Amateur Radio Digital Communications
Donations deductibleRevenue
$10.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$5.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$142.9m
year to 31 December 2025
Net assets
$141.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
4.8y av
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Activity
A34
Arts, culture and humanities
Amateur Radio Digital Communications' network
3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Dickinson Barksdale Garbee I | President - Board of Directors | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| John Gilmore | Secretary - Board of Directors | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| RIA Jairam | Treasurer - Board of Directors | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Schechter | Executive Director | since 2022 |
| Philip Karn | President/CEO (Until 7/2023) | since 2022 |
| Rosy Schechter | Executive Director | 2023 |
| Rosy Wolfe | Executive Director | 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Schechter | Executive Director | 40 | $170k | ||
| Alfred Dickinson Barksdale Garbee I | President - Board of Directors | 4 | $0 | ||
| Ashhar Farhan | Director - Board of Directors | 3 | $0 | ||
| John Gilmore | Secretary - Board of Directors | 2 | $0 | ||
| Keith Packard | Director - Board of Directors | 2 | $0 | ||
| Philip Karn | Director - Board of Directors | 3 | $0 | ||
| Ria Jairam | Treasurer - Board of Directors | 4 | $0 | ||
| Robert Witte | Director - Board of Directors | 4 | $0 | ||
| Harald Welte | Director - Board of Directors | 3 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Amateur Radio Digital Communications
- EIN
- 453751971
- Address
- 5663 Balboa Ave 432, San Diego, CA, 92111-2705
- State
- California
- Activity (NTEE)
- A34 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PF (contributions deductible)
- Principal officer
- Brian Kantor (Form 990-N, tax year 2017)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJohn Gilmore
≥3years on the filingsRIA Jairam
≥2years on the filingsAlfred Dickinson Barksdale Garbee I
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $142.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $141.8m
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0 | $4.9m | Deficit $4.9m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.