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YELLOWSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 81-0211565 HUNTLEY, MT

Largest nonprofits in Montana

Revenue 2025
$46,527,251
Expenses 2025
$44,008,720

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 249

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL POWER AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF MONTANA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YELLOWSTONE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. OPERATES AS AN RURAL ELECTRIC UTILITY ON A NON PROFIT BASIS BY PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER AND UTILITY SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AND PATRONS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF MONTANA. THE COOPERATIVE IS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501 (C) (12).

  • COOPERATIVE RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER AND SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 19,341 MEMBERS AND PATRONS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dave Kelsey

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $56,390
    From this org
    $26,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,241
    Hours/week
    10

  • Daniel R Swartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $37,181
    From this org
    $6,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,241
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jwilliam Keller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,457
    From this org
    $7,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,170
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry Kaufman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $23,705
    From this org
    $8,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,005
    Hours/week
    5

  • Greg Neibauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,820
    From this org
    $12,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,602
    Hours/week
    5

  • Scott Hofferber

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $41,654
    From this org
    $11,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,241
    Hours/week
    4

  • Chris White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,067
    From this org
    $16,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Brandon J Wittman

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $588,999
    From this org
    $471,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $471,251
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $87,926
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,822
    Filer's total
    $588,999

  • Monti Wetsch Shaules

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $266,409
    From this org
    $192,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,544
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $58,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,500
    Filer's total
    $266,409

  • Mariah Hoffman

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $177,521
    From this org
    $123,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,461
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $38,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,542
    Filer's total
    $177,521

  • Jerome Wandler

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $287,334
    From this org
    $199,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,003
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,331
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $61,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,011
    Filer's total
    $287,334

  • Jared Haworth

    LINEMAN SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $246,570
    From this org
    $164,541
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,029
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,541
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,822
    Filer's total
    $246,570

  • James Webber

    ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $262,052
    From this org
    $177,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,027
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $54,783
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,242
    Filer's total
    $262,052

  • Cody Houska

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $281,721
    From this org
    $193,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,891
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,830
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $61,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,011
    Filer's total
    $281,721

  • Michael Teter

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $251,443
    From this org
    $163,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,891
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,552
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $61,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,011
    Filer's total
    $251,443

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $46,527,251
    Expenses
    $44,008,720
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $44,511,489
    Expenses
    $42,554,840
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $42,019,034
    Expenses
    $41,306,402
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,035,298
    Expenses
    $39,185,832
    Contributions
    $0
    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
    $39,379,515
    Expenses
    $37,690,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,881,351

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,671,573
    Expenses
    $35,525,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,220,193

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,958,213
    Expenses
    $35,211,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,711,563

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,413,514
    Expenses
    $33,038,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,408,332

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,979,609
    Expenses
    $34,046,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,580,604

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,254,740
    Expenses
    $31,497,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,415,488

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,523,622
    Expenses
    $32,284,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,087,991

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,255,340
    Expenses
    $31,900,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,521,249

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,984,546
    Expenses
    $30,926,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,727,360

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $30,303,647
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,829,052

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 as related by

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.