Liabilities / Assets
14th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 14% of similar nonprofits.
990 • Fiscal year 2012 • EIN 62-0526657
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
14th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.
Net Margin
Score unavailable
Net margin requires both revenue and expenses on this filing.
Top Officer Pay
Score unavailable
This filing does not contain officer compensation rows.
Asset Growth
16th percentile
Faster asset growth than 16% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No valid filing value is available for this score.
Assets
Down$40,456,143
Down $138,339 (-0.3%) from 2011
Net Assets
Up$29,751,601
Up $981,056 (+3.4%) from 2011
Liabilities
Down$10,704,542
Down $1,119,395 (-9.5%) from 2011
Revenue
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
Down$14,777,155
Down $550,750 (-3.6%) from 2011
Net Income
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
It is the aim of the Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative to provide dependable, state of the art telecommunication service on the cooperative plan and at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and good management.In order to achieve this aim, Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative is committed to developing a courteous and dedicated staff of employees by providing quality training, opportunity for advancement, adequate compensation and a safe working environment.
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| IRS990/MissionDescription | 0 | It is the aim of the Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative to provide dependable, state of the art telecommunication service on the cooperative plan and at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and good management.In order to achieve this aim, Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative is committed to developing a courteous and dedicated staff of employees by providing quality training, opportunity for advancement, adequate compensation and a safe working environment. |
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| IRS990ScheduleD/Form990ScheduleDPartXIII/Explanation | 0 | Income taxes - The Cooperative is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code. Management has evaluated the Cooperative's tax positions and concluded that the Cooperative has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustments to the financial statements. With few exceptions, the Cooperative is no longer subject to income tax examinations by the U.S. federal, state, or local tax authorities for years before 2009. |
| IRS990ScheduleD/Form990ScheduleDPartXIII/Explanation | 1 | Reclassification of expense items included in revenues on F/S 321,846. |
| IRS990ScheduleD/Form990ScheduleDPartXIII/Explanation | 2 | Reclassification of expense items included in revenues on F/S 321,846. Allocation of margins to cooperative members 325,198. |
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| IRS990ScheduleD/Form990ScheduleDPartXIII/Identifier | 1 | Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: |
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| IRS990ScheduleJ/Form990ScheduleJPartIII/Explanation | 0 | Travel for companions: John Lee Downey - $1,686 Randell Singleton - $590 James Condra - $1,609 Danny Wallace - $1,076 Sandy Burnett - $1,363 Richard Smith - $2,020 Greg Anderson - $2,155 Each amount above is reported as income on the Form W-2 or Form 1099 of the respective employee or director. |
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| IRS990ScheduleL/Form990ScheduleLPartIV/DescriptionOfTransaction | 0 | T.I.T.G., LLC is a wholesale telecommunications carrier of which Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, Inc. owns approximately ten percent of the profits, losses, and capital. The General Manager of Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, Inc. serves as its representative to the governing body of T.I.T.G., LLC.During the year Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, Inc. leased telephone circuits from T.I.T.G., LLC and also leased some circuits to T.I.T.G., LLC.The following are those amounts:Telephone Circuit Lease Payments to T.I.T.G., LLC $93,109Telephone Circuit and Fiber Lease Payments from T.I.T.G., LLC $132,092 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/Form990ScheduleLPartIV/NameOfInterestedPerson/NameBusiness/BusinessNameLine1 | 0 | TITG LLC dba IRIS Networks |
| IRS990ScheduleL/Form990ScheduleLPartIV/Relationship | 0 | The GM of BTC serves on the governing body of the interested party. |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 0 | Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative is a not-for-profit membership organization whose members have identical voting rights and are assigned margins in accordance with the cooperative's bylaws. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 1 | Each member shall be entitled to only one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. Members of the governing body are elected each year at the cooperative's annual meeting provided that a quorum is present. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 2 | The membership must approve decisions that involve substantial transfers of cooperative assets, amendments to the cooperative's bylaws, as well as other decisions requiring approval of the membership by law, the charter of incorporation, and/or the cooperative's bylaws. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 3 | There are no other committees that have to authority to act on behalf of the governing body. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 4 | Management reviewed the completed 2012 Form 990. A copy of the Form 990 was then provided to each of the members of the cooperative's governing body at a meeting prior to filing the form with the Internal Revenue Service by the tax preparer who assisted in the preparation of the form. Once the Form 990 was approved by the governing body, the President signed the E-file authorization form allowing the Form 990 to be transmitted to the Internal Revenue Service by the accounting firm who assisted in the preparation of the form. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 5 | The General Manager is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the conflict of interest policy. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 6 | Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative retains a third party expert, Mathis & Associates, to establish job descriptions, pay ranges, and to set matrices for job evaluations, which are then compared to similar industries in the nation. Mathis develops pay ranges based upon nationwide statistics. The Board of Directors determine compensation based on the data provided by Mathis & Associates. This process is reflected in the minutes of the board meetings. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 7 | Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative makes these documents available by distributing personally or via mail, printed copies of the bylaws to members of the cooperative. Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative provides copies of the audited financials to all members attending the annual meeting and upon request by an individual member. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 8 | Customer Operations: Total expenses 813,124. Long Distance Exp: Total expenses 391,584. Other Expenses: Total expenses 369,816. Operating Taxes: Total expenses 315,092. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 9 | The instructions to the 2012 Form 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(12) should report patronage dividends paid to their members in Part IX, Line 4 of the Form 990. Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, Inc. has interpreted the words "patronage dividends paid" in the instructions to mean margins that are assigned or assignable to the members. The amount listed in Part IX, Line 4 represents the margins that were assigned to the members for the calendar year ended December 31, 2012. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 10 | Change in memberships -2,093. Deceased capital credits -318,881. Allocation of margins to cooperative members 325,198. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 11 | The filing organization did not change its policies of oversight and selection for the year ended December 31, 2012. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Identifier | 0 | All Other Functional Expenses |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Identifier | 1 | Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances: |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/ReturnReference | 0 | Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/ReturnReference | 1 | Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/ReturnReference | 2 | Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b |
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