2024-04-04T08:31:18-04:00 2023-12-31 990PF 2023-01-01 111990569 QUARTER CENTURY WIRELESS ASSOCIATION INC QUAR 8187864001 7117 Ranchito Ave Van Nuys CA 91405 Larry G Gabriel Treasurer 2024-04-04 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X 1600768 X 4860 X 199 199 37934 36980 0 48939 704120 48939 0 4069 2358 1711 0 54853 0 0 148496 86118 0 0 0 0 0 16800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20189 12389 0 0 0 0 0 0 1285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2547 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9577 237 0 0 50398 12626 0 0 69200 69200 119598 12626 0 69200 28898 73492 0 13398 9796 9796 35087 21818 21818 0 0 0 0 12358 11583 11583 0 1367914 1550836 1550836 0 0 0 0 6710 6735 6735 1435467 1600768 1600768 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 318373 528603 1117094 1072165 1435467 1600768 1435467 1600768 1435467 28898 154049 1618414 17646 1600768 Public Traded Securities 704120 0 655181 48939 704120 48939 48939 1022 1022 1022 947 0 0 947 75 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 false false false false true true true false false false false true wwwqcwaorg Larry Gabriel 8187864001 7117 Ranchito Ave Van Nuys CA 91405 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false Walter T Loughney Jr 12967 N Normandy Way West Palm Beach FL 334101412 President 30.00 0 0 0 Jeffrey Beals Box 1584 Loxahatchee FL 334701584 Vice President 1.00 0 0 0 Anthony Perales 1755 N Brown Rd Ste 200 Lawrenceville GA 300432018 Secretary 10.00 0 0 0 Larry Gabriel 7117 Ranchito Ave Van Nuys CA 914053338 Treasurer 20.00 0 0 0 Kenneth Oelke 729 Harvest Hills Drive NE Calgary Alberta CA T3K 4R3 Past President 5.00 0 0 0 Pete Varounis Box 3026 Easton PA 180433026 Director 5.00 0 0 0 Howard F Cunningham JR 5557 Ann Peake Dr Fairfax VA 220323001 Director 1.00 0 0 0 William P Cahill 828 Park Forest Drive Hurst TX 760537100 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Chuck W Farnham 1373 Wade Ln Fallon NV 894065497 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Robert Hajdak 515 Canterbury Way Tallmadge OH 442781593 Director 1.00 0 0 0 We provide a yearly grant to The Foundation for Amateur Radio Inc. a 501c3 public charity which provides the selection and distribution process at no cost. Since 1978 we have paid for 613 individual scholarships totalling $816,350. Last year we paid for 21 Scholarships at $3,000 each. We provide grants to other Ham Radio Organizations that are public charities that operate for educational and scientific purposes like Youth DX Adventure Program of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association AMSAT ARISS the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station the Radio Club of America's youth programs and to organizations that assist in disaster recovery. 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Since 1947 more than 39,200 have joined the QCWA and at present we have approximately 3,950 paid up active members who live throughout the United States Canada and Europe. New members are continually added to our rolls by solicitations at various ham radio events such as trade show conventions like the Orlando HamCation in February of each year attended by 18,00 and Dayton Hamvention held in May of each year attended by more than 30,000 hams from throughout the world. We also advertise in monthly ham Radio Journals and our current active chapters continually recruit new members from their local communities during regular meetings and at Hamfests flea markets and tail gate parties. 3 We provide college scholarships from our investment funds each year to qualified amateur radio operators. The Foundation for Amateur Radio Inc. FAR provides the selection and distribution process for the scholarships at no cost to our organization. The Scholarship program started with a single $500.00 scholarship presented to John WA2MYU in 1978. As of 2023 we have awarded over 600 scholarships totalling $820,350. As the QCWA is an IRS Section 501c3 charitable entity all donations made to the QCWA Scholarship Fund are federal income tax deductible and are acknowledged in writing. Contributions to the Fund are frequently made in memory of Silent Keys. Deceased former Amateur Radio Operators. Our funds consist of securities held by Charles Schwab and managed by Coldstream Wealth Management Seattle WA. 4 See response to Line 3 8 See response to Line 3 10 As a service to our members we provide an online shop for the purchase of lapel pins membership name badges mugs and other merchandise inscribed with our logo to foster a sense of comradeship and belonging to those of our members that attend local chapter meetings and events. 11(a) We accept some advertising to offset our costs to publish a monthly Journal for our members. false false false false false false false false false false N A 0 0 0 0 INFINITY Q DIVERSIFIED IQDAX 23 23 JPMORGAN CORE PLUS BDI HLIPX 0 0 SCHWAB US LARGE CAP SCHX 59051 59051 T. 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