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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHWESTERN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,084,805
Total expenses
$21,479,722
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$197,523
Other revenue
$22,887,282
Total assets, end of year
$122,638,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,499,931
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$67,138,417
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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,114 · excluded $160,114

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $1,041,316

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $1,041,316

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,041,316 · excluded $1,041,316

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $37,409

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $37,409

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $37,409 · related or exempt $37,409

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $38,026,721

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $17,924,992

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $20,101,729 · related or exempt $20,101,729

  • 11a · Other revenue: G&T AND OTHER PATRONAGE CAPITAL

    total $1,647,103 · excluded $1,647,103

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $97,134 · excluded $97,134

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,744,237

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,004,144

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $917,498

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,150,417

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,324,715

  • 24a · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE, M

    total $5,699,054

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENE

    total $3,040,565

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE, O

    total $1,625,392

  • 24d · Other expenses: SALES

    total $1,327,494

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,390,443

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,447,569 · end of year $1,681,959

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $123,955 · end of year $128,603

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,615,717 · end of year $5,366,943

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,044,039 · end of year $1,069,967

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,004,380 · end of year $785,805

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

    $148,634,501

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

    $52,832,371

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $92,419,069 · end of year $95,802,130

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $16,261,490 · end of year $17,308,469

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $466,725 · end of year $494,472

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,293,557 · end of year $4,349,082

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $48,476,851 · end of year $49,228,007

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,608,834 · end of year $1,922,842

  • 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 $219 · end of year $272

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $65,003,483 · end of year $67,138,145

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NORTHWESTERN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, AS A MEMBER-OWNED ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY, WILL SEEK INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR AREAS OF INFLUENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COOPERATIVE IS AN ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS IN RURAL AREA PRINCIPALLY IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. ON THE AVERAGE, THE COOPERATIVE SERVES APPROXIMATELY 20,000 CUSTOMERS.

  • THE COOPERATIVE IS AN ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS IN RURAL AREAS PRINCIPALLY IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. ON THE AVERAGE, THE CO-OP SERVES APPROXIMATELY 20,000 CUSTOMERS.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kim Docter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,267
    From this org
    $11,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $597
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related
  • Robert Agnew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,578
    From this org
    $6,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $473
    Hours/week
    4 + 0.5 related
  • Lanny Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,523
    From this org
    $9,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $343
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related
  • Marian Davis

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $8,969
    From this org
    $8,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $269
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related
  • Lisa Chausse

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $16,922
    From this org
    $16,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $615
    Hours/week
    8 + 0.5 related
  • Kathryn Cooper-Winters

    BOARD VICE CHAIR - RETIRED 2024

    Total calculated
    $5,013
    From this org
    $4,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $448
    Hours/week
    4 + 0.5 related
  • Earl Koon

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $10,472
    From this org
    $9,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $597
    Hours/week
    8 + 0.5 related
  • David Snyder

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $10,287
    From this org
    $9,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $597
    Hours/week
    4 + 0.5 related
  • June Shelhamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,297
    From this org
    $8,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $597
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Candy Brundage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,947
    From this org
    $10,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $597
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related
  • Kevin Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,231
    From this org
    $8,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $149
    Hours/week
    6 + 0.5 related
  • Ryan Meller

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $361,918
    From this org
    $284,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,918
    Hours/week
    60 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,813
    Bonus
    $30,187
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $55,464
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,454
    Filer's total
    $361,918
  • Kathy Lane

    VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $222,595
    From this org
    $165,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,378
    Hours/week
    50 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,519
    Bonus
    $3,698
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,939
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,439
    Filer's total
    $222,595
  • Stephen Miller

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $224,479
    From this org
    $171,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,368
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,913
    Bonus
    $2,198
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,581
    Filer's total
    $224,479
  • Mike Frazier

    GROUP LEADER

    Total calculated
    $218,966
    From this org
    $174,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,162
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,619
    Bonus
    $185
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,882
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,280
    Filer's total
    $218,966
  • John Mailliard

    CHIEF LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $188,996
    From this org
    $146,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,156
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,642
    Bonus
    $198
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,035
    Filer's total
    $188,996
  • Ross Thomas

    CHIEF LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $206,918
    From this org
    $164,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,610
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,110
    Bonus
    $198
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,210
    Filer's total
    $206,918
  • Aaron Butler

    CHIEF LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $194,463
    From this org
    $151,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,374
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,891
    Bonus
    $198
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,129
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,245
    Filer's total
    $194,463
  • Alvey Lester

    CHIEF LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $197,152
    From this org
    $150,533
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,619
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,335
    Bonus
    $198
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,213
    Filer's total
    $197,152

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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.

  • MEMBER TO MEMBER INC

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS IN PAYING THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS · PA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NORTHWESTERN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NORTHWESTERN SERVICE CORPORATION

    C · CONSULTING AND SALES ACTIVITIES · PA · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by NORTHWESTERN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511549349301201

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