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← WHETSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WHETSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,258,510
Total expenses
$13,238,808
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$24,029
Program service revenue
$13,203,919
Investment income
$34,888
Other revenue
$19,703
Total assets, end of year
$47,354,922
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,226,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,128,729
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 POWER

    total $12,540,981 · related or exempt $12,540,981

  • 2b · Program service revenue: G&T CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $517,457 · related or exempt $517,457

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER CAPITAL CREDITS & DIVIDENDS

    total $103,442 · related or exempt $103,442

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $42,039 · related or exempt $42,039

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,888 · excluded $34,888

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,221,201

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,201,498

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $19,703 · related or exempt $14,717 · unrelated business $4,986

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $24,029

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $892,612

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $333,595

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,841,753

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $360,071

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $154,681

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,003,139

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,275,947

  • 24a · Other expenses: FEDERAL INCOME TAX

    total $3,080

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF PURCHASED POWER

    total $6,649,184

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - OPERATIO

    total $713,347

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - MAINTENA

    total $658,089

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$670,719

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $107,329 · end of year $451,250

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,374,440 · end of year $1,475,671

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $214,068 · end of year $151,649

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,684,305 · end of year $1,751,601

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,003,250 · end of year $895,344

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

    $46,295,116

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

    $12,290,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,827,472 · end of year $34,004,468

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $88,333 · end of year $89,964

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $8,284,430 · end of year $8,534,975

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,115,467 · end of year $1,258,554

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $28,434,975 · end of year $30,196,251

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $256,175 · end of year $271,388

  • 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 $14,777,010 · end of year $15,128,729

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE, QUALITY AND VALUE IN ELECTRICITY, DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE MEMBERS.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRIC SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 2,789 MEMBERS AND MAINTAINED 1,469 MILES OF LINE.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joel Adler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $11,957
    From this org
    $11,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.8
  • Scott Niedert

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,351
    From this org
    $7,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.7
  • Matt Cameron

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $11,692
    From this org
    $11,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.1
  • Krista Atyeo-Gortmaker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $12,915
    From this org
    $12,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.8
  • David Behrns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,265
    From this org
    $6,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.3
  • Tom Berens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,216
    From this org
    $8,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7
  • Wayne Jarman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,145
    From this org
    $5,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.1
  • Paul Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,983
    From this org
    $4,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Bill Tostenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,528
    From this org
    $7,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7
  • David Page

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $306,248
    From this org
    $167,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $138,844
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,190
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,214
    Deferred
    $98,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,874
    Filer's total
    $306,247
  • Mark Weber

    MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $157,331
    From this org
    $119,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,195
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,760
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,376
    Deferred
    $6,046
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,150
    Filer's total
    $157,332
  • Jon Christensen

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $186,817
    From this org
    $118,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,527
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $35,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,253
    Filer's total
    $186,817
  • Bridget Anderson

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $135,555
    From this org
    $117,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,612
    Hours/week
    45
  • Gene Sass

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $129,998
    From this org
    $100,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,298
    Hours/week
    43
  • Eric Pederson

    LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $181,818
    From this org
    $102,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,728
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,725
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,365
    Deferred
    $45,152
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,576
    Filer's total
    $181,818

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C)
THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C INCLUDES THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR DAVID PAGE, ERIC PEDERSON AND JONATHAN CHRISTENSEN OF $93,719, $42,087 AND $31,518, RESPECTIVELY. THE ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION BY THE COOPERATIVE INTO THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR DAVID, ERIC AND JONATHAN WAS $45,014, $26,260 AND $32,121, RESPECTIVELY.

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
11 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641669349301224

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