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SOUTH SLOPE COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY INC

EIN 42-0819332 NORTH LIBERTY, IA

Revenue 2024
$43,488,345
Expenses 2024
$43,495,543

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
3000
Street
980 N FRONT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE COMMUNCATIONS SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS

  • THE COOPERATIVE PROVIDES QUALITY SERVICES TO ITS MEMBER SUBSCRIBERS THESE SERVICES INCLUDE LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES, TOLL SERVICES, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT FOR SALE OR LEASE, INTERNET SERVICES, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISE WIRING, VIDEO SERVICES, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BRIAN BUTZ

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $10,919
    From this org
    $10,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ROBERTS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $12,759
    From this org
    $12,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL SCHANZ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,119
    From this org
    $13,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRAD MESKIMEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,727
    From this org
    $14,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY GRABE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,269
    From this org
    $11,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN HAMACHER

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $332,173
    From this org
    $238,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $93,916
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,745
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $5,512
    Deferred
    $65,576
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,340
    Filer's total
    $332,173

  • CARLA MINER

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $195,268
    From this org
    $148,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,468
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,816
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $5,484
    Deferred
    $28,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,976
    Filer's total
    $195,268

  • CHARLES DEISBECK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $525,341
    From this org
    $407,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,424
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $338,390
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $9,527
    Deferred
    $88,752
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,672
    Filer's total
    $525,341

  • BRADLEY MEREDITH

    DATA ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $150,475
    From this org
    $104,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,941
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $96,489
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $3,045
    Deferred
    $20,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,488
    Filer's total
    $150,475

  • JAMES SPRINGSTEEN

    DATA ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $141,187
    From this org
    $109,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,736
    Hours/week
    42

  • JASON URELL

    PLANT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,578
    From this org
    $126,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,616
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,724
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $3,738
    Deferred
    $24,784
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,832
    Filer's total
    $178,578

  • SHELLEY MASSELL

    ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $153,249
    From this org
    $113,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,670
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,759
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $4,320
    Deferred
    $21,694
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,976
    Filer's total
    $153,249

  • STEVEN SHERZER

    FACILITIES & MAINTEANCE SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $143,710
    From this org
    $106,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,514
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $43,488,345
    Expenses
    $43,495,543
    Contributions
    $367,443
    Grants paid
    $132,765
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $41,628,345
    Expenses
    $41,627,870
    Contributions
    $129,188
    Grants paid
    $29,109
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $41,648,044
    Expenses
    $41,761,059
    Contributions
    $65,802
    Grants paid
    $28,188

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,258,245
    Expenses
    $39,292,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,327,478

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,466,018
    Expenses
    $39,461,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,293,228

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,238,626
    Expenses
    $36,255,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,836,992

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,287,163
    Expenses
    $33,287,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,558,677

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,324,043
    Expenses
    $37,539,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,105,552

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Listed by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.