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← WILD RICE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WILD RICE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,527,960
Total expenses
$36,073,471
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$36,528,628
Investment income
-$40
Other revenue
-$628
Total assets, end of year
$78,642,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,065,283
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,576,882
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: Electrical Revenue

    total $35,832,050 · related or exempt $35,832,050

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Capital Credits

    total $503,287 · related or exempt $503,287

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Equity Method Partnership

    total $188,753 · related or exempt $188,753

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $4,538 · related or exempt $4,538

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74,840 · excluded $74,840

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

    other assets $74,880

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$74,880

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$74,880 · related or exempt -$74,880

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    -$628

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$628 · related or exempt -$628

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,481,371

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $502,220

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,523,265

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $881,224

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $292,635

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,285,472

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,583,432

  • 24a · Other expenses: Cost of Purchased Power

    total $22,689,263

  • 24b · Other expenses: Distribution

    total $4,894,050

  • 24c · Other expenses: Administrative & Genera

    total $1,744,109

  • 24d · Other expenses: Customer Accts & Servic

    total $1,368,676

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$5,172,246

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,090,081 · end of year $1,950,225

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,202,914 · end of year $5,267,229

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,319,903 · end of year $1,070,834

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $281,874 · end of year $162,730

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

    $93,600,319

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

    $31,385,093

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,518,197 · end of year $62,215,226

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $6,439,060 · end of year $7,957,878

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,200 · end of year $18,043

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,570,517 · end of year $3,950,932

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $109,654 · end of year $391,453

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $837 · end of year $878

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $35,396,879 · end of year $39,905,278

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,000,000 · end of year $1,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $313,141 · end of year $316,742

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $163,080 · end of year $157,885

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

    beginning of year $27,110,574 · end of year $27,696,850

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $4,194,547 · end of year $4,722,147

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Energizing our member's future.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The exempt purpose of the Organization is to provide electricity to members.

  • Wild Rice Electric is a retail power supplier, which owns and maintains over 3,646 miles of distribution lines in a 3,200 square mile service area. The Cooperative serves 14,701 consumers made up of 11,907 members.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Hamre

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $8,362
    From this org
    $8,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.4
  • Greg Lavoy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $8,482
    From this org
    $8,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7
  • Jeff Nornes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $10,357
    From this org
    $10,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.5
  • Jimmy Kaiser

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $9,607
    From this org
    $9,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.9
  • Larry Sollie

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $8,707
    From this org
    $8,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.6
  • Mark Habedank

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $7,907
    From this org
    $7,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.3
  • Randy Bjornson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $9,319
    From this org
    $9,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.1
  • Roger Winter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $9,221
    From this org
    $9,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.8
  • Russel Okeson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $7,846
    From this org
    $7,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.3
  • Crystal Askelson

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $134,793
    From this org
    $89,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,763
    Hours/week
    40
  • Elaine Garry

    Interim President/CEO (Jan-Feb)

    Total calculated
    $35,400
    From this org
    $35,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Wade

    President/CEO (Feb-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $269,490
    From this org
    $175,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $94,311
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,179
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $75,416
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,853
    Filer's total
    $270,448
  • Alan Brunner

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $163,528
    From this org
    $115,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,590
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,938
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,241
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,984
    Filer's total
    $164,163
  • Glen Sommers

    Journeyman Lineman

    Total calculated
    $125,633
    From this org
    $111,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,847
    Hours/week
    44
  • Kenneth Crane

    Foreman Lineman

    Total calculated
    $153,774
    From this org
    $112,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,286
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,488
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,674
    Filer's total
    $154,282
  • Thomas Houdek - Director of

    Member Services & Communic

    Total calculated
    $157,495
    From this org
    $112,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,842
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,579
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,714
    Filer's total
    $158,135
  • Travis Obowa

    Lead Lineman

    Total calculated
    $175,915
    From this org
    $112,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,022
    Hours/week
    45.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,893
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,083
    Filer's total
    $176,424

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 · 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)

Schedule J, Part II, Column C, Deferred Compensation
Explanation: Included in other compensation is the estimated current year increase in the actuarial value of the defined benefit plan. These amounts do not represent any current year contributions to the plan. They are estimates of the increase in the actuarial value of the plans received from the NRECA. The current year expense and the increase in actuarial value for each employee are reflected in the statement for Form 990, Part VII, Column f.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Wild Rice Electric Trust

    501(c)(3) · Charitable Purposes · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Wild Rice Electric Cooperative Inc

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442139349301654

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