Highland Telephone Cooperative Inc
Revenue
$26.7m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$22.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$93m
$17.5m liabilities
Net assets
$75.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
6.9y av
Staff
109
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
Highland Telephone Cooperative Inc's network
13 people5 organisationsi13 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl A Jones (also filed as Carl Jones) | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dororhty Hill Watson | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Freytag | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| James E Terry (also filed as James Terry) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jan G Byrd | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kevin Green | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| MAX Spurling | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mickey Bingham | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robert Davis | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Sam Strunk | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Scott Wright | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Shelva JO Jones | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tony Kidd | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| David E Branstetter | Cable Splicer | 2018 |
| Gregory Mark Patterson | General MGR | since 2018 |
| James Hamby | I/S MGR | since 2018 |
| Jared A Carson | COO | since 2018 |
| Lawrence S Diden | Lead Engineer | 2018 |
| Phillip Ward | Co Supervisor | 2018 |
| Richard H Webb JR | Lineman | 2018 |
| Stacey R Butler | Cable Splicer | 2018 |
| Steven S Armes | CFO | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Mark Patterson | General MGR | 40 | $311k | $54k | |
| Jared A Carson | COO | 40 | $212k | $44k | |
| Steven S Armes | CFO | 40 | $166k | $39k | |
| John Alcock | Network Engineer | 40 | $121k | ||
| Adam Queener | Cable Splicing Sup | 40 | $118k | ||
| Douglas Keeton | Cable Splicing Sup | 40 | $112k | $5k | |
| Stacey Butler | Cable Splicer | 40 | $109k | $6k | |
| Jerome Curt Williams | Coe Craftsman | 40 | $108k | $6k | |
| Jan G Byrd | Director | 5 | $13k | $20k | $4k |
| Robert Davis | Director | 5 | $9k | $15k | |
| Mickey Bingham | Director | 5 | $9k | $15k | |
| Sam Strunk | Vice President | 5 | $9k | $15k | |
| Tony Kidd | Director | 5 | $9k | $9k | |
| Dororhty Hill Watson | Secretary | 5 | $8k | $18k | |
| David Freytag | President | 5 | $8k | $17k | |
| Carl Jones | Director | 5 | $8k | $17k | |
| Kevin Green | Director | 5 | $7k | $17k | |
| James Terry | Director | 5 | $7k | $17k | |
| Max Spurling | Director | 5 | $7k | $12k | |
| Scott Wright | Director | 5 | $700 | $700 | |
| Shelva Jo Jones | Director | 0 | $0 | $11k |
About
- Legal name
- Highland Telephone Cooperative Inc
- EIN
- 620549541
- Address
- Po Box 119, Sunbright, TN, 37872-0119
- State
- Tennessee
- Mission
- To provide telecommunication services to members of the cooperative located in its rural service area. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- W50Z Public and societal benefit
- IRS classification
- 501(c)12 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Public & Societal Benefit
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1955
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1963
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDororhty Hill Watson
≥8years on the filingsDavid Freytag
≥8years on the filingsJames E Terry
≥8years on the filingsJan G Byrd
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $93m
- Total liabilities
- $17.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $75.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $24.7m
- Employees
- 109
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26.7m | $22.8m | $3.9m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.