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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WABASH MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,133,971
Total expenses
$7,034,036
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,994,683
Investment income
$75,264
Other revenue
$64,024
Total assets, end of year
$20,147,646
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,962,688
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,184,958
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,857,879
Management and general expenses
$176,157
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 97.5% 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: End User Revenue

    total $346,253 · related or exempt $346,253

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Local Network Service

    total $1,045,269 · related or exempt $1,045,269

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Long Distance Revenue

    total $58,855 · related or exempt $58,855

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Network Access Revenue

    total $4,030,739 · related or exempt $4,030,739

  • 2e · Program service revenue: NonRegulated Revenues

    total $3,483,693 · related or exempt $3,483,693

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $29,874 · related or exempt $29,874

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,234 · related or exempt $63,234

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $18,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $18,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $18,000 · unrelated business $18,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,000

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

    securities $17,970

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,030

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,030 · related or exempt $12,030

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $230,431

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $199,852

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $30,579 · related or exempt $30,579

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc. Nonoperating

    total $15,445 · related or exempt $15,445

  • 11b · Other revenue: QVC Commission

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,445

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $256,656 · program services $80,499 · management and general $176,157

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $70,048 · program services $70,048

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,532,094 · program services $1,532,094

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Nonregulated Services

    total $3,076,793 · program services $3,076,793

  • 24b · Other expenses: Customer Operations

    total $824,839 · program services $824,839

  • 24c · Other expenses: Plant Specific Operations

    total $823,826 · program services $823,826

  • 24d · Other expenses: Corporate Operations

    total $293,258 · program services $293,258

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $156,522 · program services $156,522

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $768,725 · end of year $2,060,638

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,417 · end of year $78,913

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $353,475 · end of year $459,649

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $70,892 · end of year $72,471

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

    $35,318,070

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

    $20,912,406

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,684,928 · end of year $14,405,664

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,100 · end of year $18,100

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,354,026 · end of year $2,681,769

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $139,725 · end of year $136,634

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $255,756 · end of year $233,808

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $186,353 · end of year $253,815

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $996,357 · end of year $911,557

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,469,943 · end of year $1,723,648

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $64,789 · end of year $73,668

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $5,684 · end of year $6,282

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $14,950,918 · end of year $17,178,676

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To conduct and carry on the business of providing telecommunication services of all types, including but not limited to the transmission of voice, data, and video using wire, radio, optical cable, or other communication channels to its subscribers and to do all things incident and necessary to carry forth such purpose.

  • Furnish telecommunication services to approximately 6282 subscribers in the rural area of western Mercer County.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Boley

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $160,034
    From this org
    $160,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,034
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $160,034
  • Jacqueline Muhlenkamp

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $81,312
    From this org
    $81,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alan Post

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $3,240
    From this org
    $3,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Karl Schoenherr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,220
    From this org
    $3,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Tim Berkenstock

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $3,100
    From this org
    $3,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chuck Alig

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • William Gaerke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,750
    From this org
    $2,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

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 corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Wabash Communications

    C corp · Internet Service · OH · 100% owned · share of income $5,758,069 · share of assets $3,028,130 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Wabash Mutual Telephone Company

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349311620

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