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FERGUS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 81-0134746 LEWISTOWN, MT

Largest nonprofits in Montana

Revenue 2025
$31,906,904
Expenses 2025
$31,906,904

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
84423 US HIGHWAY 87

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

THE MISSION OF FERGUS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, SAFE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WHO WE ARE: WE ARE A NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE UTILITY OWNED, OPERATED AND SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS IN CENTRAL MONTANA.WHAT WE DO: WE DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES TO 14 CENTRAL MONTANA COUNTIES: BLAINE, CASCADE, CHOTEAU, FERGUS, GOLDEN VALLEY, JUDITH BASIN, MEAGHER, MUSSELSHELL, PETROLEUM, STILLWATER, SWEET GRASS, TREASURE, WHEATLAND, AND YELLOWSTONE.WHAT WE VALUE: WE VALUE INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND EMPLOYEES IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBER-OWNERS.WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BECOME: WE ARE WORKING TO BECOME THE TRUSTED PROVIDER FOR ALL ENERGY AND ENERGY RELATED SERVICES THAT OUR MEMBERS REQUIRE.

  • THE MISSION OF FERGUS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, SAFE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WHO WE ARE: WE ARE A NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE UTILITY OWNED, OPERATED AND SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS IN CENTRAL MONTANA.WHAT WE DO: WE DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES TO 14 CENTRAL MONTANA COUNTIES: BLAINE, CASCADE, CHOTEAU, FERGUS, GOLDEN VALLEY, JUDITH BASIN, MEAGHER, MUSSELSHELL, PETROLEUM, STILLWATER, SWEET GRASS, TREASURE, WHEATLAND, AND YELLOWSTONE.WHAT WE VALUE: WE VALUE INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND EMPLOYEES IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBER-OWNERS.WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BECOME: WE ARE WORKING TO BECOME THE TRUSTED PROVIDER FOR ALL ENERGY AND ENERGY RELATED SERVICES THAT OUR MEMBERS REQUIRE.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Terry Frost

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $35,589
    From this org
    $35,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.94
  • Jason Swanz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $48,448
    From this org
    $48,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.47
  • Brad Arntzen

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $38,365
    From this org
    $38,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.46
  • Bob Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $19,358
    From this org
    $19,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.3
  • Cathy Kombol

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $34,194
    From this org
    $34,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.17
  • Brett Maxwell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,983
    From this org
    $18,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.52
  • Paul Descheemaeker

    TRUSTEE (ENDED JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $18,736
    From this org
    $18,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.08
  • Paul Brady

    TRUSTEE (BEGAN JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $23,282
    From this org
    $23,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.03
  • Carson Sweeney

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $312,994
    From this org
    $217,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,122
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $50,578
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,294
    Filer's total
    $312,994
  • Sally Horacek

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $241,402
    From this org
    $156,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,111
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,291
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $50,353
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,758
    Filer's total
    $241,402
  • Dale Rikala

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $236,364
    From this org
    $152,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,476
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,888
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,082
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,394
    Filer's total
    $236,364
  • Bret Ophus

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $233,334
    From this org
    $153,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,309
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,025
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,457
    Filer's total
    $233,334
  • Mark Schwomeyer

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $202,778
    From this org
    $145,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,560
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,218
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,046
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,514
    Filer's total
    $202,778
  • Janine Didier

    PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $199,261
    From this org
    $135,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,608
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $44,377
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,276
    Filer's total
    $199,261

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
    $31,906,904
    Expenses
    $31,906,904
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $30,368,742
    Expenses
    $30,368,742
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,037,162
    Expenses
    $26,382,359
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $29,316,943
    Expenses
    $24,799,017
    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
    $31,455,586
    Expenses
    $24,939,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,583,115
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,024,541
    Expenses
    $24,736,448
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,112,695

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.

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.