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LA PLATA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 84-0248168 DURANGO, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$118,213,999
Expenses 2024
$107,466,442

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
4000
Street
PO BOX 2750

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 · 2024

Mission

To provide our members with safe, reliable electricity at the lowest reasonable cost while being environmentally responsible.

  • LPEA is an electric distribution system; as of December 31, 2024, LPEA had 49,425 services in place and 3,803 miles of line.

    Expenses $107,466,442 · Revenue $118,213,999

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Graham Smith

    Interim Chief Executive Officer / General Council

    Total calculated
    $454,854
    From this org
    $369,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,989
    Hours/week
    60 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,561
    Bonus
    $32,614
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $60,988
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,001
    Filer's total
    $454,854
  • Jessica Matlock

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $448,214
    From this org
    $403,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,030
    Hours/week
    60 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,196
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $283,988
    Deferred
    $37,178
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,851
    Filer's total
    $448,213
  • Dan Harms

    Executive VP of Grid Solutions & Special Projects

    Total calculated
    $387,206
    From this org
    $318,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,992
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,415
    Bonus
    $40,248
    Other
    $46,551
    Deferred
    $37,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,937
    Filer's total
    $387,206
  • Elizabeth Howe

    VP of Administrative Services

    Total calculated
    $321,723
    From this org
    $256,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,403
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,782
    Bonus
    $33,248
    Other
    $1,290
    Deferred
    $39,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,721
    Filer's total
    $321,723
  • Patrick Berry

    Vice President of Finance

    Total calculated
    $299,151
    From this org
    $229,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,657
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,432
    Bonus
    $30,678
    Other
    $2,385
    Deferred
    $36,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,430
    Filer's total
    $299,152
  • Drew Timmerman

    Vice President of Information Technology

    Total calculated
    $273,628
    From this org
    $209,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,193
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,079
    Bonus
    $19,906
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $32,177
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,016
    Filer's total
    $273,628
  • Jerry Sutherlin

    Vice President of Operations

    Total calculated
    $270,869
    From this org
    $222,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,523
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,947
    Bonus
    $17,413
    Other
    $17,986
    Deferred
    $23,180
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,343
    Filer's total
    $270,869
  • Garrett Hammer

    District Manager - Pagosa Springs

    Total calculated
    $234,952
    From this org
    $181,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,492
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,430
    Bonus
    $17,687
    Other
    $17,343
    Deferred
    $18,714
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,778
    Filer's total
    $234,952
  • Aaron Renner

    Dispatch

    Total calculated
    $223,166
    From this org
    $185,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,182
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,012
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,972
    Deferred
    $10,237
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,945
    Filer's total
    $223,166
  • Rachel Killinen

    Dispatcher

    Total calculated
    $223,136
    From this org
    $178,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,845
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $157
    Deferred
    $10,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,508
    Filer's total
    $223,137
  • Michael Messier

    Working Foreman, Lineman

    Total calculated
    $215,462
    From this org
    $168,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,785
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,076
    Deferred
    $15,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,382
    Filer's total
    $215,461
  • Trevor Bryant

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $187,456
    From this org
    $173,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,260
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $133
    Deferred
    $14,063
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,456
  • Chris Hansen

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $86,315
    From this org
    $75,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,962
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related
  • Nicole Pitcher

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $24,194
    From this org
    $24,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9.01
  • Tim Wheeler

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $23,875
    From this org
    $23,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.73
  • Ted Compton

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $23,000
    From this org
    $23,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.21
  • Holly Metzler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $21,725
    From this org
    $21,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.16
  • David Luschen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $20,917
    From this org
    $20,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.01
  • Kirsten Skeehan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $20,691
    From this org
    $20,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10.26
  • Rachel Landis

    Board Vice President

    Total calculated
    $19,778
    From this org
    $19,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • John Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,929
    From this org
    $18,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.17
  • John Witchel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,771
    From this org
    $18,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.1
  • Kohler McInnis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $16,509
    From this org
    $16,509
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.11
  • Joe Lewandowski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $16,350
    From this org
    $16,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.31
  • Daniel K Huntington

    Director

    Total calculated
    $15,825
    From this org
    $15,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.95

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $118,213,999
    Expenses
    $107,466,442
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $106,908
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $114,201,372
    Expenses
    $110,409,487
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $197,780
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $112,117,449
    Expenses
    $108,527,921
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $293,148

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
    $109,650,926
    Expenses
    $102,414,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $287,521,885
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $110,158,125
    Expenses
    $102,315,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,318,898
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $112,584,531
    Expenses
    $107,646,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $292,781,922
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $111,229,210
    Expenses
    $106,577,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,179,864
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $111,595,637
    Expenses
    $104,563,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $308,431,574
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $105,969,471
    Expenses
    $100,102,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $302,738,376
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $109,097,908
    Expenses
    $101,521,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $320,248,798
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $111,780,722
    Expenses
    $104,297,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,345,252
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $110,607,660
    Expenses
    $103,222,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $318,594,843
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $99,141,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $315,037,167

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

  • Upper San Juan Library District Ruby Sisson Memorial Library

    $25,000

    2022 Stem Grant

  • DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT 9R

    $21,000

    2022 STEM GRANT

  • FRIENDS OF THE IGNACIO LIBRARY

    $5,750

    2022 EDUCATIONAL DONATION

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

  • FastTrack Communications

    C · Telecommunications for Business · CO · 76.25% owned · 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.