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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLUESTEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,004,266
Total expenses
$19,004,266
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$18,289
Program service revenue
$18,714,902
Investment income
$270,552
Other revenue
$18,812
Total assets, end of year
$64,685,026
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,154,407
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,530,619
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SALE OF POWER

    total $18,586,931 · related or exempt $18,586,931

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $105,955 · related or exempt $105,955

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $22,016 · excluded $22,016

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $147,197 · excluded $147,197

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $126,609

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $3,254

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $123,355

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $123,355 · excluded $123,355

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $24,882

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,070

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $18,812 · related or exempt $18,812

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,289

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $9,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $669,178

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $644,519

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,062,112

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $452,900

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $228,651

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $43,771

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,950

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,395

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,681

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $64,793

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $70,957

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,377

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,225,681

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,147,593

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $9,164,742

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION-OPERATIONS

    total $1,044,793

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION-MAINTENANC

    total $558,156

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN AND GENERAL

    total $243,854

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $226,874

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,479,429 · end of year $2,655,864

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,402,309 · end of year $1,747,843

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $330,587 · end of year $288,913

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,094,109 · end of year $890,078

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $68,401,603

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $17,357,682

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,020,196 · end of year $51,043,921

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,359,559 · end of year $1,963,553

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $6,010,015 · end of year $6,082,476

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,439 · end of year $1,439

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $84,588 · end of year $10,939

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,770,641 · end of year $1,662,676

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $36,607,335 · end of year $37,002,898

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $427,826 · end of year $488,833

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $125,760 · end of year $127,360

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $24,850,669 · end of year $25,403,259

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SAFE RELIABLE ENERGY

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SAFE RELIABLE ENERGY TO RURAL COOPERATIVE MEMBERS.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRICITY TO APPROXIMATELY 7,605 SERVICES/CONSUMERS. SERVED 2,900.1 MILES OF LINE.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Diederich

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $27,973
    From this org
    $27,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.92
  • Bruce Meyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $21,590
    From this org
    $21,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.43
  • Amanda Gnadt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $15,014
    From this org
    $15,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.98
  • Richard Ridder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $16,837
    From this org
    $16,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.17
  • Matthew Rezac

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $9,708
    From this org
    $9,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.28
  • Stephen O'Shea

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,839
    From this org
    $10,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.89
  • Gary Buss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $26,029
    From this org
    $26,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.57
  • Patricia Bloomdahl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $16,853
    From this org
    $16,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.17
  • Steve Ohlde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $11,066
    From this org
    $11,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.76
  • Dan Pollock

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $10,630
    From this org
    $10,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.57
  • Donald Classen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $18,423
    From this org
    $18,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.69
  • Michael M Morton

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $295,216
    From this org
    $222,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,177
    Hours/week
    57.73

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,751
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,288
    Deferred
    $55,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,800
    Filer's total
    $297,947
  • Trisha Bradley

    MANAGER OF ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $159,856
    From this org
    $119,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,392
    Hours/week
    44.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,495
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $969
    Deferred
    $11,704
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,238
    Filer's total
    $161,406
  • Tim Wolf

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $156,016
    From this org
    $115,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,678
    Hours/week
    44.58

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,593
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $745
    Deferred
    $19,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,953
    Filer's total
    $157,198
  • Baylee Easterberg

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $134,146
    From this org
    $116,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,604
    Hours/week
    44.96
  • Shelton Allen

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $146,825
    From this org
    $111,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,803
    Hours/week
    44.81
  • Jerod Chaffee

    MANAGER OF LINE OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $171,531
    From this org
    $117,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,328
    Hours/week
    43.11

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,458
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,745
    Deferred
    $25,236
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,537
    Filer's total
    $172,976
  • Aaron Massie

    OPERATIONS FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $162,219
    From this org
    $115,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,901
    Hours/week
    44.63

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,557
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $761
    Deferred
    $18,126
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,994
    Filer's total
    $163,438

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C
INCLUDED IN PART II, COLUMN C, IS THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN TOTALING $46,288 FOR MICHAEL M. MORTON, $20,351 FOR JEROD CHAFFEE, $14,098 FOR AARON MASSIE, $6,484 FOR TRISHA BRADLEY, AND $15,926 FOR TIM WOLF. ACTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN BY THE COOPERATIVE TOTALED $33,264 FOR MICHAEL M. MORTON, $18,326 FOR JEROD CHAFFEE, $15,270 FOR AARON MASSIE, $19,712 FOR TRISHA BRADLEY, AND $15,087 FOR TIM WOLF.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541139349300219

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