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← WHETSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WHETSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,566,732
Total expenses
$12,517,576
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,468,550
Investment income
$49,026
Other revenue
$49,156
Total assets, end of year
$44,583,627
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,806,617
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,777,010
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 $11,858,621 · related or exempt $11,858,621

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

    total $485,903 · related or exempt $485,903

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

    total $90,802 · related or exempt $90,802

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $33,224 · related or exempt $33,224

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $49,026 · excluded $49,026

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,583,214

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,534,058

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $49,156 · related or exempt $54,900 · unrelated business -$5,744

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $923,249

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $333,022

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,788,393

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $335,880

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $150,196

  • 20 · Interest

    total $925,614

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,236,078

  • 24a · Other expenses: FEDERAL INCOME TAX

    total $3,197

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF PURCHASED POWER

    total $6,198,897

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - OPERATIO

    total $583,291

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - MAINTENA

    total $553,655

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$513,896

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $849,352 · end of year $107,329

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,100,694 · end of year $1,374,440

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $284,440 · end of year $214,068

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,425,978 · end of year $1,684,305

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $993,558 · end of year $1,003,250

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

    $43,793,573

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

    $11,966,101

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $29,799,707 · end of year $31,827,472

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $486,121 · end of year $88,333

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $7,863,059 · end of year $8,284,430

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,065,222 · end of year $1,115,467

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $26,760,797 · end of year $28,434,975

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $637,572 · end of year $256,175

  • 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 $14,339,318 · end of year $14,777,010

Mission and programs · 2024

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 2,730 MEMBERS AND MAINTAINED 1,467 MILES OF LINE.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joel Adler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $14,961
    From this org
    $14,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.7
  • Scott Niedert

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,286
    From this org
    $6,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Matt Cameron

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $11,639
    From this org
    $11,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.6
  • Krista Atyeo-Gortmaker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $11,514
    From this org
    $11,514
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.9
  • David Behrns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,199
    From this org
    $6,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.9
  • Tom Berens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,931
    From this org
    $10,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Wayne Jarman

    DIRECTOR (BEG MAR)

    Total calculated
    $5,626
    From this org
    $5,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.6
  • Paul Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,141
    From this org
    $6,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Darren Strasser

    DIRECTOR (END MAR)

    Total calculated
    $696
    From this org
    $696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Bill Tostenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,426
    From this org
    $9,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.6
  • David Page

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $292,521
    From this org
    $163,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,694
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,787
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,040
    Deferred
    $92,091
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,603
    Filer's total
    $292,521
  • Mark Weber

    MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $157,425
    From this org
    $111,159
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,266
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $107,805
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,354
    Deferred
    $12,881
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,385
    Filer's total
    $157,425
  • Jon Christensen

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $173,490
    From this org
    $114,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,241
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,706
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $543
    Deferred
    $27,618
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,623
    Filer's total
    $173,490
  • Bridget Anderson

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $130,215
    From this org
    $113,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,918
    Hours/week
    40

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 AND JONATHAN CHRISTENSEN OF $86,993 AND $23,981, RESPECTIVELY. THE ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION BY THE COOPERATIVE INTO THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR DAVID AND JONATHAN WAS $44,076 AND $31,451, 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
2024
Filed
19 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521709349301407

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