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← TWIN CITIES SCHOOLS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TWIN CITIES SCHOOLS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,469,348
Total expenses
$3,301,607
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$1,342,800
Program service revenue
$1,734,066
Investment income
$604,116
Other revenue
$2,131,166
Total assets, end of year
$28,818,729
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,288,694
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,530,035
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,770,687
Management and general expenses
$1,530,920
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,770,687

Program services were 53.6% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MOBILE CITIZEN SERVICE REVENUE

    total $1,734,066 · related or exempt $1,734,066

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $389,389 · excluded $389,389

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,166,697 · excluded $2,166,697

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,602,869

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

    securities $7,388,142

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $214,727

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $214,727 · excluded $214,727

  • 11a · Other revenue: K-1 GIAP II

    total $17,306 · related or exempt $19,604 · unrelated business -$2,298

  • 11b · Other revenue: K-1 EBS SUPPORT SERVICES, LLC

    total -$53,056 · related or exempt -$53,056

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $219 · excluded $219

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$35,531

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,267,500 · program services $1,267,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $75,300 · program services $75,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $565,985 · program services $153,822 · management and general $412,163

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $419,680 · program services $79,967 · management and general $339,713

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,923 · program services $8,404 · management and general $22,519

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $80,254 · program services $21,811 · management and general $58,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,048 · program services $12,748 · management and general $53,300

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $167,326 · management and general $167,326

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,572 · management and general $11,572

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,934 · management and general $12,934

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $56,531 · management and general $56,531

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $234,825 · program services $55,060 · management and general $179,765

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49 · management and general $49

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,869 · program services $8,825 · management and general $19,044

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $46,463 · program services $19,514 · management and general $26,949

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $925 · management and general $925

  • 17 · Travel

    total $134,074 · program services $43,703 · management and general $90,371

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $208 · management and general $208

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,788 · management and general $21,788

  • 24a · Other expenses: PCA GRANT TAX EXPENSE

    total $51,232 · management and general $51,232

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,183 · program services $4,118 · management and general $6,065

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,938 · program services $19,915 · management and general $23

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $378,330 · end of year $5,875,774

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $157,440 · end of year $234,210

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $85,109 · end of year $255,237

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,386

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,900 · end of year $222,490

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,512,435 · end of year $19,529,557

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,810,085 · end of year $2,694,572

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,503

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $91,691 · end of year $612,323

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $71,050 · end of year $676,371

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,823,558 · end of year $27,530,035

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • VOQAL PARTNERS INC. SPENT $1,267,500 IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND CONTRIBUTED $94,000 IN THE EOP PROGRAM. EXISTING INVESTMENTS ARE SUSTAINED, BUT FUTURE INVESTMENTS ARE DISCONTINUED.VOQAL TWIN CITIES IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THE VOQAL FELLOWSHIP. THE VOQAL FELLOWSHIP IS AN INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS AND BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS; A TALENT AND STARTUP ACCELERATOR AIMED AT GIVING THOSE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY TRADITIONAL FUNDERS A CHANCE TO ENACT THEIR VISIONS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WERE SELECTED AS FELLOWS AFTER A RIGOROUS SEARCH PROCESS. THEIR PROJECTS FOCUSED ON ISSUES RANGING FROM CIVIC MEDIA TO ONLINE TOOLS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WERE SELECTED TOTALING $248,000, WHICH WAS ALLOCATED ACROSS ALL ENTITIES. TCSTG CONTRIBUTED $75,300.00 TO THE PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITF AND EBSSS PRE-MERGER TO COMPRISE THE FULL $248,000.IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, VOQAL PARTNERS INC MADE GRANTS TOTALING $1,177,500 VIA TCSTG POST-MERGER.

    Expenses $1,770,687 · Grants $1,342,800 · Revenue $1,700,614

  • ON BEHALF OF VOQAL TWIN CITIES, MOBILE CITIZEN PLACES LTE WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCOUNTS WITH SCHOOLS AND NONPROFITS BOTH LOCALLY IN MINNESOTA AND NATIONWIDE. THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LTE WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCOUNTS IS BASED ON VOQAL TWIN CITIES' OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE OF ALL ACTIVE ACCOUNTS AT FISCAL YEAR-END. THE ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE, BASED ON $50/MONTH, OF ACTIVE ACCOUNTS IS MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION. VOQAL TWIN CITIES PROVIDES SCHOOLS IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA WITH FREE AND SUBSIDIZED HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS BROADBAND INTERNET ACCOUNTS. THE SCHOOLS ARE BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, SERVICING GRADES K-12. WE ESTIMATE THAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THESE FREE AND SUBSIDIZED ACCOUNTS IS OVER $60,000 ANNUALLY.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria Hadden

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Denise Mayotte

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ron Harris

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Christina Dawkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lilly Gleich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Barbara Iverson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • David McKay

    DIRECTOR (TERM 03/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dan O'Neil

    DIRECTOR (TERM 03/25)

    Total calculated
    $31,952
    From this org
    $31,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Cec Ortiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Brenda Williams-Sears

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $248,954
    From this org
    $232,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,101
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,853
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $248,954

  • Lisa Reed

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $217,809
    From this org
    $204,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,274
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,535
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $217,809

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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MOBILE CITIZEN LLC

    EDUCATION · CO · income $1,837,533 · assets $3,942,301

    Directly controlled by TWIN CITIES SCHOOLS' TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640939349300324

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