Amateur Radio Digital Communications

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $507,500

  Arrl Foundation · Newington, CT · 2025

  Final payment of $507,500 for three total years to fund the ardc scholarship. Total request is $1,522,500 over three years.

• $319,110

  Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Expand dlarc by digitizing more materials and increasing outreach to preserve and provide free access to amateur radio resources.

• $235,045

  Rhizomatica Communications · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

  Finishes the open source mercury hf modem and makes the full hermes digital hf system easier to install and use.

• $175,000

  Software Freedom Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

  Continuation of gpl compliance and enforcement.

• $170,356

  Pleasant Valley Telecommunications Advisory Council-Pvtac · Camarillo, CA · 2025

  Establish microwave backbone and mixed-mode vhf/uhf simulcast system to replace aging infrastructure to improve emergency communications.

• $146,200

  Society of Women Engineers · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Fund scholarships, research, and education programs that support women in engineering and technology, including 35 scholarships in total.

• $110,107

  Teachers in Space · New York, NY · 2025

  Train teachers to use amateur radio technology to track satellites, communicate with spacecraft, and teach students about its role in aerospace communications.

• $98,229

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (Behalf Hameenlinnan Radioamatoorit Ry) · 2025

  Improve the stability and release quality of hamlib through the development of an automated testing framework, and to expand hamlib to support modern network controlled and software defined radio transceivers.

• $92,917

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Librecube) · 2025

  Creates an open source, fully redundant vhf/uhf communications board for cubesats and educational space systems.

• $88,678

  Information Age Learning Center (On Behalf of Computer Deconstruction Labor · Wall Township, NJ · 2025

  Funding for a makerspace to upgrade its antennas, communications systems, and facility infrastructure so it can expand public programs and support more radio and technology activities.

• $88,000

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of the Radio Society of Sri Lan · 2025

  Strengthen emergency preparedness in sri lanka by deploying solar-powered radio stations and training communities in amateur radio.

• $77,000

  Estero Radio Club · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2025

  Upgrade and expand the san luis obispo (slo) aredn backbone mesh network with modern 802.11ac radios, rf backbone links, and battery backups.

• $73,584

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf La Federation Des Clubs Radioamat · 2025

  Repairing, upgrading, and expanding a province wide linked repeater network by replacing aging equipment, restoring damaged sites, and adding new repeaters.

• $72,000

  American Indian Science and Engineering Society · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

  Provide 12 undergraduate scholarships to indigenous students pursuing stem fields related to amateur radio and digital communications.

• $62,775

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Wildfiremesh) · 2025

  Deploy meshtastic nodes for wildfire fighters in argentina, improving off grid digital communications when cellular and traditional radio systems fail.

• $60,000

  Alberta Digital Radio Communications Society · 2025

  Develop a high speed ofdm-based digital modem for the 400 mhz amateur radio band, enabling significantly higher data rates and modern digital linking capabilities.

• $46,272

  Southeast Community Development Corporation · Bell Gardens, CA · 2025

  Provides hands-on stem education with fm radio and soldering kits to amateur radio education.

• $42,565

  New England Sci-Tech · Natick, MA · 2025

  Expand youth education programs through hands-on workshops, scouting labs, and balloon launches.

• $39,334

  Jay County Amateur Radio Club · Portland, IN · 2025

  Renovation and outfitting of an existing building to create a permanent amateur radio clubhouse with meeting space, training areas, license testing facilities, and fixed on air operating positions.

• $35,725

  Ufb New England · Sidney, ME · 2025

  Expands and repairs a multi site digital repeater network by adding a new site and upgrading key existing sites to improve capabilities.

• $35,640

  Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club · Salina, KS · 2025

  Create a mobile stem/ar lab serving underserved communities across rural kansas.

• $34,169

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Thanet Radio Infrastructure · 2025

  Remote hf station for education and youth engagement, providing schools and youth groups across the uk hands on access to hf operating.

• $33,000

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Openmesh Voice Network) · 2025

  Build and test an open source 70 cm mesh network that supports real time voice and basic data.

• $32,365

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf of Ares Association Radio Exp · 2025

  Funds a new solar-powered vhf repeater on mont blanc to extend aress network into an unserved region, improve emergency communication for hikers and local agencies.

• $31,945

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf of Vallee Du Richelieu Club) · 2025

  Replace outdated repeater equipment at two sites with modern vhf/uhf systems to improve reliability and reduce maintenance.

• $31,200

  The Leffell School · Hartsdale, NY · 2025

  Build a student-run satellite ground station to support hands-on learning with amateur radio.

• $28,282

  Western Lake Superior Amateur Responders · Duluth, MN · 2025

  Upgrade repeater with backup power, antennas, and deploy aredn for emergency communications.

• $27,462

  Porter County Amateur Radio Club · Valparaiso, IN · 2025

  Build a mobile radio communications trailer that will help expand outreach, education and emergency communications.

• $26,743

  Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club · Hazel Park, MI · 2025

  Replaces old repeater equipment and improves network links to improve repeater reliability.

• $25,000

  Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

  Teaches brooklyn youth amateur radio and digital communications through hands on workshops, licensing classes, and student projects.

• $25,000

  Half Moon Bay Amateur Radio Club · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2025

  Build a self-contained emergency communications trailer with multiple radios and off grid power to support public outreach.

• $24,750

  Okaw Valley Amateur Radio Club · Greenville, IL · 2025

  Replace a failing repeater shelter and supporting infrastructure, add emergency power, repair antennas, and restore a reliable vhf repeater site to keep the system on the air.

• $24,570

  Valencia County Amateur Radio Association · Perlata, NM · 2025

  Funds student radios, license materials and exams, classroom supplies, repeater connectivity, and field trips to support and expand valencia middle schools amateur radio classes.

• $22,000

  Electronic Applications Radio Service · Union, KY · 2025

  Additional funds to cover increased number of campers and costs.

• $22,000

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Dimension Parabole F4klo) · 2025

  Support hands-on demonstrations of amateur radio, earth-moon-earth communication, and radio astronomy through a restored radio telescope.

• $20,891

  Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness · Calabasas, CA · 2025

  Upgrades and consolidates tceps radio systems at 69 bravo into a dedicated, hardened communications hub, expanding capacity, improving reliability during wildfires and outages.

• $20,275

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf of La Federation Des Clubs Radioa · 2025

  Funding of components needed to refurbish and distribute several motorola quantar repeaters to amateur radio clubs across quebec.

• $20,181

  Electronic Applications Radio Service · Union, KY · 2025

  Funding to host the 2025 youth on the air junior usa camp to promote youth involvement in amateur radio.

• $20,000

  World Genesis Foundation · Dewey, AZ · 2025

  Expand free amateur radio and steam programs that provide licensing, hands-on projects, and community events for students and families.

• $19,632

  Wikiciv Org Inc (On Behalf of Offworld Lab) · Greenville, SC · 2025

  Legal advisory to establish clear regulations for open-source passive radar development in the u.s.

• $19,186

  South Mountain Repeater Association Inc Aka South Mountain Radio Amateurs · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2025

  Offer technician license classes, provide basic radios to new operators, and add vhf/uhf/dmr and hf equipment to improve local emergency and community communications.

• $18,075

  STEM Amateur Radio Club · Lancaster, SC · 2025

  Supports hands on youth education in amateur radio through portable field operations, classroom stem experiments, pico balloon launches, and preparation for amateur radio licensing.

• $18,060

  Ham Radio Village · Boulder, CO · 2025

  Supported ham radio village in expanding its national effort that delivers engaging talks, hands-on classes, and free license exam sessions at technical, hacking, maker, and stem events.

• $16,181

  Milford Amateur Radio Club · Milford, OH · 2025

  Relocating an existing digital wires-x repeater to a higher performance site and upgrading supporting equipment to significantly expand coverage across the greater cincinnati area.

• $15,000

  Omik Scholarship Fund · Williamsburg, VA · 2025

  Provide need-based scholarships for post-secondary students, with preference for steam fields.

• $14,556

  Radio Amateur Satellite Corporatio · Washington, DC · 2025

  Develop and publish a free open-access series of online courses for middle and high school students that introduce satelite technology.

• $14,186

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf of La Federation Des Clubs Radioa · 2025

  Builds a dedicated satellite ground station so crasoi can train operators, support digital satellite work, and contribute real data and monitoring to others.

• $14,065

  Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (Rars) · Raleigh, NC · 2025

  Establish a portable amateur radio satellite ground station to support ariss contacts and hands-on space communications demonstrations for schools and youth groups.

• $13,950

  STEM Harvest Inc (On Behalf of Ellis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service · Hays, KS · 2025

  Expand digital amateur radio coverage to improve emergency communications and regional connectivity in a rural area.

• $13,939

  Ontario Tech University · 2025

  Develop a mobile amateur radio repeater system to support reliable long-range communication and telemetry during rocket launches at launch canada.

• $13,176

  Utah Tech University Amateur Radio S-Band Ground Station · St George, UT · 2025

  Building an s-band ground station to support cubesat missions and hands-on stem outreach.

• $12,839

  Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of River Forest · River Forest, IL · 2025

  Parks on the air and summits on the air to give students practical radio experience through outdoor activities and build technical skills.

• $12,268

  Pima Community College Foundation · Oro Valley, AZ · 2025

  Equipping a comunity college ham radio station with permanent hf and vhf/uhf equiptment, antennas, basic test equipment, and professionally installed antennas.

• $11,730

  Hot Springs Amateur Radio Club · Hot Springs, SD · 2025

  Expand rural repeater coverage and provide licensing and hands-on training for new amateur radio operators, with a focus on youth education and emergency communications readiness.

• $11,040

  St Croix Valley Ares Races · Hudson, WI · 2025

  Relocation of an amateur radio repeater to a county owned tower so it can continue operating reliably.

• $10,662

  Electronic Applications Radio Service · Union, KY · 2025

  Funding to host the youth on the air camp to promote youth involvement in amateur radio.

• $9,563

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Radiokomunikacja Kryzysowa ( · 2025

  Expands hamnet into the lublin district to improve local coverage, extend network coverage to rural users, and support youth engagement through school outreach and a revived radio club.

• $9,394

  Boundary Amateur Radio Club · Naples, ID · 2025

  Supports in person and online license classes, electronics and sdr based activities, weather balloon tracking, scouting programs, and provides exam fees and basic radios for newly licensed youth.

• $9,179

  Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society · Orlando, FL · 2025

  Upgrading and relocating the lmars repeater to a new regional hospital site, restoring and expanding vhf coverage.

• $9,143

  Trilogy Amateur Radio Club · Bonney Lake, WA · 2025

  Install a new vhf repeater to improve emergency communications and general amateur radio coverage across the region.

• $8,866

  Radio Amateur Du-of Quebec Inc (On Behalf of Club Radio Amateur De Matane) · 2025

  Install a club hf station to support training, public demonstrations, and resilient long-distance communications.

• $7,509

  Seagull Solar Ltd · Staten Island, NY · 2025

  High school solar car team in new york city. This grant enables them to add amateur radio to their student activities, which reach 25 - 30 students annually.

• $7,100

  Northwest New Mexico Emcomm Group · Aztec, NM · 2025

  Supports the deployment of a digipeater system with starlink internet connection. The system will provide coverage across northwest new mexico, south west colorado and a northeastern region of the navajo nation.

• $7,051

  Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut · Windsor, CT · 2025

  Expand hands-on electronics and amateur radio classes for youth by adding hands on courses and related instructional materials.

• $7,000

  Butler County Amateur Fm Association · Evans City, PA · 2025

  Replacing an aging repeater duplexer so the system can run properly and reach more users, including handheld stations.

• $7,000

  Parents of 1776 Organization · San Ramon, CA · 2025

  Upgrade a sailboats radio equipment and continue stem education involving amateur radio.

• $6,723

  West Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club · Leesville, LA · 2025

  Repair and upgrade storm-damaged amateur radio infrastructure to restore local communications and support emergency and community use.

• $6,145

  West Seneca Christian School · West Seneca, NY · 2025

  Build a school amateur radio station that gets students on the air, supports steam learning, and encourages new young operators through hands-on activities and licensing support.

• $5,766

  Illinois Space Society · Urbana, IL · 2025

  Design and build a portable, high performance ground station for tracking and communicating with high altitude student rocket flights.

• $5,500

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Paredn - Philippine Amateur · 2025

  Expansion of paredn's winlink and bbs gateway network in the philippines to improve digital emergency communications.

• $5,174

  Lehi Amateur Radio Club · Lehi, UT · 2025

  Build a new repeater site in cedar valley that restores reliable repeater coverage to the area.

• $5,000

  The Innovation School · Bismarck, ND · 2025

  Give middle school students hands on experience with amateur radio and sdrs through project based learning.

• $4,500

  Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (Amsat) · Washington, DC · 2025

  Create a free, open-access coloring book that introduces students to how satellites support daily life and communications, including amateur radio.

• $3,500

  Case Amateur Radio Club of Case Western Reserve University W8edu · Cleveland, OH · 2025

  Funds senior projects related to radio communications for engineering students.

• $3,500

  Case Amateur Radio Club of Case Western Reserve University W8edu · Cleveland, OH · 2025

  Provide materials and lab support for undergraduate engineering senior projects focused on amateur radio research and experimentation, with results released openly.

• $3,350

  Porter County Amateur Radio Club · Valparaiso, IN · 2025

  Additional funds to upgrade a radio for the communications trailer project.

• $3,303

  Battiest Public Schools · Battiest, OK · 2025

  Equipment for students and community members in rural oklahoma can learn radio basics, earn licenses, and practice communication skills for education and local emergency readiness.

• $2,628

  The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2025

  Repairs and reinstalls the clubs fallen hf antenna so students can restore reliable on campus operating and return the station to full use.

• $2,420

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of 39th Colombo Scout Troop of · 2025

  Equips a new scout-run school station in sri lanka and provides training for youth operators.

• $1,783

  Apex Friendship Middle School · Apex, NC · 2025

  Funded purchasing of radio kits that enable eighth grade engineering students to learn hands-on about radio technology.

• $1,430

  Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of 39th Colombo Scout Troop of · 2025

  Equips a new scout-run school station in sri lanka and provides training for youth operators.

• $1,370

  Portal Middle High School · Portal, GA · 2025

  Brings amateur radio into a school engineering program by building antennas, setting up a classroom station, and partnering with local radio operators for training.

• $1,129

  Ham Radio Village · Boulder, CO · 2025

  Supported ham radio village in expanding its national effort that delivers engaging talks, hands-on classes, and free license exam sessions at technical, hacking, maker, and stem events.

• $1,100

  Free Software Foundation (On Behalf of Free Software Foundation Europe) · Boston, MA · 2025

  Nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.

• $1,046

  Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2025

  Provides educational resources for students of all ages

• $1,044

  Aprs Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

  Formed in 2022. "supports the automatic packet reporting system (aprs)"

• $1,041

  Internet Security Research Group (On Behalf of Lets Encrypt) · Mountain View, CA · 2025

  Let's encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (ca), run for the publics benefit.

• $1,040

  Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  The nonprofit wikimedia foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. We host wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, created, edited, and verified by volunteers around the world, as well as many…

• $1,033

  Pavek Museum · St Louis Park, MN · 2025

  Share how pioneers in electronic communications created enormous impacts on the evolution of society.

• $1,030

  Open Street Map Foundation · Trumbull, CT · 2025

  Openstreetmap is an initiative to create and provide free geographic data, such as street maps, to anyone. The openstreetmap foundation is an international not-for-profit organization supporting, but not controlling, th…

• $1,030

  Software in the Public Interest (On Behalf of Libreoffice) · New York, NY · 2025

  Open-source word processing software suite.

• $1,030

  Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world.

• $1,030

  Creative Commons · Mountain View, CA · 2025

  A non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several …

• $1,000

  Open Education Global (Oeglobal) · Concord, MA · 2025

  Dedicated international non-profit organization that serves as a global advocate for open education. It comprises a diverse community of educators, students, researchers, innovators, activists, and policymakers.

• $1,000

  The Internet Society (On Behalf of Internet Engineering Task Force) · Reston, VA · 2025

  The internet society supports and promotes the development of the internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich peoples lives, and a force for good in society. Our work aligns with our goals for th…

• $1,000

  Signal Technology Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2025

  State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source signal protocol) keeps your conversations secure. Donations help pay for the development and maintenance of signal, including the servers and bandwidth …

• $1,000

  Everyorg (On Behalf of Techsoup Global) · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Valueable resource for nonprofits. One of their projects is ngo source, which is an essential part of our equivalency determination process for making grants outside of the u.s.

• $1,000

  The Tor Project · Winchester, NH · 2025

  Developed the tor network (onion routing) which helps to safeguard against mass survelliance and fight censorship.

• $1,000

  Young Ladies Radio League · Kingman, AZ · 2025

  Membership organization supporting amateur radio. The ylrl provides many services for its members including publishing a bimonthly newsletter, yl harmonics.

• $1,000

  California Historical Radio Society · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Chrs is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1974 to promote the preservation, restoration, research and publication of early radio, wireless communication, and broadcasting history.