SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK INC (EIN 27-4516734)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-04-09
IRS object ID: 202021009349301122
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-04-09T14:46:10-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	474526160	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EFPR GROUP CPAS PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 DENISON PARKWAY E SUITE 407	AddressLine1Txt
City	CORNING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14830	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	274516734	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SOUT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6079625092	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 DENISON PARKWAY EAST NO 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	CORNING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14830	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN MANNING	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6079625092	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-04-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RICHARD J DAVIS CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00732051	PTIN
Phone	6079626891	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-04-09	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	64.88.174.3	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-04-09	IPDt
IP Tm	13:29:43	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	D3FD03570697F0F9E3C0ACED77CD261F7EAC8C6F	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	687043FFE1DB58FB92D4FE92E9A341E82C61568A	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	STEVEN MANNING	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 DENISON PARKWAY EAST NO 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	CORNING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14830	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,374,961	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SOUTHERNTIERNETWORK.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2011	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THROUGH PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THE SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK (STN) STRIVES TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN REGIONS WE SERVE BY PROVIDING HIGH SPEED BROADBAND CONNECTIONS VIA A QUALITY OPEN ACCESS MODEL.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	15	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$522,997	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$589,742	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,548,948	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,681,466	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$57,728	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$90,763	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$12,990	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,129,673	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,374,961	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$164,069	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$161,325	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,029,530	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,163,409	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,193,599	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,324,734	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$63,926	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$50,227	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$21,053,666	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$20,765,156	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$12,359,417	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$12,020,680	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,694,249	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$8,744,476	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THROUGH PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THE SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK (STN) STRIVES TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN REGIONS WE SERVE BY PROVIDING HIGH SPEED BROADBAND CONNECTIONS VIA A QUALITY OPEN ACCESS MODEL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,971,884	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,694,456	RevenueAmt
Desc	STN IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, OPEN ACCESS OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK THAT WAS CREATED IN JANUARY 2011 THROUGH PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. THE NETWORK WAS BUILT TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVE BROADBAND ACCESS IN THE RURAL AREAS, INCREASE COMPETITION AND THE LEVEL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND CREATE A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR JOB CREATION IN THE SOUTHERN TIER REGION. THE NETWORK IS WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BRING FIBER TO THEIR CELL TOWERS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE SERVICES FOR CONSUMERS IN OUR REGION AND WHICH ALSO BRINGS THE FIBER OUT INTO THE RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COUNTIES. THE RESOURCE IS BEING MARKETED FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AND HEALTH CARE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,971,884	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	5	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ANTHONY MARZOLINO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6079625092	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 DENISON PARKWAY EAST SUITE 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	CORNING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14830	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MARCIA WEBER
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIMOTHY O'HEARN
VICE CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JACK WHEELER
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARK ROGUS
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WINONA FLYNN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALAN EUSDEN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CARL HAYDEN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID HOPKINS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JUDITH G MCINTOSH
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES OSBORN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHELSEA ROBERTSON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN SHARKEY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN WILBER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HOWARD ZINGLER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AARON DOWD
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVEN MANNING
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	40.00		Yes (X)	$150,000	$0	$2,451

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$150,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$2,451	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
MICHELS POWER
PO BOX 95	BROWNSVILLE	WI	53006	CONSTRUCTION	$880,332
ECC TECHNOLOGIES
2136 FIVE MILE LANE	PENFIELD	NY	14526	CONSTRUCTION MGMT	$578,587
LANTEK FIBER OPTIC SERVICES INC
580 FISHERS STATION DRVE STE A	VICTOR	NY	14564	CONSTRUCTION	$418,346
ESS ENERGY SERVICES CORP
165 NORTH WATER ST APT 507	ROCHESTER	NY	14604	CONSTRUCTION	$102,914

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$546,458	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$43,284	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$589,742	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
TELECOM DARK FIBER CON	517000	$1,109,259	$1,109,259
INSTALLATION REVENUE	517000	$572,207	$572,207

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,681,466	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$90,763	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$90,763	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
INSURANCE REIMBURSEMEN	517000	$12,987	$12,987
OTHER REVENUE	900099	$3	$3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$12,990	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,374,961	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,694,456	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$90,763	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,577	TotalAmt
Management And General	$150,577	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,748	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,748	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,089	TotalAmt
Management And General	$58,089	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,186	TotalAmt
Program Services	$700	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67,486	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$396,366	TotalAmt
Program Services	$385,763	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,603	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$480	TotalAmt
Program Services	$480	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,043	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,331	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,712	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,239	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,490	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,459	TotalAmt
Program Services	$65,373	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,086	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$976	TotalAmt
Management And General	$976	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,644	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,644	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$704,841	TotalAmt
Program Services	$704,841	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,180	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,180	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
INSTALL/CONSTRUCTION CO	$523,139	$523,139
POLE ATTACHMENT FEES	$116,875	$116,875
BREAK FIX MAINTENACE &	$94,663	$94,663
OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE	$77,229	$77,229

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,324,734	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,971,884	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$352,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,799,973	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,121,385	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$275,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,921	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$274,620	BOYAmt
EOY	$472,804	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$345,508	BOYAmt
EOY	$406,825	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$16,767,860	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,707,000	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,416,678	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,060,860	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,878,091	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,679,814	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,063,532	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,012,547	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,053,666	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,765,156	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$354,564	BOYAmt
EOY	$474,718	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,004,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,545,962	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,359,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,020,680	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,694,249	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,744,476	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,694,249	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,744,476	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,053,666	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,765,156	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$50,227	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,693,701	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$522,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$589,742	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,806,440	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,693,701	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$522,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$589,742	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,806,440	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$2,806,440	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,333	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$57,728	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$90,763	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$151,824	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$12,990	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,990	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,971,254	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$3,230,414	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.94450	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$16,767,860	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,707,000	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$14,060,860	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$14,060,860	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,374,961	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,374,961	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,374,961	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,324,734	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,324,734	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,324,734	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART X, LINE 2:

THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. HOWEVER, INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC 740-10-50, THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THE TAX BENEFITS FROM UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THEREFORE, NO LIABILITY FOR UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SCHEDULE D, PART VI, LINE 1E:

OTHER PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF A FIBER OPTIC PLANT, RELATED MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN MANNING	PersonNm
Title	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$150,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$2,451	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$152,451	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE FISCAL OFFICER, REVIEWED OTHER LIKE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CEO PAY OFFER.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS PRESENTED BY MANAGEMENT TO THE AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE PRESENTS THE FORM TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE SENDS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND REQUESTS UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE PRIOR SUBMISSION FOR REVIEW BY THE COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE FISCAL OFFICER, REVIEWED OTHER LIKE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CEO PAY OFFER.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA ITS WEBSITE: SOUTHERNTIERNETWORK.ORG (UNDER PUBLIC DOCUMENTS).
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	OTHER FEES FOR SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 385,763. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 10,603. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 396,366.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	NO CHANGE IN THE PROCESS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.