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← BLUESTEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BLUESTEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,515,990
Total expenses
$19,515,990
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$16,656
Program service revenue
$19,249,413
Investment income
$212,193
Other revenue
$54,384
Total assets, end of year
$63,678,036
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,340,899
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,337,137
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 $19,092,760 · related or exempt $19,092,760

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $156,653 · related or exempt $156,653

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $83,304 · excluded $83,304

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $365,651

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

    other assets $236,762

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $128,889

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $128,889 · excluded $128,889

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $31,999

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $9,342

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $22,657 · related or exempt $22,657

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC.NON-OPERATING INCOME

    total $31,727 · related or exempt $31,727

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,727

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,656

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $9,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,402,823

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $493,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,080,138

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $410,020

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $210,894

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,619

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,289

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $59,404

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,297

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,544

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,126,502

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,861,626

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $9,831,654

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION-OPERATIONS

    total $1,051,014

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION-MAINTENANC

    total $434,150

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN AND GENERAL

    total $205,479

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $181,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,984,758 · end of year $9,421,805

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,236,093 · end of year $1,465,383

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $230,822 · end of year $306,313

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $757,581 · end of year $1,113,592

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

    $55,848,590

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

    $14,779,604

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,571,041 · end of year $41,068,986

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,484,365 · end of year $2,932,748

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $5,748,007 · end of year $7,358,205

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,439 · end of year $1,439

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,869 · end of year $9,565

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,723,976 · end of year $1,801,817

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $35,455,064 · end of year $38,341,427

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $191,513 · end of year $197,655

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $121,370 · end of year $123,740

  • 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 $22,528,052 · end of year $23,213,397

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SAFE RELIABLE ENERGY

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SAFE RELIABLE ENERGY TO RURAL COOPERATIVE MEMBERS.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRICITY TO APPROXIMATELY 7,466 SERVICES/CONSUMERS.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Ridder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $5,810
    From this org
    $5,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.2
  • Donald Classen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,530
    From this org
    $6,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.2
  • Bruce Meyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $11,990
    From this org
    $11,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Mark Diederich

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $11,990
    From this org
    $11,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.5
  • Amanda Gnadt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,170
    From this org
    $6,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Patricia Bloomdahl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,920
    From this org
    $10,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.6
  • Gary Buss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,512
    From this org
    $18,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Michael Leitch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,650
    From this org
    $3,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2
  • Stephen O'Shea

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,410
    From this org
    $6,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Dan Pollock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,530
    From this org
    $6,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Steve Ohlde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $8,450
    From this org
    $8,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.8
  • Michael M Morton

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $280,841
    From this org
    $195,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,685
    Hours/week
    58.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,755
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,401
    Deferred
    $61,741
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,320
    Filer's total
    $283,217
  • Trisha Bradley

    MANAGER OF ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $134,503
    From this org
    $95,382
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,121
    Hours/week
    40.3
  • Jason Moore

    ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $187,468
    From this org
    $124,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,950
    Hours/week
    45.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,747
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $771
    Deferred
    $35,147
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,398
    Filer's total
    $189,063
  • John Bettencourt

    MANAGER OF AMI AND IT

    Total calculated
    $157,353
    From this org
    $103,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,585
    Hours/week
    41.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,531
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,237
    Deferred
    $34,898
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,020
    Filer's total
    $158,686

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)

FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C
INCLUDED IN PART II, COLUMN C, IS THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN TOTALING $55,726 FOR MICHAEL M. MORTON, $31,144 FOR JASON MOORE, AND $31,671 FOR JOHN BETTENCOURT. ACTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN BY THE COOPERATIVE TOTALED $30,674 FOR MICHAEL M. MORTON, $20,736 FOR JASON MOORE, AND $16,714 FOR JOHN BETTENCOURT.

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
18 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302009349300420

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