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← BUTLER COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BUTLER COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,169,549
Total expenses
$34,867,930
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,350,702
Investment income
$669,779
Other revenue
$2,149,068
Total assets, end of year
$100,821,051
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,462,220
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,358,831
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 $32,350,702 · related or exempt $32,350,702

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $690,570 · unrelated business -$412 · excluded $690,982

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

    other assets $20,791

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$20,791

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$20,791 · excluded -$20,791

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $90,154

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $184,483

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$94,329 · related or exempt -$16,300 · unrelated business -$78,029

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $2,243,397 · related or exempt $2,243,397

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,243,397

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $3,255,598

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $465,329

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,303,923

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,187,552

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF POWER

    total $22,607,012

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXP

    total $1,522,344

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIST EXP - OPERATIONS

    total $1,188,423

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIST EXPENSE - MAINT

    total $1,093,168

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,244,581

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,100 · end of year $1,100

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,118,472 · end of year $4,000,462

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,103,695 · end of year $3,429,065

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,562,749 · end of year $1,298,819

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $297,655 · end of year $408,234

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

    $64,833,316

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

    $20,607,638

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,452,610 · end of year $44,225,678

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year -$42,703 · end of year -$44,318

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $40,556,559 · end of year $47,502,011

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,720,152 · end of year $2,812,830

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $232,988 · end of year $903,943

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $47,371,734 · end of year $53,094,545

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $710,209 · end of year $645,902

  • 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 $41,010,054 · end of year $43,358,831

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROVIDING ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE.

  • DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY TO APPROXIMATELY 5000 MEMBERS IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Poppe

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,660
    From this org
    $7,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Share Brandt

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $9,305
    From this org
    $9,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.4
  • Tim Schrage

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $6,880
    From this org
    $6,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.92
  • Allyn Harms

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,240
    From this org
    $6,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.73
  • Troy Feldman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $7,360
    From this org
    $7,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Gerald Schmitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,000
    From this org
    $8,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.15
  • Steve Boevers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,920
    From this org
    $1,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Grant Greenzweig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,480
    From this org
    $8,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.13
  • Ken Kappmeyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,605
    From this org
    $9,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.9
  • Tom Risse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,800
    From this org
    $8,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.85
  • Craig Codner

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $329,856
    From this org
    $211,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $118,259
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,597
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $81,688
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,571
    Filer's total
    $329,856
  • Bethany Carlson

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $61,223
    From this org
    $48,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,784
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sandra Miller

    HR/OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $234,106
    From this org
    $127,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $89,070
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,913
    Filer's total
    $234,106
  • John Endelman

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,383
    From this org
    $119,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,184
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,199
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,915
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,269
    Filer's total
    $193,383
  • Matt Mahoney

    ENERGY SERVICES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $174,824
    From this org
    $106,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,974
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,850
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,594
    Filer's total
    $174,824
  • Zachariah White

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $131,991
    From this org
    $108,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,043
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tracy Yost

    MEMBER SERVICE ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $175,831
    From this org
    $106,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $54,611
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,182
    Filer's total
    $175,831

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 · 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
CEO COMPENSATION WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN 2025 BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD USES NRECA COMPARABILITY DATA TO DETERMINE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE BOARD IS DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD MINUTES.

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.

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.

  • FIVE RIVERS DEVELOPMENT CORP

    C · ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · IA · 100% owned · share of assets $5,000 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BUTLER COUNTY REC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621489349300142

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