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← BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,469,616
Total expenses
$17,300,815
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$2,953
Program service revenue
$17,145,339
Investment income
$321,501
Other revenue
$2,776
Total assets, end of year
$47,777,901
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,888,999
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,888,902
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: ELECTRIC SALES

    total $16,508,795 · related or exempt $16,508,795

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAPITAL CREDIT

    total $603,018 · related or exempt $603,018

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER SALES

    total $33,526 · related or exempt $33,526

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $321,501 · excluded $321,501

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $69,999

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $121,764

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$51,765 · related or exempt -$51,765

  • 11a · Other revenue: EQUITY EARNINGS

    total $54,541 · unrelated business $54,541

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $54,541

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,953

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,219,576

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $566,119

  • 20 · Interest

    total $663,875

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,426,939

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBI TAX EXPENSE

    total $1,439

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $9,836,305

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION-MAINTENANC

    total $998,098

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENE

    total $795,143

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $790,368

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,896,989 · end of year $7,459,646

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,243,101 · end of year $1,653,201

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,053,442 · end of year $1,197,729

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $54,383 · end of year $40,288

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

    $46,717,689

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

    $18,235,047

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,417,176 · end of year $28,482,642

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $257,724 · end of year $265,908

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $8,318,642 · end of year $8,630,455

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,306 · end of year $48,032

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,021,956 · end of year $2,143,133

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $49,191 · end of year $69,541

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $21,985,570 · end of year $22,647,439

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,312 · end of year $28,886

  • 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 $21,165,734 · end of year $22,888,902

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF BROWN COUNTY ELECTRIC IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS MEMBERS BY PROVIDING RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND SERVICES THAT ARE COMPETITIVELY PRICED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY SERVICE TO MEMBERS.

  • THE COOPERATIVE ENGAGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO APPROXIMATELY 3,760 MEMBERS IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WITH 4,560 ACTIVE ACCOUNTS. THE COOPERATIVE HAS 1,530 MILES OF LINES MADE UP OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND LINES.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Hayes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $12,750
    From this org
    $12,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.2
  • William Berg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,200
    From this org
    $13,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.8
  • James Hanson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $12,950
    From this org
    $12,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.1
  • Joel Christensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,800
    From this org
    $10,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.6
  • James Mickelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,450
    From this org
    $12,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Wendinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,500
    From this org
    $13,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.6
  • Gregory Mages

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,900
    From this org
    $10,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.1
  • Bradley Sprenger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,700
    From this org
    $13,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.4
  • Landon Sletta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,400
    From this org
    $13,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Michael Heidemann

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $270,584
    From this org
    $184,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,752
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $53,590
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,965
    Filer's total
    $271,307
  • Jennifer Rose

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $148,383
    From this org
    $90,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $90,275
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,050
    Filer's total
    $150,318
  • Brandon Havemeier

    ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,222
    From this org
    $122,799
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,423
    Hours/week
    40.1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,799
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,274
    Filer's total
    $180,687
  • Adam Fischer

    LINEMAN-IN-CHARGE

    Total calculated
    $155,981
    From this org
    $108,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,751
    Hours/week
    41.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,230
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,878
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,775
    Filer's total
    $157,883
  • Nicholas Horman

    LINEMAN-IN-CHARGE

    Total calculated
    $144,786
    From this org
    $112,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,413
    Hours/week
    41.4
  • Connor Nelsen

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $121,527
    From this org
    $111,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,326
    Hours/week
    41.6
  • Brady Kerkhoff

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $141,935
    From this org
    $102,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,663
    Hours/week
    41.5

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)

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. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR MIKE HEIDEMANN IS $44,005, WHEREAS THE ACTUAL EXPENSE FOR THE PLAN WAS $52,820. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR BRANDON HAVEMEIER IS $14,073, WHEREAS THE ACTUAL EXPENSE FOR THE PLAN WAS $38,930. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR JENNIFER ROSE IS $16,900, WHEREAS THE ACTUAL EXPENSE FOR THE PLAN WAS $38,930. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR ADAM FISCHER IS $12,187, WHEREAS THE ACTUAL EXPENSE FOR THE PLAN WAS $18,335.

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.

  • BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC TRUST

    501(C)(3) · TO ACCUMULATE AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442489349300004

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