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TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

EIN 38-1109570 PORTLAND, MI

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Revenue 2023
$67,971,587
Expenses 2023
$68,955,336

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

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
1000
Street
7973 E GRAND RIVER AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To provide our members and customers with energy comfort and communication solutions that will enhance their quality of life.

  • Revenues from sale of electric power to 27,060 meters. Added replaced 6.88 miles of line for a total of 3,420 miles of line.

  • Revenues from sale of high speed internet to customers 9,863. Constructed 618.43 miles of fiber to provide high speed internet and phone service to our electric members and other non-member expansion areas.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jake Borton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $8,075
    From this org
    $8,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.75 + 0.3 related
  • Christopher O Neill

    President CEO

    Total calculated
    $404,497
    From this org
    $296,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,723
    Hours/week
    40.8 + 4.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,905
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $869
    Deferred
    $81,538
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,802
    Filer's total
    $406,114
  • Patrick Simmer

    CFO COO

    Total calculated
    $224,768
    From this org
    $171,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,343
    Hours/week
    42.2 + 0.88 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,922
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $3,503
    Deferred
    $42,421
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,565
    Filer's total
    $225,411
  • Thomas Manting

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $250,114
    From this org
    $148,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,969
    Hours/week
    40.6 + 0.62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,354
    Bonus
    $4,750
    Other
    $2,042
    Deferred
    $75,784
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,763
    Filer's total
    $250,693
  • Jeremy Zuke

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $207,771
    From this org
    $169,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,083
    Hours/week
    52.56

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,359
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $329
    Deferred
    $14,949
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,812
    Filer's total
    $208,449
  • Christopher Reed

    Electric Operations Manager

    Total calculated
    $256,711
    From this org
    $158,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $97,735
    Hours/week
    46.38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,028
    Bonus
    $11,300
    Other
    $2,648
    Deferred
    $77,870
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,441
    Filer's total
    $257,287
  • Christian Jensen

    Engineering Supervisor

    Total calculated
    $237,466
    From this org
    $152,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,192
    Hours/week
    45.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,642
    Bonus
    $9,600
    Other
    $2,032
    Deferred
    $59,558
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,207
    Filer's total
    $238,039
  • Jeremy Zbytowski

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $194,073
    From this org
    $150,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,371
    Hours/week
    47.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,357
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $344
    Deferred
    $20,737
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,354
    Filer's total
    $196,792
  • Brian Moore

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $177,991
    From this org
    $142,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,769
    Hours/week
    47.87

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,935
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $287
    Deferred
    $12,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,853
    Filer's total
    $178,709
  • Luke Pohl

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $23,405
    From this org
    $23,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11.93 + 0.3 related
  • James Stebbins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $22,618
    From this org
    $22,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.12 + 0.3 related
  • Shirley Sprague

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $18,995
    From this org
    $18,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10.16 + 0.3 related
  • Theresa Sopocy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $17,390
    From this org
    $17,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.41 + 0.3 related
  • John Lord

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $15,845
    From this org
    $15,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.91 + 0.3 related
  • Ed Oplinger

    Secretary Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $15,845
    From this org
    $15,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.16 + 0.3 related
  • Kimber Hansen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $9,660
    From this org
    $9,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.36 + 0.3 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $67,971,587
    Expenses
    $68,955,336
    Contributions
    $64,821
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $67,642,226
    Expenses
    $68,228,698
    Contributions
    $84,779
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,432,429
    Expenses
    $62,723,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $193,902,809
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,156,556
    Expenses
    $56,283,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $168,577,443
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,720,249
    Expenses
    $52,994,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $149,313,985
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,245,926
    Expenses
    $51,984,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,024,562
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,625,823
    Expenses
    $48,825,823
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,479,118
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,487,981
    Expenses
    $47,687,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,985,980
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,701,698
    Expenses
    $47,901,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,189,035
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,734,166
    Expenses
    $47,934,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,579,031
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,366,504
    Expenses
    $47,566,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,468,777
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $46,413,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,609,132

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • Tri Co Services Incorporated

    C-Corporation · Sales and Services · MI · 100% owned · share of income $2,820,879 · share of assets $8,525,745 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.