Pioneer Telephone Cooperative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

14 people listed

JAMES RENNARD (GENERAL MANAGER): $371,844 total reported compensation
BRAD MADISON (DIRECTOR OF NETWORK OPERATIONS): $210,489 total reported compensation
KURTIS KONTUR (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $207,495 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To provide telecommunications service to its members.

Cooperative provides telecommunications service to its members. As of 12-31-24 there were 7,371 access lines in service.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 65.3%; rating input score 65; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 18.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $372K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.1M reported
Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.