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Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Sandhill Telephone Cooperative was a telephone co-op based in Jefferson, SC that was founded in 1951. As of 2018 they had $27 million in revenue and $67 million in assets.

Provide the best possible Telephone utility service to all who desire it within the service area at the cost consistent with the highest standards of service.

Sandhill Telephone Cooperative appears to no longer be active. It has probably been dissolved or terminated.

EIN:

57-0351757

City:

State:

Metro:

Website:

Founded:

1951

Type:

501(c)(12)

NTEE:

W50: Telephone cooperatives

Revenue:

$27,096,055

Assets:

$67,342,746

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Provide the best possible Telephone utility service to all who desire it within the service area at the cost consistent with the highest standards of service.

Form 990s for Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2017-12	Feb 19, 2019	990O	View PDF
2016-12	Dec 11, 2017	990O	View PDF
2016-12	Nov 30, 2017	990O	View PDF
2015-12	Jan 10, 2017	990O	View PDF
2014-12	Jan 28, 2016	990O	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Field	2015	2014
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Program services	$22,612,727	$23,569,925	-4.1%
Investment income and dividends	$2,290,643	$1,018,113	125.0%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$2,192,685	$0	999%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0
Total revenues	$27,096,055	$24,588,038	10.2%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$632,788	$567,373	11.5%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$61,523	$62,857	-2.1%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$0	$0
Other employee benefits	$0	$0
Payroll taxes	$0	$0
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$373,853	$373,947	-0.0%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$64,870	$83,253	-22.1%
Other fee-for-service	$0	$0
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$0	$0
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$0	$0
Travel	$0	$0
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$0
Interest	$952,136	$544,460	74.9%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$4,012,159	$4,690,609	-14.5%
Insurance	$0	$0
All other expenses	$22,341,574	$19,517,162	14.5%
Total expenses	$28,438,903	$25,839,661	10.1%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$156,078	$101,340	54.0%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$4,408,402	$2,856,560	54.3%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$799,530	$385,826	107.2%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$1,277,325	$1,198,954	6.5%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$1,154,786	$3,409,579	-66.1%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$20,465,517	$18,470,502	10.8%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$30,582,002	$29,194,001	4.8%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$8,499,106	$8,749,434	-2.9%
Total assets	$67,342,746	$64,366,196	4.6%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$279,160	$258,775	7.9%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$28,020,752	$21,890,388	28.0%
Total liabilities	$28,299,912	$22,149,163	27.8%

Field	2017	2016
Unrestricted net assets	$0	$0
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
WordPress	Content management system software		2021-01-12
██████ ████████ ████████████ ███ ██ ███	Tax accounting		2015-10-20
████████ ███ ███ ███	Equipment	$953,080	2014-12-01
██ ██████████████	Equipment	$855,820	2014-12-01
████	Universal Service	$504,071	2014-12-01
████	Equipment	$807,373	2014-12-01
██████ ██████████████	Equipment	$455,260	2014-12-01

Personnel at Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Lee Chambers	General Manager	$182,630	Nov. 14, 2019
Alvin Boswell	Vice President	$25,511	Nov. 14, 2019
██████ ████████	President	$38,477	Nov. 14, 2019

Peer telephone cooperatives

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$23 million	Walterboro, SC
2	Highland Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$20 million	Sunbright, TN
3	Ninestar Connect	501(c)(12)	$51 million	Greenfield, IN
4	InterBel Telephone Cooperative (INC)	501(c)(12)	$10 million	Eureka, MT
5	New Hope Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$12 million	New Hope, AL
6	Planters Rural Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$14 million	Newington, GA
7	Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corp	501(c)(12)	$41 million	Gainesboro, TN
8	Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company	501(c)(12)	$7.8 million	MT Angel, OR
9	Endeavor Communications	501(c)(12)	$27 million	Cloverdale, IN
10	Otz Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$10 million	Kotzebue, AK
11	North Central Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$35 million	Lafayette, TN
12	Bulloch County Rural Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$18 million	Statesboro, GA
13	Ben Lomand Rural Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$28 million	Mcminnville, TN
14	3 Rivers Communications	501(c)(12)	$61 million	Fairfield, MT
15	Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$19 million	Pikeville, TN
16	Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association	501(c)(12)	$16 million	Rupert, ID
17	Newberry Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$38 million	Newberry, SC
18	Edisto Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$50 million	Bamberg, SC
19	Coastal Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$28 million	Walterboro, SC
20	Fairfield Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$80 million	Blythewood, SC
21	Tri-County Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$45 million	St Matthews, SC
22	Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$104 million	Centerville, TN
23	Cimarron Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$51 million	Kingfisher, OK
24	Southwestern Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$64 million	Greenville, IL
25	Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative	501(c)(12)	$50 million	Wewahitchka, FL

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Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

Program areas at Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

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Financials for Sandhill Telephone Cooperative

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