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MINNESOTA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 41-0418730 MADELIA, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$2,150,907
Expenses 2024
$2,119,408

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 218

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MTA IS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING THE SUCCESS AND VIABILITY OF ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY MEMBERS IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENHANCE THE SUCCESS AND VIABILITY OF ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY MEMBERS IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

  • WITH OVER 180 MEMBERS, THE MTA ACTIVELY ADVOCATES AND REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF MINNESOTA'S TELECOM INDUSTRY, INCLUDING SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE ADVANCED VOICE, DATA, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ITS MEMBERS BY INFORMING AND EDUCATING MEMBER COMPANIES ON SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING UNIFORM STANDARDS OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES; SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY, UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR CONSUMERS; INFORMING AND EDUCATING CONSUMERS, LEGISLATORS AND REGULATORS ON THE NECESSITY, APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS OF A RELIABLE, EFFICIENT AND MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE COMPENSATION TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE; AND BY REPRESENTING THE MEMBER COMPANIES' INTERESTS BEFORE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY BODIES. MTA HOSTS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST STATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW. THE 2025 ANNUAL CONVENTION WAS HELD MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 12, 2025 AND INCLUDED GENERAL AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXHIBITS. MTA COMMUNICATES WITH ITS MEMBERS THROUGH ITS BI-WEEKLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS. MTA HAS NUMEROUS MEMBER DRIVEN COMMITTEES AND PEER GROUPS THAT PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS TO ENGAGE AND SHARE COMMON PRACTICES AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. MTA CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL "DAY ON THE HILL" WHERE MEMBERS ENGAGE WITH THEIR LOCAL LEGISLATORS ON ISSUES RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.MTA OFFERS TRAINING PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS. ITS SAFETY PROGRAM IS A TOTAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOSS-CONTROL PROGRAM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANIES.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Tim Brinkman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Andy Schriner

    SECETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Terry Nelson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chad Bullock

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dave Bickett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kent Hedstrom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angie Dickison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Josh Netland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bruce Hanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shelly Geerdes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jill Huffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brent Christensen

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $237,447
    From this org
    $201,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,647
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,387
    Filer's total
    $237,447

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
    $2,150,907
    Expenses
    $2,119,408
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,840,079
    Expenses
    $2,312,523
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,911,213
    Expenses
    $2,560,733
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,707,745
    Expenses
    $2,221,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,279,282
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,482,615
    Expenses
    $1,481,523
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,812,605
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,598,601
    Expenses
    $1,600,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,757,428
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,606,814
    Expenses
    $1,672,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,760,628
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,500,839
    Expenses
    $1,549,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,823,074
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,423,063
    Expenses
    $1,453,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,852,701
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,403,793
    Expenses
    $1,333,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,853,829
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,330,896
    Expenses
    $1,333,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,780,639
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,352,448
    Expenses
    $1,299,385
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,835,363
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,235,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,735,167

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.