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← WEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,488,245
Total expenses
$12,280,681
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,373,505
Investment income
$35,760
Other revenue
$1,078,980
Total assets, end of year
$35,692,552
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,487,934
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,204,618
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TELEPHONE SERVICES

    total $12,198,452 · related or exempt $12,198,452

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIP INCOME

    total $154,751 · related or exempt $154,751

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING INCOME

    total $20,302 · unrelated business $20,302

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,760 · excluded $35,760

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $490,528

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $490,528

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $490,528 · related or exempt $332,768 · unrelated business $157,760

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $104,357 · other assets $87,403

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $104,357 · other assets $87,403

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $588,452 · related or exempt $588,452

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $588,452

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,688,558

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $566,033

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $192,162

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,187

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $375,460

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $56,597

  • 20 · Interest

    total $322,433

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,048,194

  • 24a · Other expenses: CORPORATE TAXES

    total $24,709

  • 24b · Other expenses: NONREGULATED

    total $2,743,384

  • 24c · Other expenses: PLANT SPECIFIC

    total $1,818,043

  • 24d · Other expenses: CUSTOMER OPERATIONS

    total $971,743

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $471,178

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,571,605 · end of year $3,891,561

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $393,532 · end of year $1,292,954

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $730,114 · end of year $494,650

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,149,120 · end of year $1,133,521

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $369,768 · end of year $466,255

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $209,651 · end of year $219,485

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

    $53,484,798

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

    $30,532,433

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,289,747 · end of year $22,952,365

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,432,284 · end of year $4,880,507

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,490,296 · end of year $361,254

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $745,170 · end of year $684,997

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $7,096,743 · end of year $6,073,284

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $695,556 · end of year $729,653

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $16,145,685 · end of year $17,093,754

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $9,952,963 · end of year $11,110,864

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE SHALL STRIVE TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, TO PROMOTE CUSTOMER OWNERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS, AND TO BE A PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDER WITH THE VISION TO PLAN FOR AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES CUSTOMERS MAY NEED AND WANT IN THE FUTURE, ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL, PROGRESSIVE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS

  • WCTA IS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 250 RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES PROVIDING ITS MEMBERS STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES WITH A PERSONAL HOME-TOWN TOUCH. ORIGINALLY FORMED TO IMPROVE RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE OPTIONS IN THE AREA, THE COOPERATIVE NOW PROVIDES SEVERAL CUTTING-EDGE SERVICES INCLUDING IPTV, BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE, AND ADVANCED PHONE FEATURES SUCH AS VOICE MAIL E-FORWARDING, WAKE-UP, AND FINDME. WCTA SERVES APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CUSTOMERS IN OUR 602 SQUARE MILE SERVING AREA.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Kinnunen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $21,351
    From this org
    $21,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Pulju

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,851
    From this org
    $19,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Weaver

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $20,082
    From this org
    $20,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Schmith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,860
    From this org
    $17,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harvey Aho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,670
    From this org
    $19,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Bullock

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $286,415
    From this org
    $223,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,414
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,001
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,414
    Filer's total
    $286,415

  • Jennifer Grewe

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $180,804
    From this org
    $129,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,476
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,328
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,856
    Filer's total
    $180,804

  • Travis Floyd

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $144,334
    From this org
    $105,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,551
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE BENEFIT IS OCCASSIONALLY PROVIDED AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN COMPENSATION.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CONSOLIDATED WEST LLC

    INVESTMENT · WIRELESS COMMUNICATION · MN · 50% owned · share of income $56,265 · general or managing partner

  • ZENERGY LLC

    INVESTMENT · SOLAR ENERGY DEALER · MN · 79% owned · share of income $448,222 · share of assets $1,424,769 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by WEST CENTRAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

  • TRI-CO TECHNOLOGIES LLC

    INVESTMENT · TELEPHONE SERVICE · MN · 33.33% owned · share of income $477,112 · share of assets $2,780,608

    Directly controlled by WEST CENTRAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • WEST CENTRAL TECHNOLOGIES

    C · TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES · MN · 100% owned · share of income $953,724 · share of assets $5,196,124 · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
30 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303129349300445

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