Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative

Bemidji, MN
Tax-exempt since May 1958
EIN: 41-0745441

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(12) Benevolent life insurance associations, irrigation companies, telephone companies, etc., which have a mutually beneficial nature.

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Revenue

$77.6M (2023)

Expenses

$76.7M (2023)

Total Assets

$189M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$43.7M (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$77,599,527

Expenses

$76,689,624

Net Income

$909,903

Net Assets

$145,602,050

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$77,056,720	99.3%
Investment Income	$159,938	0.2%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$169,786	0.2%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$212,944	0.3%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$139	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,918,014	2.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$189,335,170
Total Liabilities	$43,733,120
Net Assets	$145,602,050

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$54,622,410
Income From Other Sources	$1,908,505

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$530,374	$0	$12,152
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$305,919	$0	$9,219
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$202,709	$0	$6,907
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development M)	$198,102	$0	$6,757
Leo Anderson Jr (Technology Experience Mana)	$187,175	$0	$5,664
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$173,468	$0	$5,383
Randy Frisk (President)	$43,749	$0	$0
James Sutton (Vice President)	$42,838	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$41,489	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Secretary)	$40,930	$0	$0
Tracy Mistic Schaar (Director)	$39,725	$0	$0
Brian Nicklason (Director)	$32,309	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$27,932	$0	$0
Kathleen Peterson (Past Director)	$5,212	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Aug. 13, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$75,862,439

Expenses

$75,761,663

Net Income

$100,776

Net Assets

$132,064,679

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$75,573,747	99.6%
Investment Income	$74,289	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$205,490	0.3%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$8,913	0.0%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$2,826,659	3.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$175,241,374
Total Liabilities	$43,176,695
Net Assets	$132,064,679

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$53,189,982
Income From Other Sources	$1,202,400

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$498,882	$0	$12,172
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$284,023	$0	$8,534
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development M)	$194,213	$0	$6,594
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$188,416	$0	$6,368
Leo Anderson Jr (Technology Experience Mana)	$186,374	$0	$5,616
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$171,517	$0	$5,305
Teresa Crews (Accounting Supervisor)	$116,787	$0	$3,649
Cheryl Pauly (Central Office Supervisor)	$109,593	$0	$3,414
Ryan Otting (Install Repair Supervisor)	$109,570	$0	$3,395
Grant Hicok (Data Services)	$106,290	$0	$3,247
Brian Bissonette (Marketing Supervisor)	$106,143	$0	$3,303
Ronald Vold (Outside Plant Superior)	$105,395	$0	$3,280
Lisa Geerdes (Data Services)	$103,959	$0	$3,275
Crystal Mattfield (Data Services)	$102,183	$0	$3,072
Tiffany Falk (Cable Maintenance)	$101,358	$0	$3,099
James Sutton (Vice President)	$45,006	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (President)	$43,883	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$43,124	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Secretary)	$42,219	$0	$0
Tracy Mistic Schaar (Director)	$38,060	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$28,286	$0	$0
Brian Nicklason (Director After June)	$16,939	$0	$0
Mark Matteson (Director Thru February)	$10,115	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Aug. 15, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$74,199,172

Expenses

$72,704,100

Net Income

$1,495,072

Net Assets

$120,766,602

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$73,857,419	99.5%
Investment Income	$50,247	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$291,404	0.4%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$102	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$2,075,775	2.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$167,591,032
Total Liabilities	$46,824,430
Net Assets	$120,766,602

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$51,003,020
Income From Other Sources	$2,295,536

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$377,457	$0	$8,700
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$230,375	$0	$6,911
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development M)	$187,470	$0	$5,624
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$185,543	$0	$5,566
Leo Anderson Jr (Technology Experience Mana)	$164,150	$0	$4,925
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$143,816	$0	$4,314
Teresa Crews (Accounting Supervisor)	$109,033	$0	$3,271
Wayne Vredenburg (Install Repair Supervisor)	$105,300	$0	$3,159
Cheryl Pauly (Central Office Supervisor)	$103,999	$0	$3,120
Ryan Otting (Install Repair Supervisor)	$103,923	$0	$3,118
Brian Bissonette (Marketing Supervisor)	$103,823	$0	$3,115
Randy Frisk (President)	$37,592	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$36,919	$0	$0
James Sutton (Vice President)	$36,547	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Secretary)	$32,972	$0	$0
Tracy Mistic Schaar (Director)	$27,002	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$19,893	$0	$0
Mark Matteson (Director)	$18,138	$0	$0

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$72,224,060

Expenses

$70,908,348

Net Income

$1,315,712

Net Assets

$109,404,830

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$71,848,892	99.5%
Investment Income	$77,174	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$297,922	0.4%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$72	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,735,721	2.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$156,844,472
Total Liabilities	$47,439,642
Net Assets	$109,404,830

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$49,116,714
Income From Other Sources	$1,604,908

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$360,752	$0	$10,822
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$216,759	$0	$6,503
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development Manager)	$182,942	$0	$5,488
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$179,262	$0	$5,378
Leo Anderson (Technology Experience Manager)	$171,121	$0	$5,134
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$136,974	$0	$4,109
Ryan Otting (Install Repair Supervisor)	$116,721	$0	$3,502
Terri Crews (Accounting Supervisor)	$113,803	$0	$3,414
Randy Frisk (President)	$37,858	$0	$0
James Sutton (Vice President)	$37,219	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$36,883	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Secretary)	$35,736	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (Director)	$26,994	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$21,686	$0	$0
Mark Matteson (Director)	$16,661	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$69,588,636

Expenses

$69,491,606

Net Income

$97,030

Net Assets

$98,488,749

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$69,217,114	99.5%
Investment Income	$62,564	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$308,815	0.4%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$143	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,560,514	2.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$148,423,793
Total Liabilities	$49,935,044
Net Assets	$98,488,749

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$45,993,799
Income From Other Sources	$1,367,995

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$320,685	$0	$9,620
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$196,064	$0	$5,882
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$165,555	$0	$4,967
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development Manager)	$157,523	$0	$4,726
Leo Anderson (Technology Experience Manager)	$140,753	$0	$4,223
Terri Crews (Accounting Supervisor)	$114,862	$0	$3,446
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$110,815	$0	$3,324
Ryan Otting (Install Repair Supervisor)	$100,948	$0	$3,028
James Sutton Starting June 2019 (Vice President)	$38,463	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$36,311	$0	$0
Randy Frisk Starting June 2019 (President)	$35,891	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Secretary)	$34,200	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (Director)	$27,647	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$24,344	$0	$0
Mark Matteson (Director)	$17,237	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Sept. 22, 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$61,234,321

Expenses

$61,142,978

Net Income

$91,343

Net Assets

$85,471,409

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$60,878,700	99.4%
Investment Income	$64,998	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$277,988	0.5%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$12,635	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,276,308	2.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$139,818,282
Total Liabilities	$54,346,873
Net Assets	$85,471,409

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$44,859,921
Income From Other Sources	$1,475,383

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$319,946	$0	$9,599
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$185,079	$0	$5,552
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$154,772	$0	$4,643
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development Manager)	$152,724	$0	$4,582
Leo Anderson (Technology Experience Manager)	$124,944	$0	$3,748
Christie Turn (Customer Service Manager)	$104,124	$0	$3,124
James Sutton (Director)	$32,713	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director/Secretary Starting 6/4/18)	$31,732	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$31,642	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Vice President)	$31,094	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$29,425	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$19,914	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary Through 6/4/18)	$14,318	$0	$0
Mark Matteson (Director)	$12,633	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$58,237,860

Expenses

$58,139,775

Net Income

$98,085

Net Assets

$81,827,694

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$57,933,439	99.5%
Investment Income	$27,742	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$272,895	0.5%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$3,784	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,373,581	2.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$138,372,439
Total Liabilities	$56,544,745
Net Assets	$81,827,694

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$42,334,426
Income From Other Sources	$1,410,912

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$279,994	$0	$61,551
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$176,195	$0	$44,196
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$147,426	$0	$39,386
Leo Anderson (Data Services Supervisor)	$118,861	$0	$34,610
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development M)	$114,059	$0	$33,807
Tiffany Falk (Install Repair)	$101,794	$0	$22,377
James Sutton (Director)	$31,651	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$31,143	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director)	$30,260	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Vice President)	$29,167	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$28,571	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary)	$25,380	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$19,191	$0	$0
Jim Tarbell (Director Through 2/23/17)	$3,962	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$57,979,903

Expenses

$57,898,099

Net Income

$81,804

Net Assets

$78,123,464

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$57,696,536	99.5%
Investment Income	$39,503	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$268,591	0.5%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$40,119	0.1%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	-$64,846

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,520,295	2.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$133,147,502
Total Liabilities	$55,024,038
Net Assets	$78,123,464

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$40,902,076
Income From Other Sources	$1,214,317

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$301,415	$0	$66,293
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$189,472	$0	$47,576
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$155,992	$0	$41,978
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development M)	$154,086	$0	$41,659
Leo Anderson (Data Services Supervisor)	$122,542	$0	$36,385
Tiffany Falk (Install Repair)	$102,376	$0	$22,901
James Sutton (Director)	$33,063	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$32,934	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director)	$32,640	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$32,372	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Director)	$29,716	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary)	$29,134	$0	$0
Jim Tarbell (Vice President)	$26,120	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$21,641	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$56,510,216

Expenses

$56,266,350

Net Income

$243,866

Net Assets

$74,584,826

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$56,202,083	99.5%
Investment Income	$49,744	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$282,794	0.5%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$27,916
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$3,511	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,309,726	2.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$133,895,359
Total Liabilities	$59,310,533
Net Assets	$74,584,826

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$38,604,020
Income From Other Sources	$2,005,483

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$263,937	$0	$60,026
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$174,783	$0	$45,120
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$152,454	$0	$41,386
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development Manager)	$146,976	$0	$40,470
Leo Anderson (Data Services Supervisor)	$113,301	$0	$34,840
James Sutton (Director)	$33,172	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director)	$31,387	$0	$0
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$31,288	$0	$0
Jim Tarbell (Vice President)	$29,732	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Director)	$29,587	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary)	$29,110	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$28,798	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$23,359	$0	$0

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Filed on Oct. 24, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$58,371,585

Expenses

$58,293,824

Net Income

$77,761

Net Assets

$71,313,981

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$56,501,330	96.8%
Investment Income	$36,541	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$235,027	0.4%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$1,323,825	2.3%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$274,862	0.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,127,915	1.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$135,649,469
Total Liabilities	$64,335,488
Net Assets	$71,313,981

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$38,412,053
Income From Other Sources	$3,242,241

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$215,850	$0	$38,170
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$160,484	$0	$31,982
Robert St Clair (Network Operations Manager)	$134,309	$0	$29,012
Steve Howard (Info, Tech & Development Manager)	$127,609	$0	$28,449
Leo Anderson (Data Services Supervisor)	$107,230	$0	$26,035
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$33,471	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$30,043	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director)	$29,713	$0	$0
James Sutton (Director)	$29,469	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Director)	$28,456	$0	$0
Jim Tarbell (Vice President)	$28,156	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary)	$27,178	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$21,191	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 13, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$58,153,014

Expenses

$58,072,781

Net Income

$80,233

Net Assets

$65,375,846

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$54,518,866	93.8%
Investment Income	$27,417	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$202,525	0.3%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$3,395,926	5.8%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$8,280	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$995,168	1.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$135,607,656
Total Liabilities	$70,231,810
Net Assets	$65,375,846

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$36,713,891
Income From Other Sources	$5,307,947

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Gary Johnson (Ceo & Gm)	$188,904	$0	$27,316
Dave Schultz (Chief Financial Officer)	$146,494	$0	$25,831
Robert St Clair (Plant Manager)	$126,258	$0	$24,314
Steve Howard (It Manager)	$117,586	$0	$23,695
Tim Hins (Treasurer)	$32,095	$0	$0
Kathy Peterson (President)	$28,154	$0	$0
Jim Tarbell (Vice President)	$27,941	$0	$0
Bruce Campbell (Director)	$26,661	$0	$0
James Sutton (Director)	$26,461	$0	$0
Gary Eklund (Secretary)	$26,194	$0	$0
Randy Frisk (Director)	$25,611	$0	$0
Vernon Clark (Director (Former))	$13,250	$0	$0
Glenda Martin (Director)	$8,251	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Oct. 14, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$53,176,403

Expenses

$53,176,403

Net Income

Net Assets

$58,526,386

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$52,794,075	99.3%
Investment Income	$31,292	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$205,803	0.4%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$62,338	0.1%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$82,895	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,184,918	2.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$135,689,145
Total Liabilities	$77,162,759
Net Assets	$58,526,386

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$34,414,905
Income From Other Sources	$1,986,377

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$52,649,928

Expenses

$47,156,756

Net Income

$5,493,172

Net Assets

$55,428,909

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$52,458,801	99.6%
Investment Income	$77,961	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$147,143	0.3%
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$35,000
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$1,023	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,027,963	2.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$0

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$136,020,054
Total Liabilities	$80,591,145
Net Assets	$55,428,909

Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members	$32,058,521
Income From Other Sources	$1,500,199

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

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Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $77.6M (2023)

Expenses $76.7M (2023)

Total Assets $189M (2023)

Total Liabilities $43.7M (2023)

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Revenue

$77.6M (2023)

Expenses

$76.7M (2023)

Total Assets

$189M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$43.7M (2023)

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