Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,333,321
- Total expenses
- $1,266,843
- Contributions and grants received
- $626,381
- Grants paid
- $339,972
- Program service revenue
- $2,532
- Investment income
- $345,438
- Other revenue
- $358,970
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,195,297
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $652,218
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,543,079
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $786,295
- Management and general expenses
- $434,449
- Fundraising expenses
- $46,099
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $786,295
Program services were 62.1% 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.
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1d · Related organizations
$80,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$546,381
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2a · Program service revenue: Information Mailer
total $2,532 · related or exempt $2,532
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $181,673 · excluded $181,673
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $675,724
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $511,959
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $163,765 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $163,765 · excluded $163,765
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$572,028
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$213,058
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $358,970 · excluded $358,970
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $169,472 · program services $169,472
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $170,500 · program services $170,500
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $240,580 · program services $146,754 · management and general $55,333 · fundraising $38,493
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $100,990 · program services $21,292 · management and general $76,420 · fundraising $3,278
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,000 · program services $9,348 · management and general $9,470 · fundraising $182
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $25,464 · program services $12,528 · management and general $12,692 · fundraising $244
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $23,887 · program services $11,752 · management and general $11,906 · fundraising $229
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $25,896 · management and general $25,896
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $21,675 · management and general $21,675
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,980 · program services $0 · management and general $1,980 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $33,249 · program services $16,358 · management and general $16,572 · fundraising $319
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16 · Occupancy
total $82,195 · program services $40,438 · management and general $40,968 · fundraising $789
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17 · Travel
total $44,195 · program services $30,836 · management and general $13,359
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $122,132 · program services $60,087 · management and general $60,873 · fundraising $1,172
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $623 · program services $623
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23 · Insurance
total $6,780 · management and general $6,780
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24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expense
total $145,177 · program services $71,425 · management and general $72,359 · fundraising $1,393
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24b · Other expenses: Awareness Campaign
total $24,882 · program services $24,882
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24c · Other expenses: Board Expenses
total $8,166 · management and general $8,166
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $262,448 · end of year $263,357
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $10,127 · end of year $2,951
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $15,000
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $43,377 · end of year $71,763
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $10,179 · end of year $28,851
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,234
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,805
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,052 · end of year $3,429
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,837,930 · end of year $4,274,006
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $273,294 · end of year $183,697
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $530,111 · end of year $352,243
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $11,805 · end of year $26,734
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $196,375 · end of year $228,245
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $439,348 · end of year $397,239
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,827,837
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,526,153 · end of year $4,543,079
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The foundation for rural services (FRS), in cooperation with NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, seeks to sustain and enhance the quality of life in America by advancing an understanding of rural issues. Our vision is to harness the power of the rural communications industry to enrich lives in America.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To inform and educate the public on the telecommunications needs of rural areas.
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Scholarship Program: The foundation annually awards scholarships to an exceptional group of rural students for their first year of college or vocational school. All applicants require sponsorship by an NTCA The Rural Broadband Association member company to be eligible. FRS awarded over $1 million in scholarships since its inception; empowering rural students throughout the country to advance their communities with invaluable skill sets and experiences.
Expenses $187,988 · Grants $170,500
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Youth Tour: The foundation sponsors an annual tour of Washington, D.C. Approximately one hundred high school students from rural America visit the nation's capital to learn about the telecommunications industry and the legislative process.
Expenses $180,310
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Awareness Campaign: The foundation sponsors an ongoing awareness campaign to promote the contribution that small independent broadband companies make to rural communities. The program includes the production of informational mailers geared toward education rural telecommunications customers, an image and awareness campaign that aims to educate state and local decision makers on the value that community based telecom providers bring to the telecom and economic futures of their communities and a series of educational papers aimed at educating decision makers.
Expenses $65,332 · Revenue $2,532
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Other Program Services
Expenses $352,665 · Grants $169,472
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Andy Isackson
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Camille Christiansen
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Prather
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andy Smith
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ashley Shiner
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob Silverman
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian Sullivan
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carleton Lewis
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chad Mutziger
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Colleen Jamison
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donald Herman
LEGAL COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg Coltrain
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim Haynie
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jordan Roberts
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kurt Gruendling
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Thoma
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Parrish
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike Burrow
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike Grisham
NTCA BOARD LIAISON
- Total calculated
- $14,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $14,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 5 related
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Mitchell Bailey
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy White
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Todd Henecke
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Manohara Koilpillai
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $387,214
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $278,226
- Other
- $108,988
- Hours/week
- 2 + 41.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $253,152 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $25,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $74 related
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $108,988 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $387,214 related
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Pamela Becker
Executive Director - FRS
- Total calculated
- $240,580
- From this org
- $190,035
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,545
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $183,500
- Bonus
- $6,500
- Other
- $35
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $50,545
- Filer's total
- $240,580
-
Shirley Bloomfield
Chief Executive Officer
- Total calculated
- $1,187,130
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,086,070
- Other
- $101,060
- Hours/week
- 2 + 41.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $899,589 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $184,220 related
- Other
- $0 + $2,261 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $23,000 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $78,060 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,187,130 related
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
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
- The compensation process is conducted by a related organization (NTCA) for their officers (Shirley Bloomfield and Mano Koilpillai) that serves on the board of FRS. The Chief Executive Officer's compensation is reviewed by an independent compensation consultant that does a comparison of like positions in the area and presents the study to the NTCA board for approval.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- Shirley Bloomfield - 457 (F) Plan Contribution - $198,937
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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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National Telecommunicatins Cooperative Association (NTCA)
501(c)(6) · Trade Association · VA
Directly controlled by NA
-
501(c)(9) · Health and Welfare Benefits · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
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NTCA Master Trust for Deferred Comp Plans
Deferred Compensation · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
-
NTCA Regional Retiree Medical Funding Trust I
501(c)(9) · Post Retirement Benefits · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
-
NTCA Regional Retiree Medical Funding Trust II
501(c)(9) · Post Retirement Benefits · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
-
NTCA National Retiree Medical Funding Trust
501(c)(9) · Post Retirement Benefits · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
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NTCA Retirement and Security Program
Defined Benefit Plan · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
-
NTCA Savings Plan
Defined Contribution Plan · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
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NTCA PAC
527 · Voluntary, Non-Partisan Political Action Committee · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NTCA
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 corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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Services Management Corporation
C Corporation · Administer Benefit Plans · NC
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202543219349313269
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