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← ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,666,138
Total expenses
$13,302,249
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,675,169
Investment income
$346,726
Other revenue
$1,644,243
Total assets, end of year
$4,773,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$888,246
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,885,617
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,302,249
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,302,249

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $10,625,851 · related or exempt $10,625,851

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SC LIVING - COMMUNICATIONS

    total $1,049,318 · unrelated business $1,049,318

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $346,726 · related or exempt $346,724 · excluded $2

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $890,857 · related or exempt $890,857

  • 11b · Other revenue: CREDIT UNION REIMBURSEMENT

    total $662,351 · related or exempt $662,351

  • 11c · Other revenue: PROF DEV - COMMUNICATIONS

    total $91,035 · related or exempt $91,035

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,644,243

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $768,025 · program services $768,025

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,982,116 · program services $1,982,116

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE

    total $3,992,872 · program services $3,992,872

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $2,487,863 · program services $2,487,863

  • 24c · Other expenses: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

    total $2,007,211 · program services $2,007,211

  • 24d · Other expenses: LOSS CONTROL AND TRAINING

    total $1,647,569 · program services $1,647,569

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $416,593 · program services $416,593

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,008,565 · end of year $835,708

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,153 · end of year $12,422

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $281,834 · end of year $351,210

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $113,299 · end of year $108,559

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

    $4,684,591

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

    $2,570,006

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,172,970 · end of year $2,114,585

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $250,538

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,172,104 · end of year $1,351,379

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $744,904 · end of year $235,853

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $755,831 · end of year $652,393

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $3,521,728 · end of year $3,885,617

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO CONSUMERS IN THE MEMBERS' SERVICE AREAS.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O ECSC IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO: -FOSTER, DEVELOP AND ENCOURAGE THE PROGRAM OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA -FURTHER THE GENERAL WELFARE AND TO PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS OF ECSC; TO FURTHER THE SAFETY, STABILITY, SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES; TO AID IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS COMMON TO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES -DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM; TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL AGENCIES IN THE PROMOTION OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND NATIONAL, STATE, COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL STIMULATE LOCAL GROWTH, STABILITY AND SECURITY AND STRENGTHEN THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA -OTHERWISE ASSIST THE MEMBERS OF ECSC TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC ENERGY TO INHABITANTS OF MEMBER SERVICE AREAS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST CONSISTENT WITH SOUND ECONOMY -OPERATE ALWAYS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBER COOPERATIVES AND THROUGH THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR CONSUMERS, DOING THOSE THINGS THROUGH ECSC THAT CAN BE DONE BETTER TOGETHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY

    Expenses $13,302,249 · Revenue $11,675,169

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Theresa S Hicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry W Mallard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Johnnie L Dickert

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Wterry Ricketts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary L Stooksbury

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Willis Sanders

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Mike S Fuller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Gibson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kenneth G Southerlin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jimmy Lee Dodgens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Norris R Fowler Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Matt D Stanley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad Capps

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamey Copeland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert C Hochstetler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Douglas Reeves

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lavern Polk

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Walling

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Jeff M Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Felkel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bruce G Bacon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Derial Ogburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel B Shelley III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald H Floyd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcus E Cook

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Carter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vince Furtick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian W Broughton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donette B Kirkland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • B Robert Paulling

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James L Lovinggood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert W Bobby Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack G Vallentine III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Keith Avery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • D Terrell Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • A Berl Davis Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Don E Coker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Rob G Ardis III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad T Lowder

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • William T Robinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tommie Bratton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • E Paul Basha

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Couick

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $768,025
    From this org
    $601,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $166,291
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $526,103
    Bonus
    $61,190
    Other
    $14,441
    Deferred
    $150,381
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,910
    Filer's total
    $768,025
  • Peggy Dantzler

    VP - LC & TR

    Total calculated
    $262,161
    From this org
    $178,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,494
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,345
    Bonus
    $4,303
    Other
    $3,019
    Deferred
    $78,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,850
    Filer's total
    $262,161
  • Chris Koon

    SR VP-GEN CO

    Total calculated
    $396,232
    From this org
    $267,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,951
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,110
    Bonus
    $2,778
    Other
    $1,393
    Deferred
    $120,165
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,786
    Filer's total
    $396,232
  • John Frick

    VP-GOVN RELA

    Total calculated
    $392,376
    From this org
    $268,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $124,015
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,247
    Bonus
    $2,778
    Other
    $1,336
    Deferred
    $120,165
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,850
    Filer's total
    $392,376
  • Ann Westbrook

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $288,784
    From this org
    $190,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,374
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,287
    Bonus
    $1,966
    Other
    $6,157
    Deferred
    $85,791
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,583
    Filer's total
    $288,784
  • Michael Smith

    VP- BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $296,230
    From this org
    $192,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $103,688
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,009
    Bonus
    $2,828
    Other
    $5,705
    Deferred
    $88,037
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,651
    Filer's total
    $296,230

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 committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4
MICHAEL COUICK 0 55,693 0
SCHEDULE J, PART III
OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION (COLUMN B (III))INCLUDES GROUP TERM LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR AMOUNTS OVER 50,000 AND EMPLOYER PROVIDED AUTOMOBILE INCOME. RETIREMENT AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION (COLUMN C) INCLUDES EMPLOYER 401(K) MATCHING, EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN, AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN (EBR PLAN). NONTAXABLE BENEFITS (COLUMN D) INCLUDE EMPLOYER PAID INSURANCE PREMIUMS (HEALTH, DENTAL, ETC.), EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FSA DEPENDENT CARE ACCOUNT. BOTH, COLUMN (C) AND COLUMN (D), INCLUDE BENEFITS THAT ARE NOT REPORTABLE ON W-2, 1099-MISC, OR 1099-NEC, AND THEREFORE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE EXCISE TAX FOR TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER IRC SECTION 4960. THE CORPORATION REPORTED PAYMENTS MADE FOR THE EBR PLAN IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS A COMPONENT OF COMPENSATION IN COLUMN (B)(II). AMOUNTS REPORTED IN COLUMN (B)(II) FOR MICHAEL COUICK ON THE 2023 FORM 990 INCLUDE 55,693 IN EBR PLAN PAYMENTS AND HAVE BEEN DISBURSED TO COMPLY WITH IRS RULES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATION'S BOARD ADOPTED EBR PLAN.

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
2023
Filed
9 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411079349301556

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