Private company

South Central Communications

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South Central Communications, Inc. d/b/a SCC Networks is a company owned by GRM Networks that provides local telephone service to communities in Iowa, including Murray, Lorimor, and Corydon.2 It was founded in 1996.1 It is headquartered in Princeton.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersPrinceton1
  • Websitewww.grm.net

South Central Communications, Inc. d/b/a SCC Networks is a company owned by GRM Networks that provides local telephone service to communities in Iowa, including Murray, Lorimor, and Corydon.2

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1996Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$4.1M 2022–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2022–2026: $4.1M in all. Federal grants $3.8M; Other federal assistance $194.2K; Federal contracts $120.3K.$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2022 · Other federal assistance: $9.6K20222023 · Other federal assistance: $123.6K2023 · Federal contracts: $47.1K20232024 · Federal grants: $3.8M2024 · Other federal assistance: $61.1K20242025 · Federal contracts: $36.6K20252026 · Federal contracts: $36.6K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceFederal contractsTotal
2026––$36.6K$36.6K
2025––$36.6K$36.6K
2024$3.8M$61.1K–$3.9M
2023–$123.6K$47.1K$170.7K
2022–$9.6K–$9.6K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2022–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Dec 11, 2024$3.8M from Rural Utilities Service: Distance Learning And Telemedicine Loans And Grants5 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award CLSS00000088813

Largest direct payments

  1. $9.6K from Federal Communications Commission: Affordable Connectivity Program6 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award ACOACP200000261850035022024
  2. $9.3K from Federal Communications Commission: Affordable Connectivity Program7 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award ACOACP200000261850035012024
  3. $9.2K from Federal Communications Commission: Affordable Connectivity Program8 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award ACOACP200000261850035032024

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 3, 2025$73.2K from Bureau of Reclamation: Glen canyon internet service9 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award 140R8125P0080
  2. Oct 24, 2023$34.1K from National Park Service: Care install fiber optic10 To SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Award 140P1224P0001