Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc

“Managment services are provided by:ebs support services llc (ebsss)po box 6060boulder, co 80306brenda william sears, manager for ebsssadam miller, senior advisorbarbara hunter, cfosalaries paid by ebs support services llc for the services they provided to voqal usa. In 2009 the five voqal nonprofits formed ebs support services, llc. Voqal usa owns 39.47% of ebs support services, llc and pays ebsss, llc for the cost of personnel providing services to voqal usa, as well as shared office space and equipment. Ebsss, llc, as well as other limited liability companies listed below, are all owned exclusively by the voqal nonprofits; there are no other owners.”

“The organization does not have a committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the organizations accountants, cfo, and at least one corporate officer. Additionally, the form is presented to the board members after it is filed.”

“Each responsible person who is a director or officer has a duty to disclose to the board (or to any committe of the board that is considering a decision to which the conflict applied) the material facts of any proposed transaction or action of the organization in which such responsible person has any conflicts.each responsible person who is a staff member has a duty to disclose to the manager of ebsss, llc and supervisor the material facts of any proposed transaction of the organization in which such person has any conflict. Implementation of the conflict of interest policy relies on such disclosure.a responsible person who fails to follow the protocols established in the conflict of interest policy shall be subjected to the meaningful disciplinary action by the board of directors up to and including removal from the board or their position within the organization.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public.”

“Other program services 4: mobile citizen: on behalf of voqal usa, mobile citizen placed lte wireless broadband accounts with schools and nonprofits nationwide in fiscal year 2022. The estimated number of lte wireless broadband accounts is based on voqal usa's ownership percentage of all active accounts at fiscal year-end.”

“Form 1120-pol taxes = -$128134”

“Backgroundthese additional, voluntary disclosures are intended to give the interested reader greater insight into instructional telecommunications foundation, inc. D/b/a voqal usa.on behalf of a number of nonprofit organizations, voqal usa's president, john schwartz, led an effort to apply for what were then referred to as instructional television fixed services (itfs) licenses from the federal communications commission. Those applications were originally submitted in the early 1980s. Mr. Schwartz believed that seperate nonprofit organizations with local boards of directors would better serve the schools and communities covered by these licenses. In the end, five nonprofits led by mr. Schwartz applied for and received a total of 11 itfs licenses. Today, john schwartz remains on the board of two of five nonprofits, which will hereafter be referred to as voqal nonprofits. Voqal usa is one of those five.for nearly two decades, voqal usa provided free educational video programming to schools via its fcc-licensed itfs stations. While doing so, it shared some of it overhead and administrative costs with the other four voqal nonprofits, which were providing very similar service to their local communities. This approach resulted in significant cost savings, allowing voqal usa to deliver better educational service. The sharing of personnel and other resources among the voqal nonprofits was the beginning of what would later become ebs support services, llc (ebsss) the umbrella service organization that today provides personnel and operational support to all five voqal nonprofits.to expand their ability to fulfill its educational mission and otherwise benefit the public, the voqal nonprofits entered into various spectrum use agreements with commercial telecommunications operators. Voqal allowed commercial firms to use their itfs, and later, educational broadband service (ebs) excess spectrum capacity in their wireless networks. In exchange, these agreements provided significant financial benefits through spectrum royalty payments, as well as material in-kind educational benefits such as high-speed broadband internet accounts. The voqal nonprofits'current spectrum agreements are with clearwire spectrum agreements are with clearwire spectrum holdings ii, llc. Now a t-mobile subsidiary (hereafter referred to as t-mobile).with the increased resources afforded by these most recent spectrum agreements, the voqal nonprofits, including voqal usa, expanded the number and reach of their educational programs to include new education ventures, affordable internet service for schools and nonprofits, cash grants, ebs spectrum advocacy and more. As it expanded, voqal usa continued to share resources with the other voqal nonprofits. In 2013, to extend the relationships among the voqal nonprofits and to reduce confusion for shared work, ebsss secured the "voqal" trademark and the five nonprofits, including voqal usa, adopted the voqal brand.voqal has strived to fulfill the mission of ebs, from its beginnings providing free, itfs video to schools to recent efforts to support change-makers in education. While some voqal usa programs serve what many would consider traditional educational entities likes k-12 schools, voqal embraces a broader view of education and aims to ensure equal access to knowledge to foster a stronger, healthier democracy. Our projects are often aimed at the root causes that bar access to knowledge both in and out of traditional brick and mortar institutions. Examples of more traditional educational projects include providing schools with free and highly subsidized internet accounts and mobile citizen's efforts to ensure that students have access to the internet both at school and at home.in addition, voqal is proud to have been a funder of crash course u.s. Government and politics. Crash course is an educational youtube channel featuring 10-minute videos that condense complex topics into quirky, engaging tutorials. Crash course's yout”