2025-05-13T09:22:30-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 871330450 The Digital Progress Institute DIGI 6266174941 1255 Union St NE 7th Floor Washington DC 20002 Nicholas Degani Chief Strategist 6266174941 2025-05-07 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Joel Thayer 1240 4th St NE Apt 320 Washington DC 20002 1069920 0 X https://digitalprogress.tech X 2021 DC The DPI is organized exclusively to promote social welfare by advocating for a pragmatic, bipartisan approach to the Internet economy that smart regulation has its place and legacy regulations of a bygone era only hurt our nation's most vulnerable populations. The DPI seeks to advance ubiquitous broadband to the American public, push for new spectrum resources for 5G and beyond, advance a full stack framework for Internet governance, address actual competitive harms in the Internet marketplace, and protect consumer privacy. 5 2 3 1 0 0 1395000 1059000 0 0 800 10920 0 0 1395800 1069920 40000 150000 0 0 132410 444631 0 0 0 946541 304671 1118951 899302 276849 170618 562367 736002 1196 4213 561171 731789 The DPI is organized exclusively to promote social welfare by advocating for a pragmatic, bipartisan approach to the Internet economy that smart regulation has its place and legacy regulations of a bygone era only hurt our nation's most vulnerable populations. The DPI seeks to advance ubiquitous broadband to the American public, push for new spectrum resources for 5G and beyond, advance a full stack framework for Internet governance, address actual competitive harms in the Internet marketplace, and protect consumer privacy. 0 0 290513 0 223500 BROADBAND: Promote policies to expand ubiquitous mobile and fixed broadband to all Americans. DPI maintained an online map to show where American families and veterans were using the Affordable Connectivity Program benefit as part of its efforts to raise awareness of the importance of the program and conducted advertising of that map and its work. 167286 50000 241167 FULL STACK FRAMEWORK: Promote a holistic framework for Internet governance including examining and target market power where it actually exists. Such work also included raising awareness of the national security threat of ByteDance's control of TikTok, testifying and filing briefs on that same issue, and working on app store age verification measures. 166647 50000 241167 PRIVACY: Protect consumer privacy while ensuring a level playing field for innovation. Such work also included raising awareness of the national security threat of ByteDance's control of TikTok, testifying and filing briefs on that same issue, and working on app store age verification measures. 166663 50000 241167 ROBUST COMPETITION: Reexamining market forces in the digital era to ensure that artificial roadblocks, imposed by government or private-sector monopolists, do not restrain full-fledged competition. Such work also included raising awareness of the importance of bipartisan antitrust enforcement, and working on app store age verification measures. 106193 0 92000 5G & BEYOND: Explaining the importance of freeing up licensed and unlicensed spectrum resources and efficiently allocating them so that the booming commercial online economy can thrive to the benefit of American families and veterans. 272856 50000 333167 897302 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 DC X Nicholas A Degani 6266174941 1255 Union St NE 7th Floor Washington DC 20002 Joel Thayer President & Member of the Board 40 0 X X X X 284450 0 0 Nicholas Degani Chief Strategist & Member of the Board 15.00 0 X X X 94688 0 0 Kim Keenan Chief Policy Officer & Member of the Board 1 0 X X X 8915 0 0 Grace Koh Member of the Board 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 John Howes Member of the Board 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 388053 0 0 1 0 1 0 Hilltop Public Solutions 3050 K St NE Suite 210 Washington DC 20007 Digital advertising re ACP 119550 1 0 0 0 0 0 1059000 0 1059000 0 0 0 0 0 10920 10920 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1069920 10920 0 0 150000 150000 0 0 0 0 0 0 388053 388053 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31464 31464 0 0 0 0 0 0 25114 25114 0 0 0 0 24702 24702 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72641 72641 0 0 160072 160072 0 0 398 398 0 0 623 623 0 0 0 0 0 0 34606 34606 0 0 3658 3658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Payroll Processing 1815 0 1815 0 Transportation 1290 1290 0 0 4866 4681 185 0 899302 897302 2000 0 346567 84282 100800 261720 115000 390000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 562367 736002 1196 4213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1196 4213 X 0 0 0 0 561171 731789 561171 731789 562367 736002 170618 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 National Center on Sexual Exploitation 1201 F St NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20004 132608326 501(c)(3) 150000 0 N/A N/A To support efforts pushing for age verification solutions at the app store levels in order to better protect children from harmful content and predatory people available in prominent apps and platforms accessed by youth through app stores. Activities will also include efforts to improve app store ratings and best practices. 1 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 DPI has regular meetings with grantees, receives periodic reports, and exercises continued oversight to ensure grants are put to their intended use. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joel Thayer President & Member of the Board 249450 0 35000 0 0 0 23063 0 0 0 307513 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Year-end bonus Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b DPI has not formed any committees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 was distributed to board members of DPI for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Standard policy is to require all board members, officers, and associates of the Digital Progress Institute to disclose whether they or their family have any potential conflicts of interests with their participation in the activity. If so, that individual will recuse himself or herself from discussions on the topic. 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