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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by 4 RIVERS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,517,351
Total expenses
$29,445,682
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$5,570
Program service revenue
$29,443,810
Investment income
$61,578
Other revenue
$11,963
Total assets, end of year
$88,533,827
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,412,700
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,121,127
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 ELECTRICITY

    total $28,895,174 · related or exempt $28,895,174

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $297,921 · related or exempt $297,921

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER OPERATING REVENUE

    total $202,862 · related or exempt $202,862

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RENT FROM ELECTRIC PROPERTY

    total $42,891 · excluded $42,891

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $4,962 · related or exempt $4,962

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,578 · excluded $37,578

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $28,701

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $28,701

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $28,701 · excluded $28,701

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $24,000

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $24,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $24,000 · excluded $24,000

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $64,402

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $81,140

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$16,738 · related or exempt -$16,738

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,570

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,607,802

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,229,645

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $856,283

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $173,782

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $152,539

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $80,074

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $428,030

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,032

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,467,831

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,608,844

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $12,295,102

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - OPERATIO

    total $3,304,219

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - MAINTENA

    total $2,810,352

  • 24d · Other expenses: CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS & SER

    total $872,213

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $552,364

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,358,414 · end of year $101,548

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,846,334 · end of year $2,628,573

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $177,179 · end of year $1,989,472

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $301,747 · end of year $314,171

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

    $107,222,965

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

    $36,882,274

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,727,964 · end of year $70,340,691

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,923,621 · end of year $3,005,557

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $9,816,656 · end of year $9,976,456

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $168,776 · end of year $168,776

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,665 · end of year $8,583

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,071,835 · end of year $2,451,283

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $470,103 · end of year $438,458

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $37,882,059 · end of year $36,984,024

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $1,700,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $716,806 · end of year $838,935

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $44,188,553 · end of year $46,121,127

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SERVING AND CARING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY SERVICE TO MEMBERS.

  • 4 RIVERS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS A RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SERVING 7,663 MEMBERS ALONG 3,992 MILES OF ELECTRIC LINE IN EAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS AT A REASONABLE COST, CONSISTENT WITH MAINTAINING SOUND BUSINESS PRACTICES.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Felts

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $5,850
    From this org
    $5,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Stacy Heins

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,250
    From this org
    $1,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Schmidt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,565
    From this org
    $5,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Loren Dickens Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $7,850
    From this org
    $7,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Randall Bunnel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $4,150
    From this org
    $4,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Converse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,150
    From this org
    $3,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Ayers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,450
    From this org
    $3,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kunkel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • A Eugene Huston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,900
    From this org
    $3,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Kolb

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $310,293
    From this org
    $210,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,473
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,295
    Bonus
    $5,914
    Other
    $1,611
    Deferred
    $72,656
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,003
    Filer's total
    $312,479
  • Mark Doebele

    ASST GM/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $467,119
    From this org
    $233,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $234,073
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,583
    Bonus
    $5,991
    Other
    $2,472
    Deferred
    $203,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,492
    Filer's total
    $469,479
  • Dennis Svanes

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $490,554
    From this org
    $364,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $125,776
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $352,593
    Bonus
    $7,991
    Other
    $4,194
    Deferred
    $94,469
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,542
    Filer's total
    $493,789
  • Ken Caudell

    CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $261,766
    From this org
    $170,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,247
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,689
    Bonus
    $1,071
    Other
    $759
    Deferred
    $62,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,889
    Filer's total
    $263,523
  • Chad Guimond

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $191,165
    From this org
    $144,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,094
    Hours/week
    44.6

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,389
    Bonus
    $459
    Other
    $223
    Deferred
    $21,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,146
    Filer's total
    $192,444
  • Bryan Sobba

    LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $181,622
    From this org
    $140,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,902
    Hours/week
    43.6

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,061
    Bonus
    $659
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,071
    Filer's total
    $182,901
  • Zack Peak

    SAFETY & LINE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $248,741
    From this org
    $145,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $103,404
    Hours/week
    41.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,859
    Bonus
    $2,571
    Other
    $907
    Deferred
    $73,486
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,386
    Filer's total
    $250,209
  • Tate Lindberg

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $169,886
    From this org
    $134,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,295
    Hours/week
    44.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,011
    Bonus
    $459
    Other
    $121
    Deferred
    $9,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,149
    Filer's total
    $171,067

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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
ALL EMPLOYEE CHRISTMAS GIFTS ARE GROSSED UP AND A GROSS-UP TAXABLE PAYMENT IS PAID THROUGH PAYROLL.
PART I, LINE 1B
CEO APPROVES THE GROSS-UP OF THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II
AS REQUIRED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF FORM 990 AND SCHEDULE J, THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J COLUMN C IS THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN RATHER THAN THE EXPENSE ON THE BOOKS OF THE COOPERATIVE.

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
2025
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611819349300331

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