- 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.
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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.
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Robert BaeckerROBERT BAECKER
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $14,050
- From this org
- $14,050
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.7
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Russell CarlisleRUSSELL CARLISLE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $14,593
- From this org
- $14,593
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.8
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Aaron KiddAARON KIDD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $11,650
- From this org
- $11,650
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.2
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Christine HowardCHRISTINE HOWARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $5,500
- From this org
- $5,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.1
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Kathy SiegKATHY SIEG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $7,750
- From this org
- $7,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Lynn NelsonLYNN NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $11,650
- From this org
- $11,650
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.2
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Thomas GollerTHOMAS GOLLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $12,850
- From this org
- $12,850
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Cheryl RueCHERYL 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
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Gerald WebbGERALD 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
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Kristen CarrollKRISTEN 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
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Kevin SchroederKEVIN 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
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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
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2024
- Revenue
- $21,782,811
- Expenses
- $21,782,813
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $21,167,618
- Expenses
- $20,849,698
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $19,988,134
- Expenses
- $19,759,573
- Assets (EOY)
- $52,913,250
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $19,479,437
- Expenses
- $19,419,654
- Assets (EOY)
- $55,640,060
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $19,339,577
- Expenses
- $18,556,588
- Assets (EOY)
- $52,361,463
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $18,180,755
- Expenses
- $17,779,236
- Assets (EOY)
- $50,431,954
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $17,576,984
- Expenses
- $16,231,350
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,893,280
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $16,859,467
- Expenses
- $16,080,070
- Assets (EOY)
- $48,327,391
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $18,922,313
- Expenses
- $15,207,021
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,520,272
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $17,208,738
- Expenses
- $14,861,220
- Assets (EOY)
- $44,046,626
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $16,112,833
- Expenses
- $13,906,090
- Assets (EOY)
- $42,556,911
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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.
Declared as related by
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GROUP HEALTH PROGRAM OF THE NATNL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOP ASSOC
On its 2024 return
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
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WESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNICATIONS LLC
VIDEO · WI · income $8,341,704 · assets $21,032,422
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TRI-WEST COMMUNICATIONS LLC
INTERNET · WI · income $6,884,294 · assets $3,219,362
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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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.