -
NY
New York
$72,000 -
RI
Rhode Island
$64,087 -
ME
Maine
$56,763 -
CT
Connecticut
$40,000 -
ND
North Dakota
$36,048 -
WV
West Virginia
$29,900
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Title |
|---|---|---|
| ROSY SCHECHTER | 8584779900 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| ROSY SCHECHTER | Signing Officer |
Historical Financials
| Year | Total Assets | Total Giving | Grants | Median Grant | Max Grant | Min Grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $107,895,897 | $8,004,191 | 101 | $24,927 | $889,405 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | $139,030,662 | $9,247,203 | 77 | $23,600 | $1,620,000 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | $128,412,366 | $3,004,625 | 22 | $100,000 | $507,020 | $4,200 |