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← WESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,483,146
Total expenses
$1,275,882
Contributions and grants received
$843,623
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$632,477
Investment income
$7,046
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,920,734
Total liabilities, end of year
$953,160
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$967,574
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,015,338
Management and general expenses
$260,544
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,015,338

Program services were 79.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $843,623

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FALL CONVENTION

    total $317,935 · related or exempt $317,935

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPRING CONVENTION

    total $302,372 · related or exempt $302,372

  • 2c · Program service revenue: UNITEL PARTNERSHIP

    total $12,170 · related or exempt $12,170

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,046 · excluded $7,046

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $276,628 · program services $138,314 · management and general $138,314

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $388,981 · program services $388,981

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,849 · program services $35,849

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,700 · program services $59,700

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,367 · program services $33,068 · management and general $6,299

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $61,798 · program services $61,798

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,225 · management and general $4,225

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,267 · program services $5,051 · management and general $216

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,526 · management and general $8,526

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,460 · management and general $13,460

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,668 · management and general $46,668

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,140 · program services $40,140

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $219,676 · program services $214,931 · management and general $4,745

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,747 · management and general $2,747

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,071 · management and general $16,071

  • 24a · Other expenses: L&R EXPENSES

    total $21,284 · program services $21,284

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $16,222 · program services $16,222

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,345 · management and general $7,345

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $5,701 · management and general $5,701

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,227 · management and general $6,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $833,904 · end of year $1,013,096

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $850,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,242 · end of year $49,035

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $23,707

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,104

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,252 · end of year $8,603

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $81,026

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $622,924 · end of year $872,134

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $760,474 · end of year $967,574

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WTA IS A MEMBER-DRIVEN ASSOCIATION STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF ITS MEMBERS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ADVANCED BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN RURAL AMERICA THROUGH ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WTA IS A MEMBER-DRIVEN ASSOCIATION STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF ITS MEMBERS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, ADVANCED BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN RURAL AMERICA THROUGH ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION.

  • WESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE (WTA) PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRY INTERACTION AT BI-ANNUAL EDUCATION FORUMS.

    Expenses $214,931 · Revenue $620,307

  • WTA IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF RURAL TELECOS IN HIGH-COST, LOW DENSITY AREAS. WTA WORKS WITH MEMBERS AND OTHER TRAINED PROFESSIONALS TO PROACTIVELY REPRESENT RURAL SYSTEMS IN FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS.

    Expenses $800,407 · Revenue $12,170

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jimmy Todd

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat McElroy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Williams

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Shipley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Beug

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lennie Blakeslee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • V Chornodolsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dustin Durden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Feest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gailey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike George

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Hendricks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Hopp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Keen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristi Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darby McCarty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Sanders Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Schimke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Schornack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Stuart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Vitzthum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Votaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamey Wigley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Worthington

    EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $275,328
    From this org
    $230,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,796
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,932
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $3,600
    Deferred
    $23,183
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,613
    Filer's total
    $275,328
  • Derrick Owens

    VP - GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $249,279
    From this org
    $206,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,755
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,524
    Bonus
    $23,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,613
    Filer's total
    $249,279
  • Eric Keber

    DIRECTOR - GOVERNMENT AFFA

    Total calculated
    $170,506
    From this org
    $129,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,843
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,663
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,266
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,577
    Filer's total
    $170,506

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311249349301971

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