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← WEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,598,598
Total expenses
$13,479,109
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,725,188
Investment income
$63,563
Other revenue
$809,847
Total assets, end of year
$35,838,624
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,668,079
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$29,170,545
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 $12,667,750 · related or exempt $12,667,750

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIP INCOME

    total $36,615 · related or exempt $36,615

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING INCOME

    total $20,823 · unrelated business $20,823

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,563 · excluded $63,563

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $335,375

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $335,375

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $335,375 · related or exempt $200,599 · unrelated business $134,776

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $474,472 · related or exempt $474,472

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $474,472

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,295,806

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $587,978

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $193,882

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,240

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $410,149

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $67,323

  • 20 · Interest

    total $236,667

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,171,328

  • 24a · Other expenses: CORPORATE TAXES

    total $16,751

  • 24b · Other expenses: NONREGULATED

    total $3,038,551

  • 24c · Other expenses: PLANT SPECIFIC

    total $1,992,843

  • 24d · Other expenses: CUSTOMER OPERATIONS

    total $937,287

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $513,304

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,891,561 · end of year $3,815,247

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,292,954 · end of year $2,371,919

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $494,650 · end of year $287,018

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,133,521 · end of year $1,144,631

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $466,255 · end of year $581,145

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $219,485 · end of year $361,216

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

    $54,300,526

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

    $32,624,764

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,952,365 · end of year $21,675,762

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,880,507 · end of year $5,352,526

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $361,254 · end of year $249,160

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $684,997 · end of year $741,989

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,073,284 · end of year $5,001,966

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $729,653 · end of year $924,124

  • 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 $17,093,754 · end of year $17,571,913

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $11,110,864 · end of year $11,598,632

Mission and programs · 2023

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 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Kinnunen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $23,531
    From this org
    $23,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Pulju

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $21,984
    From this org
    $21,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Weaver

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $22,216
    From this org
    $22,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harvey Aho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,791
    From this org
    $21,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annette Adamietz

    DIRECTOR (STARTING IN MAY)

    Total calculated
    $9,639
    From this org
    $9,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Bullock

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $299,762
    From this org
    $230,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,396
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,763
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,633
    Filer's total
    $299,762

  • Jennifer Grewe

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $189,055
    From this org
    $133,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,809
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,246
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,961
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,848
    Filer's total
    $189,055

  • Travis Floyd

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $150,590
    From this org
    $108,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,782
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,411
    Filer's total
    $150,590

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.

  • ZENERGY LLC

    INVESTMENT · SOLAR ENERGY DEALER · MN · 79% owned · share of income $17,324 · share of assets $1,446,944 · 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 $226,538 · share of assets $2,683,314

    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 $552,145 · share of assets $5,700,924 · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443059349300109

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