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← TRAVERSE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by TRAVERSE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,224,971
Total expenses
$16,224,971
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,048,864
Investment income
$133,466
Other revenue
$1,042,641
Total assets, end of year
$45,165,755
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,888,209
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,277,546
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 SERVICE

    total $15,048,864 · related or exempt $15,048,864

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $133,466 · excluded $133,466

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $25,590

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,037

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $23,553

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $23,553 · excluded $23,553

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $35,446

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $12,768

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $22,678 · related or exempt $5,024 · unrelated business $17,654

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $706,842 · related or exempt $706,842

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $289,568 · related or exempt $289,568

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $996,410

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,130,541

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $335,462

  • 20 · Interest

    total $829,099

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,259,057

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $8,765,402

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE -

    total $963,074

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENE

    total $940,023

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE -

    total $608,907

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $393,406

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,444,746 · end of year $3,224,728

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $970,964 · end of year $1,057,888

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $73,766 · end of year $42,152

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,011,003 · end of year $945,130

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $124,175 · end of year $118,980

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

    $44,060,833

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

    $13,329,749

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $29,305,595 · end of year $30,731,084

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,647,208 · end of year $9,045,791

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,046,681 · end of year $1,244,372

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $600,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $23,716,143 · end of year $22,984,809

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $41,548 · end of year $41,528

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,600 · end of year $17,500

  • 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 $627,938 · end of year $694,465

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $18,128,547 · end of year $19,583,081

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES, CONSISTENT WITH SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.

  • SALES OF ELECTRIC POWER TO 2,273 MEMBERS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3,399 ACTIVE ELECTRIC SERVICES.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Diekmann

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,375
    From this org
    $6,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.4
  • Tom Frisch

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT - MARCH 2025

    Total calculated
    $1,125
    From this org
    $1,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2
  • Terry Monson

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,750
    From this org
    $7,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.97
  • Matthew Glynn

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,250
    From this org
    $5,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Marks

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,625
    From this org
    $6,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Stacy Ehlers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,750
    From this org
    $4,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Michael Gaulrapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,125
    From this org
    $5,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Bradley Rudolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,500
    From this org
    $5,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Jared Hamling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,250
    From this org
    $5,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.6
  • Kaley Thoennes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,750
    From this org
    $6,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7
  • Jeremy Huhnstock

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $280,962
    From this org
    $212,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,532
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,430
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,467
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,065
    Filer's total
    $280,962
  • Dale Schwagel

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $238,775
    From this org
    $133,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $105,556
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,219
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $68,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,386
    Filer's total
    $238,775
  • Tayden George

    JOURNEYMAN LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $128,015
    From this org
    $109,095
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,920
    Hours/week
    44
  • Karen Lupkes

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $225,909
    From this org
    $130,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,234
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,675
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $57,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,702
    Filer's total
    $225,909
  • Richard Davis

    JOURNEYMAN LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $199,559
    From this org
    $116,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,961
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,598
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,903
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,058
    Filer's total
    $199,559
  • Joseph Gahlon

    JOURNEYMAN LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $178,631
    From this org
    $115,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,200
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,431
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,636
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,564
    Filer's total
    $178,631

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 3
OUR HR CONSULTANT MEETS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FACILITATES THE GM ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND GIVES THE BOARD SALARY COMPARISONS FROM OTHER MN CO-OP'S OUR SIZE AND RECOMMEND A SALARY RANGE. THE BOARD THEN DECIDES ON THE GM'S SALARY.

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
27 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612399349301951

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