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← NORTH WESTERN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NORTH WESTERN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,126,003
Total expenses
$22,126,003
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,153,888
Investment income
$821,588
Other revenue
$150,527
Total assets, end of year
$49,916,628
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,289,607
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,627,021
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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 SALES TO MEMBERS

    total $21,140,822 · related or exempt $21,140,822

  • 2b · Program service revenue: METER READ & RECONNECT FEES

    total $13,066 · related or exempt $13,066

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $821,588 · excluded $821,588

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $149,582

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $149,582

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $149,582 · excluded $149,582

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER NONOPERATING REVENUE

    total $945 · related or exempt $945

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $945

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,317,396

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $459,154

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $725,968

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $133,990

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,030

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,365

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $812,676

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,238

  • 20 · Interest

    total $766,802

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,394,547

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $61,685

  • 24a · Other expenses: POWER COST

    total $13,214,227

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $723,785

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSUMER EXPENSE

    total $497,351

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION - OPERATIONS

    total $462,087

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $449,902

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $197,981 · end of year $119,899

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,277,255 · end of year $3,451,805

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,623,762 · end of year $1,524,917

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $671,699 · end of year $758,733

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $106,586 · end of year $120,549

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

    $51,803,545

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

    $17,233,833

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,576,785 · end of year $34,569,712

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $8,847,479 · end of year $9,239,837

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $173,702 · end of year $131,176

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,369,836 · end of year $1,461,542

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $22,563,148 · end of year $24,364,139

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,355,581 · end of year $1,463,926

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $21,186,684 · end of year $22,627,021

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO APPROXIMATELY 5,299 RURAL MEMBER CUSTOMERS.

  • DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO APPOXIMATELY 5,299 CONSUMERS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF 1,080 PLUS MILES OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION LINES.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Darin Thorp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $326,013
    From this org
    $239,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,139
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,874
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $86,139
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $326,013

  • Andrew Overman

    CHIEF FINANC

    Total calculated
    $214,218
    From this org
    $141,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,638
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,580
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $72,638
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $214,218

  • Bobby Carter

    DIRCTOR OF O

    Total calculated
    $179,914
    From this org
    $116,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,896
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,018
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $63,896
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $179,914

  • Thomas Clark

    LINE SUPERVI

    Total calculated
    $169,026
    From this org
    $108,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,808
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,218
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $60,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $169,026

  • Chad Livensparger

    JOURNEYMAN L

    Total calculated
    $163,758
    From this org
    $105,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,036
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,722
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $58,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $163,758

  • Bradley Plummer

    JOURNEYMAN L

    Total calculated
    $161,827
    From this org
    $102,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,167
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,660
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $59,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $161,827

  • Nolan Swank

    JOURNEYMAN L

    Total calculated
    $146,949
    From this org
    $112,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,242
    Hours/week
    50

  • Ryan Wehri

    VICE-CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $17,200
    From this org
    $17,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mitch Headley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $17,050
    From this org
    $17,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Kim Shoup

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $11,000
    From this org
    $11,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Chris Oberlin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,450
    From this org
    $10,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Richard Polter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $8,500
    From this org
    $8,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Keith Stark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $8,500
    From this org
    $8,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jordan Ruffer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
30 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202631889349300408

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