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← MONTANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MONTANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$699,334
Total expenses
$561,658
Contributions and grants received
$4,700
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$435,116
Investment income
$6,633
Other revenue
$252,885
Total assets, end of year
$581,495
Total liabilities, end of year
$185,059
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$396,436
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$561,658
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $435,116 · related or exempt $435,116

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,633 · related or exempt $6,633

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,273

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $4,700

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,350

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,923 · excluded $5,923

  • 11a · Other revenue: MEETINGS AND TRAINING

    total $244,745 · related or exempt $244,745

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,217 · related or exempt $2,217

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $246,962

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $213,664 · management and general $213,664

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $78,894 · management and general $78,894

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,758 · management and general $35,758

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,537 · management and general $28,537

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,317 · management and general $21,317

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,212 · management and general $6,212

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,177 · management and general $12,177

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,424 · management and general $7,424

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,601 · management and general $21,601

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,968 · management and general $7,968

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $76,710 · management and general $76,710

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,936 · management and general $3,936

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,543 · management and general $14,543

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGE

    total $13,355 · management and general $13,355

  • 24c · Other expenses: STATE LEGISLATIVE

    total $8,019 · management and general $8,019

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONATIONS AND SPONSORSH

    total $6,850 · management and general $6,850

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,693 · management and general $4,693

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342,791 · end of year $478,262

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $8,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,501 · end of year $9,617

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

    $2,877

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

    $2,877

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $68,234 · end of year $76,463

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,772 · end of year $8,303

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,343 · end of year $17,702

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $147,100 · end of year $160,625

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $26,095 · end of year $6,732

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $194,399 · end of year $323,846

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,361 · end of year $72,590

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF LOCAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE MEMBERS AND TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON A STATEWIDE BASIS

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF TELEPHONE LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY MEMBERS AND TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON A STATEWIDE BASIS

  • TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF TELEPHONE LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY MEMBERS AND TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON A STATEWIDE BASIS

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rob Johnstone

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aimee Dietrich

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doran Fluckiger

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Moothart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryce Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dionne Nieskens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Gibson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay W Preston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Demarco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Gates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zeke Hiott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bridger Mahlum

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $246,259
    From this org
    $211,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,630
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,612
    Filer's total
    $246,259

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1B
A WRITTEN POLICY WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER 3, 2013

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622399349301967

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