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TRI-COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 39-1024048 STRUM, WI

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Revenue 2024
$21,782,811
Expenses 2024
$21,782,813

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
3000
Street
PO BOX 578

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

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.

  • THE COOPERATIVE PROVIDES DEPENDABLE SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AT THE LOWEST COST CONSISTENT WITH SOUND ECONOMY AND GOOD MANAGEMENT.

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.

  • Robert Baecker

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $14,050
    From this org
    $14,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.7
  • Russell Carlisle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $14,593
    From this org
    $14,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Aaron Kidd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,650
    From this org
    $11,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.2
  • Christine Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,500
    From this org
    $5,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.1
  • Kathy Sieg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,750
    From this org
    $7,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lynn Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,650
    From this org
    $11,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.2
  • Thomas Goller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,850
    From this org
    $12,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Cheryl Rue

    GENERAL MANAGER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $465,716
    From this org
    $375,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,586
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $340,130
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $61,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,568
    Filer's total
    $465,716
  • Gerald Webb

    Chief Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $277,088
    From this org
    $207,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,914
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,580
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,594
    Filer's total
    $277,088
  • Kristen Carroll

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $268,597
    From this org
    $200,094
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,503
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,094
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,395
    Filer's total
    $268,597
  • Kevin Schroeder

    IT/NETWORK MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $168,930
    From this org
    $116,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,727
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,468
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,735
    Filer's total
    $168,930
  • Mathew Sluga

    Plant Manager

    Total calculated
    $152,395
    From this org
    $102,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,693
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,702
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,123
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,570
    Filer's total
    $152,395

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
    $21,782,811
    Expenses
    $21,782,813
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $21,167,618
    Expenses
    $20,849,698
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,096,396
    Expenses
    $20,758,424
    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
    $19,988,134
    Expenses
    $19,759,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,913,250
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,479,437
    Expenses
    $19,419,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,640,060
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,339,577
    Expenses
    $18,556,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,361,463
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,180,755
    Expenses
    $17,779,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,431,954
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,576,984
    Expenses
    $16,231,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,893,280
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,859,467
    Expenses
    $16,080,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,327,391
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,922,313
    Expenses
    $15,207,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,520,272
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,208,738
    Expenses
    $14,861,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,046,626
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,112,833
    Expenses
    $13,906,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,556,911
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,441,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,730,924

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.

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • WESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNICATIONS LLC

    VIDEO · WI · income $8,341,704 · assets $21,032,422

  • TRI-WEST COMMUNICATIONS LLC

    INTERNET · WI · income $6,884,294 · assets $3,219,362

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • TRI-COUNTY TELCOM INC

    C Corporation · COMMUNICATION · WI · 100% owned · share of income $4,721,864 · share of assets $32,383,978 · controlled entity

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.