The Broadband Forum

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

4 risk indicators measuring financial stability and operational resilience

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1994

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Craig Thomas

Phone

5104924022

Tax Period

2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

The Broadband Forum, founded in 1994, is a community nonprofit that reported $2.4M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. The organization ran a surplus of $396K, a strong 17% operating margin.

Mission

The Broadband Forum is the central organization driving broadband wireline solutions and empowering converged packet networks worldwide to better meet the needs of vendors, service providers and their customers.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Broadband Industry Standards and Certification Work: Published 29 Technical Reports, standards and marketing reports for the broadband industry. Made available 3 separate industry wide software Open Source releases. Created 2 new industry Open Source initiatives. In addition the Broadband Forum membership initiated 10 new areas of work (NPIFs) for review and member contributions to become industry standards.

Program 2

Industry Education: There were 23 BASe industry education events, including webinars, conference face-to-face workshops and a multi-day industry summit in Germany and Europe. In total over 2,500...

Industry Education: There were 23 BASe industry education events, including webinars, conference face-to-face workshops and a multi-day industry summit in Germany and Europe. In total over 2,500 industry decision markers and influencers attended our education events.

Program 3

Member Meetings: 3 separate member meetings were held in 2024. Spring in Germany, Summer in South Korea and Fall in USA. In total circa 500 member representative registrations were achieved for our member meetings either person or virtually. Our member meetings continue to be focused on advancing our standards and certification work and educating and debating critical new industry technical advancements and trends.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $0

Program Service Revenue $2,276,092

Investment Income $106,502

Other Revenue $0

TOTAL REVENUE $2,382,594

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $693,004

Fundraising Expenses $0

Other Expenses $1,294,012

TOTAL EXPENSES $1,987,016

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$2,382,594	$2,397,306	0.0%
Expenses	$1,987,016	$2,025,535	0.0%
Net Income	$395,578	$371,771	+0.1%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✓ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✗ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

Comprehensive financial analysis: Altman Z-Score, liquidity, solvency, sustainability, efficiency, and growth metrics

Financial Distress Indicator

Liquidity & Cash Position

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Altman Z-Score • Liquidity Ratios • Solvency Analysis • Growth Indicators • Efficiency Metrics

Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$225,831

Total Directors