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FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP

EIN 56-0227152 BURGAW, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$114,987,385
Expenses 2024
$108,532,189

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX

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 · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE HIGHLY RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES, INNOVATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES.

  • FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE OWNED BY THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. AS A HOMETOWN UTILITY, FOUR COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY TO ITS MORE THAN 32,000 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MEMBER-OWNERS IN SIX NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES, INCLUDING BLADEN, DUPLIN, PENDER, SAMPSON, COLUMBUS AND ONSLOW COUNTIES. TODAY, MORE THAN 5,000 MILES OF OVERHEAD, UNDERGROUND, AND TRANSMISSION LINES PROVIDE RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OVER 32,000 SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE RESIDENCES, FARMS, BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIES, CHURCHES, AND SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $108,532,189 · Revenue $113,705,753

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.

  • Clayton Hollingsworth

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,016
    From this org
    $24,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.75

  • Kenneth Thornton

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $23,366
    From this org
    $23,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5

  • Gene Jordan

    BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $22,716
    From this org
    $22,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Mary Rose

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,716
    From this org
    $22,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.75

  • Franklin Williams

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $21,091
    From this org
    $21,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.75

  • Steve Matthis

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,466
    From this org
    $19,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.25

  • Arlester Fullwood

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,816
    From this org
    $18,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.75

  • Bertice Lanier

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,816
    From this org
    $18,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • Ronald J Allen

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,816
    From this org
    $18,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.25

  • Carlton Raynor

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,166
    From this org
    $18,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.25

  • Donald L Gatton

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $530,432
    From this org
    $316,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $213,649
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $316,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $186,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,197
    Filer's total
    $530,432

  • Gary W Chitwood

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $247,997
    From this org
    $242,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,668
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,329
    Filer's total
    $247,997

  • Gregg A Cohn

    VICE PRESIDENT ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $288,219
    From this org
    $204,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,146
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,073
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $65,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,950
    Filer's total
    $288,219

  • Franklin S Cook

    VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $207,200
    From this org
    $157,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,458
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,478
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,980
    Filer's total
    $207,200

  • Gregory S Sager

    VICE PRESIDENT MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $178,237
    From this org
    $143,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,503
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,963
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,771
    Filer's total
    $178,237

  • Jennifer M Hedge

    VICE PRESIDENT HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $180,494
    From this org
    $139,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,014
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,123
    Filer's total
    $180,494

  • Anthony A Kent

    VICE PRESIDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $168,458
    From this org
    $128,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,171
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,287
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,788
    Filer's total
    $168,458

  • Charles E Reynolds

    VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $140,924
    From this org
    $124,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,284
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $114,987,385
    Expenses
    $108,532,189
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $109,316,259
    Expenses
    $102,478,548
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $108,859,188
    Expenses
    $101,159,650
    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
    $103,654,934
    Expenses
    $98,214,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $229,795,069

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $98,415,248
    Expenses
    $94,592,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $230,909,701

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $101,446,733
    Expenses
    $98,515,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $216,381,303

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $101,267,648
    Expenses
    $96,102,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $214,733,387

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $96,534,570
    Expenses
    $90,424,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,016,358

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $94,868,550
    Expenses
    $88,272,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $205,254,888

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $97,663,234
    Expenses
    $92,258,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,941,946

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $97,758,654
    Expenses
    $90,741,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $200,580,553

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $98,149,186
    Expenses
    $89,117,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $194,966,311

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $83,385,741
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,644,424

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 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.