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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRI-COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,167,618
Total expenses
$20,849,698
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$19,194,896
Investment income
$236,658
Other revenue
$1,736,064
Total assets, end of year
$64,841,488
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,498,309
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$57,343,179
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

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: CABLE TV SERVICE

    total $5,816,446 · related or exempt $5,816,446

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TELEPHONE SERVICE

    total $5,348,748 · related or exempt $5,348,748

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INTERNET & SUPPORT SERVICE

    total $7,869,467 · related or exempt $7,869,467

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

    total $72,762 · related or exempt $32,252 · unrelated business $40,510

  • 2e · Program service revenue: RENTAL SERVICES

    total $87,473 · related or exempt $87,473

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $236,658 · excluded $236,658

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $60,870

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $17,099

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $43,771 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $43,771 · related or exempt $39,689 · unrelated business $4,082

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: BILLING & COLLECTION

    total $1,483,896 · related or exempt $1,450,591 · unrelated business $33,305

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER NON-OPERATING INCOME

    total $146,906 · related or exempt $146,906

  • 11c · Other revenue: STATE USF

    total $48,362 · related or exempt $48,362

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $13,129 · related or exempt $11,988 · unrelated business $1,141 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,692,293

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,425,268

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,023,309

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,885,114

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $282,154

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $556,026

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $294,959

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,263

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,070

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $259,977

  • 20 · Interest

    total $41,098

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,047,703

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING

    total $7,693,460

  • 24b · Other expenses: PLANT SPECIFIC EXPENSES

    total $1,903,385

  • 24c · Other expenses: CORPORATE OPERATIONS

    total $780,693

  • 24d · Other expenses: CUSTOMER OPERATIONS

    total $461,219

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $105,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,612,342 · end of year $2,139,491

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,757,163 · end of year $4,867,168

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,127,123 · end of year $1,819,399

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $981,977 · end of year $841,935

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $448,323 · end of year $440,176

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

    $68,782,727

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

    $45,813,911

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,611,298 · end of year $22,968,816

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $27,955,951 · end of year $30,595,639

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,231,769 · end of year $1,168,864

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,429,332 · end of year $1,138,855

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,849 · end of year $4,429,231

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,937,784 · end of year $1,930,223

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $53,289,981 · end of year $57,343,179

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IT SHALL BE THE MISSION OF THE TRI-COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PROVIDE DEPENDABLE SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AT THE LOWEST COST CONSISTENT WITH SOUND ECONOMY AND GOOD MANAGEMENT.

  • NONE

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Baecker

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $12,700
    From this org
    $12,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Russell Carlisle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $14,419
    From this org
    $14,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8

  • Aaron Kidd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,400
    From this org
    $12,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.4

  • Christine Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,300
    From this org
    $7,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4

  • Kathy Sieg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,850
    From this org
    $6,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • Lynn Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,550
    From this org
    $12,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.4

  • Thomas Goller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,750
    From this org
    $13,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6

  • Cheryl Rue

    GENERAL MANAGER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $429,746
    From this org
    $353,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,235
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,157
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,354
    Deferred
    $47,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,127
    Filer's total
    $429,746

  • Gerald Webb

    OPERATIONS MANAGERS

    Total calculated
    $260,985
    From this org
    $198,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,673
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $650
    Deferred
    $31,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,667
    Filer's total
    $260,985

  • Kristen Carroll

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $252,609
    From this org
    $190,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $948
    Deferred
    $30,619
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,676
    Filer's total
    $252,609

  • Kevin Schroeder

    IT/NETWORK MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $161,617
    From this org
    $113,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,461
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,822
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $334
    Deferred
    $18,360
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,101
    Filer's total
    $161,617

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

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.

  • WESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNICATIONS LLC

    VIDEO · WI · income $7,891,936 · assets $16,132,543

    Directly controlled by TCC

  • TRI-WEST COMMUNICATIONS LLC

    INTERNET · WI · income $6,408,768 · assets $2,827,071

    Directly controlled by TCC

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • TRI-COUNTY TELCOM INC

    C Corporation · COMMUNICATION · WI · 100% owned · share of income $4,415,965 · share of assets $29,339,983 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by TRI-COUNTY COOP

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402969349301415

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