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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$442,088
Total expenses
$385,931
Contributions and grants received
$24,520
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$367,550
Investment income
$67
Other revenue
$49,951
Total assets, end of year
$271,054
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,446
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$255,608
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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $24,520

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $367,550 · related or exempt $367,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67 · related or exempt $67

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $49,951 · related or exempt $49,951

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $49,951

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $178,293

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,352

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,719

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,213

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $71,124

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,425

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,314

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,403

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $31,336

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,617

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXEC DIR EXPENSES

    total $2,660

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS AND DUES

    total $475

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,588 · end of year $25,749

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $174,502 · end of year $174,569

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $65,598

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,932 · end of year $5,138

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

    $5,426

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

    $5,426

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,831 · end of year $7,356

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,740 · end of year $8,090

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $199,451 · end of year $255,608

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION (WITA) WILL ADVANCE AND PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENABLES ITS MEMBERS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS IN THIS EVOLVING TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PAGE 2,QUESTION 1.

  • PROMOTION OF GENERAL WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN PROVIDING INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE SERVICE.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Appelo

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russ Ramsey

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Vitzthum

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Oblizalo

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Martell

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Henny

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gail Long

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deedee Kluser

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ray Summers

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anand Vadapalli

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ole Olsen

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Brooks

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Johnson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Buechel

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Nelson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty Buckley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $166,969
    From this org
    $127,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,300
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,679
    Filer's total
    $166,969

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640349349301489

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