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← FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP.

Totals

Total revenue
$108,859,188
Total expenses
$101,159,650
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$107,852,345
Investment income
$1,006,843
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$237,668,720
Total liabilities, end of year
$134,989,085
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$102,679,635
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: ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS

    total $101,994,655 · related or exempt $101,994,655

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE ALLOCATION

    total $2,761,682 · related or exempt $2,761,682

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTI

    total $2,659,665 · related or exempt $2,659,665

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ELECTRIC PROPERTY RENTAL

    total $436,343 · excluded $436,343

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,071,739 · excluded $1,071,739

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

    securities $64,896

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$64,896

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$64,896 · excluded -$64,896

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,250,654

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,593,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $514,365

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $144,818

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $493,229

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $458,445

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,579,645

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,925,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,532

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $66,010,544

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANC

    total $6,145,728

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE & GENERA

    total $4,736,281

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSUMER ACCOUNTS

    total $2,887,060

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,342,599

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,028,796 · end of year $4,150,381

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,000,000 · end of year $1,413,975

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,870,050 · end of year $7,085,667

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $4,586,508 · end of year $3,826,964

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,132,624 · end of year $2,756,935

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,462,530 · end of year $918,923

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

    $276,113,953

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

    $87,828,642

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $181,710,745 · end of year $188,285,311

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $27,003,816 · end of year $29,230,564

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,061,906 · end of year $14,166,304

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,500,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $106,162,298 · end of year $110,820,384

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,128,423 · end of year $10,002,397

  • 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 $94,942,442 · end of year $102,679,635

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE HIGHLY RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES, INNOVATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES.

  • FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE OWNED BY THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. AS A HOMETOWN UTILITY, FOUR COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY TO ITS MORE THAN 32,000 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MEMBER-OWNERS IN SIX NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES, INCLUDING BLADEN, DUPLIN, PENDER, SAMPSON, COLUMBUS AND ONSLOW COUNTIES. TODAY, MORE THAN 5,000 MILES OF OVERHEAD, UNDERGROUND, AND TRANSMISSION LINES PROVIDE RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OVER 32,000 SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE RESIDENCES, FARMS, BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIES, CHURCHES, AND SCHOOLS.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Franklin Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $20,072
    From this org
    $20,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Kenneth Thornton

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,197
    From this org
    $19,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.5
  • S Eugene Jordan

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $18,272
    From this org
    $18,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Rw Blanchard Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,247
    From this org
    $14,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.25
  • Clayton Hollingsworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,372
    From this org
    $19,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.25
  • Bertice Lanier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,697
    From this org
    $13,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.25
  • Arlester Fullwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,522
    From this org
    $17,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75
  • John Steven Matthis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,072
    From this org
    $18,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.25
  • E Carlton Raynor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,597
    From this org
    $15,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.25
  • Ronald J Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,772
    From this org
    $14,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75
  • Mitchell L Keel

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RETIRED)

    Total calculated
    $456,043
    From this org
    $453,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,437
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $200,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,606
    Filer's total
    $456,043
  • Donald L Gatton

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $453,895
    From this org
    $246,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $207,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,665
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $186,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,821
    Filer's total
    $453,895
  • Gary W Chitwood

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $217,919
    From this org
    $197,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,227
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,227
    Filer's total
    $217,919
  • Gregg A Cohn

    VICE PRESIDENT ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $267,571
    From this org
    $182,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,902
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $69,176
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,726
    Filer's total
    $267,571
  • Franklin S Cook

    VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $184,200
    From this org
    $132,376
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,824
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,376
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,076
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,748
    Filer's total
    $184,200
  • Anthony A Kent

    VICE PRESIDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $171,536
    From this org
    $126,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,648
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,888
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,703
    Filer's total
    $171,536
  • Gregory S Sager

    VICE PRESIDENT MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $171,625
    From this org
    $127,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,081
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,544
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,378
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,703
    Filer's total
    $171,625
  • Jennifer M Hedge

    VICE PRESIDENT HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $157,417
    From this org
    $126,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,178
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,239
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,979
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,199
    Filer's total
    $157,417

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

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
2022
Filed
27 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331189349300123

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