Nonprofit · EIN 84-3240474
COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC
Tax-exempt · WATERTOWN, SD 57201
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $4,292,692 | $3,588,264 | $704,428 | $4,790,398 | $139,998 | $4,650,400 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,612,019 | $3,387,449 | $224,570 | $4,083,201 | $137,229 | $3,945,972 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $3,300,263 | $3,125,420 | $174,843 | $3,898,828 | $177,426 | $3,721,402 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,149,237
- of which government grants
- $2,783,060
- Program service revenue
- $1,103,956
- Investment income
- $39,499
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $1,904
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $210,867
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,549,666
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,979,289
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $93,110
- Occupancy
- $22,757
- Travel
- $305,395
- Depreciation
- $636,483
- Program services (functional)
- $2,417,665
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,170,599
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,083,201
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,790,398
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $139,998
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,650,400
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,527,166
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,650,400
- Gross receipts
- $4,295,534
- Employees
- 96
- Volunteers
- 19
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- SD
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Holman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $98,269 | $11,189 |
| Terry Hoffman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $85,511 | $11,724 |
| Randy Tupper | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dave Gleason | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brenda Hanten | Treasurer/Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hugh Bartles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Scott Rau | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marjean Gab | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Schuller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Hanson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dwight Hossle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William Tostenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Heinecke | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Holman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $91,262 |
| Terry Hoffman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $84,013 |
| Randy Tupper | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Dave Gleason | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Brenda Hanten | Treasurer/Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Hugh Bartles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Rau | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marjean Gab | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Schuller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Hanson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dwight Hossle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| William Tostenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Heinecke | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Holman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $91,262 |
| Terry Hoffman | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $84,013 |
| Randy Tupper | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Dave Gleason | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Brenda Hanten | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Hugh Bartles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Rau | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marjean Gab | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Block | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Schuller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Erin Cameron | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Hansen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dwight Hossle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| William Tostenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 205 1ST AVE NE, WATERTOWN, SD 57201-2402
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Kathy Holman, 205 1st Ave NE, Watertown, SD 57201
- Signed the 990
- Kathy Holman, Co-Executive Director
- Phone
- (605) 882-5287
- Website
- www.communitytransitws.com
- Return prepared by
- Abdo
Mission
Community Transit of Watertown/Sisseton, Inc. is committed to providing safe, reliable and courteous public transportation to the Groton Area, Lennox Area and the following counties: Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hamlin, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, and Spink. Public transportation promotes quality of life, livability, self-sufficiency and freedom through mobility.
Program accomplishments
- Our list of accomplishments would begin and end with the record number of rides we provided in fiscal year ending 2025. Our total ridership for FY 2025 leveled off from the record ridership recorded in 2024. Our totals did increase in many areas but dropped off in others. The final figures indicated an increase of only 120 riders in FY 2025. These numbers were accomplished with less funding than the previous year.Expenses $2,417,665 · revenue $1,103,956
- Two areas of service CTWSI continues to take pride in are our medical transportation contracts and rides for veterans. Prairie Lakes Healthcare (PLH) and Watertown Area Transit (WATI) entered a contract for service in 2016. This agreement called for WATI to provide rides to and from all medical facilities in the city of Watertown and PLH would pay the fare. When CTWSI was formed in 2019, the contract remained in place. In November of 2024, CTWSI and PLH finalized a contract for a ninth year. PLH also agreed to an increase in fares at the request of CTWSI administrators.
- CTWSI is a South Dakota Medicaid provider and continues to provide rides for those sponsored trips to varied locations across the region. The most frequent destinations are Sioux Falls, Watertown, Aberdeen and Brookings in SD and Bismarck and Fargo, ND. Other destinations in SD have included Yankton, Redfield, Desmet, Milbank, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, Britton, Pierre, Mitchell and Rapid City. There have been trips booked to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MM and the U. of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Indian Health Services has utilized CTWESI for medical trips in our service area.
- CTWSI signed an MOU with River Cities Transit in 2020 to transport Veterans as part of the Highly Rural Transportation Grant. This grant allows CTWSI to transport qualified veterans in the counties designated as highly rural (less than 7 people per square mile) to appointments in a variety of locations. The HRTG pays the fare to CTWSI for the rides. In our coverage area, Deuel, Clark, Day, Marshall, Spink, Faulk, McPherson and Campbell counties are considered highly rural.Our overall increase in ridership is considered an accomplishment because of the impact our service had in our communities. Overall, the CTWSI ridership increased by over 8,000 in one year - from 182,002 to 190,603. Watertown's ridership increased by 13,000 rides from 70,500 to 83,614. The biggest increase was in rides for employment, which became the leading category for transportation. Overall, education remains the largest category for riders followed by medical and employment rides. CTWSI became approved vendors for the Veterans.Administrators continue to speak to any audience about the benefits and the workings of public transit. We assume the outreach we do is at least partially responsible for the large growth in ridership numbers. Social media is still our favorite source for advertising. We are in the process of revamping our website and are excited about the possibilities in the future. Word of mouth is still our most beneficial method of reaching the public and so we continue to be a face in the crowd as much and as often as possible.We are a member of the SD Transit Providers Association, Dakota Transit Association and Community Transportation of America. Co-Executive Director Terry Hoffman was elected as the new president of the DTA in October. He replaced CTWSI's other Co-Executive Director Kathy Holman as the previous president Kathy remains on the same board for one more year ending in the fall of 2026.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-3240474
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2020
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public and societal benefit (W40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,790,398
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,295,534
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $4,292,692 | $3,588,264 | $4,790,398 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $3,612,019 | $3,387,449 | $4,083,201 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $3,300,263 | $3,125,420 | $3,898,828 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $3,167,432 | $2,673,091 | $3,731,972 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-3240474).
Questions about COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC
- What is the EIN of COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC is 84-3240474.
- Is COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2020.
- Are donations to COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Kathy Holman.
- Who are the officers and directors of COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $98,269 (Kathy Holman, Co-Executive Director).
- How much revenue does COMMUNITY TRANSIT OF WATERTOWN SISSETON INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,292,692, expenses of $3,588,264 and total assets of $4,790,398 at year end.
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