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BUCKEYE RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP INC

EIN 31-4137520 RIO GRANDE, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2025
$52,986,241
Expenses 2025
$52,986,241

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
4848 STATE ROUTE 325 SOUTH

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 THE COOPERATIVE IS TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE IN THE NINE COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN OHIO. THE COOPERATIVE IS A MEMBER-OWNED, LOCALLY MANAGED AND DEMOCRATICALLY- CONTROLLED UTILITY WITH ROOTS GOING BACK TO THE MID-1930S.

  • NUMBER OF MEMBERS SERVED = 14,516, MONTHLY PUBLICATION-OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING, COOPERATIVE IS AN INTERGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE MEMBERS IN 9 OHIO COUNTIES.

    Expenses $52,981,241

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.

  • Kent Eldridge

    GM/CEO

    Total calculated
    $337,428
    From this org
    $232,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,855
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,573
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $75,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,105
    Filer's total
    $337,428
  • Melanie Lawrence

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $244,031
    From this org
    $166,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,931
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,100
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $47,538
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,393
    Filer's total
    $244,031
  • Justin Evans

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $228,815
    From this org
    $147,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,883
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $49,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,816
    Filer's total
    $228,815
  • Weston Clary

    COO

    Total calculated
    $208,820
    From this org
    $132,935
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,885
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,935
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $44,357
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,528
    Filer's total
    $208,820
  • Cody Walter

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $202,980
    From this org
    $147,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,650
    Hours/week
    52.39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,330
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,129
    Filer's total
    $202,980
  • Timothy Tucker

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $200,297
    From this org
    $150,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,951
    Hours/week
    51.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,346
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,430
    Filer's total
    $200,297
  • Jerry Rose

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $183,390
    From this org
    $130,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,343
    Hours/week
    55.88

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,047
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $22,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,663
    Filer's total
    $183,390
  • James Stapleton

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $171,771
    From this org
    $131,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,277
    Hours/week
    49.13

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,494
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,756
    Filer's total
    $171,771
  • Erin Schneider

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $157,130
    From this org
    $130,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,663
    Hours/week
    48.04

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,467
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $24,885
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,778
    Filer's total
    $157,130
  • William H Holcomb

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $20,300
    From this org
    $20,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.09
  • Paul Berridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $19,350
    From this org
    $19,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.3
  • Ronald Hatfield

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $16,650
    From this org
    $16,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.31
  • Daniel Newsome

    SEC/TREAURER

    Total calculated
    $16,250
    From this org
    $16,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.75
  • J Wesley Williams

    FIRST VICE P

    Total calculated
    $16,200
    From this org
    $16,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.87
  • Timothy Stephen Massie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $13,500
    From this org
    $13,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.29
  • Dennis Blakeman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $13,050
    From this org
    $13,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jodie Penrod

    2ND VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $7,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.51
  • James M Herrell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,444
    From this org
    $6,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.71

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
    $52,986,241
    Expenses
    $52,986,241
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $50,694,713
    Expenses
    $50,694,713
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $46,999,381
    Expenses
    $46,999,381
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $45,001,606
    Expenses
    $45,001,606
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $5,000

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
    $42,883,645
    Expenses
    $42,883,645
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,098,121
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,046,838
    Expenses
    $42,046,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,213,806
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,044,228
    Expenses
    $39,008,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,870,340
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,734,628
    Expenses
    $38,571,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,234,431
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,894,190
    Expenses
    $37,695,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,374,458
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $36,832,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,942,058
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $35,141,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,999,014
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $34,415,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,447,857

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.