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← PEOPLES RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE CORPORATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PEOPLES RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE CORPORATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,903,552
Total expenses
$22,903,552
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$19,086,146
Investment income
$916,696
Other revenue
$2,900,710
Total assets, end of year
$106,198,891
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,677,015
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,521,876
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,903,552
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,903,552

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOCAL TOLL AND INTERNET

    total $12,397,900 · related or exempt $12,397,900

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ACCESS REVENUES

    total $6,688,246 · related or exempt $6,688,246

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $916,696 · excluded $916,696

  • 11a · Other revenue: EAST KY NETWORK, LLC

    total $1,840,094 · unrelated business $1,840,094

  • 11b · Other revenue: PEOPLES TELECOM, LLC

    total $982,930 · unrelated business $982,930

  • 11c · Other revenue: JOINT USE ATTACHMENTS

    total $71,282 · excluded $71,282

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $6,404 · unrelated business $6,404

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,900,710

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $3,648,602 · program services $3,648,602

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $856,419 · program services $856,419

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,828,246 · program services $2,828,246

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $673,742 · program services $673,742

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,480,399 · program services $1,480,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $274,378 · program services $274,378

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,053 · program services $13,053

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,250 · program services $26,250

  • 20 · Interest

    total $93,448 · program services $93,448

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,689,443 · program services $3,689,443

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $180,940 · program services $180,940

  • 24a · Other expenses: PLANT SPECIFIC

    total $3,734,110 · program services $3,734,110

  • 24b · Other expenses: VIDEO TO THE HOME

    total $3,281,946 · program services $3,281,946

  • 24c · Other expenses: INTERNET ACTIVITIES

    total $2,168,140 · program services $2,168,140

  • 24d · Other expenses: CORPORATE OPERATIONS

    total $1,892,224 · program services $1,892,224

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$1,937,788 · program services -$1,937,788

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,350,766 · end of year $1,868,988

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,089,966 · end of year $10,954,565

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,492,655 · end of year $1,389,934

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,094,224 · end of year $4,015,263

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,997 · end of year $170,031

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

    $71,258,092

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

    $45,592,681

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,853,688 · end of year $25,665,411

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $57,204,852 · end of year $62,134,699

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $393,695 · end of year $430,667

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,581,206 · end of year $3,212,105

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,045,484 · end of year $16,034,243

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $239,587 · end of year $242,527

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year -$1,904,544 · end of year -$2,714,034

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $85,784,720 · end of year $88,993,383

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE TO MEMBER OWNERS ON A PATRONAGE BASIS. SERVE AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,068 CUSTOMERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

  • PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE TO MEMBER OWNERS ON A PATRONAGE BASIS. SERVE AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 6,300 CUSTOMERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS

    Expenses $22,903,552 · Revenue $19,086,146

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Armel Davidson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,553
    From this org
    $9,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Don Barrett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $47,648
    From this org
    $47,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Patricia Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,798
    From this org
    $20,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gary Cornett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $7,258
    From this org
    $7,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nelson Bobrowski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $36,170
    From this org
    $36,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wendell Gabbard

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $39,035
    From this org
    $39,035
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kendell Norris

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $9,980
    From this org
    $9,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brian McCoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,419
    From this org
    $17,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Keith Gabbard

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $215,301
    From this org
    $174,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,936
    Filer's total
    $215,301

  • Michael Stidham

    OPERATIONS MGR

    Total calculated
    $189,556
    From this org
    $126,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,294
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,262
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $63,294
    Filer's total
    $189,556

  • Jason Lamb

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER/IT

    Total calculated
    $200,708
    From this org
    $136,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,906
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,802
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $63,906
    Filer's total
    $200,708

  • Christine Duncan

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $182,549
    From this org
    $126,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,001
    Filer's total
    $182,549

  • Robert Isaacs

    PLANT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $154,654
    From this org
    $104,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,072
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,072
    Filer's total
    $154,654

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

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.

Disregarded entities

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

  • PEOPLES TELECOM

    BROADBAND · KY · income $982,931 · assets $29,460,086

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • EAST KENTUCKY NETWORK

    CELLULAR SERVICE · KY · 20% owned · share of income $2,830,760

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511349349308986

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