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STEARNS COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION

EIN 41-0558175 MELROSE, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$71,510,283
Expenses 2024
$71,510,283

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 40

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

GENERATION AND PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS TO MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GENERATION AND PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY FOR DISTRIBUTION ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS TO MEMBERS.

  • SOLD 524,306,568 KWH'S TO OUR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS IN 2024. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TOTAL SERVICES WAS 28,559. WE OPERATE ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS TO GENERATE, PURCHASE, DISTRIBUTE, AND SELL ELECTRICITY TO OUR MEMBERS. NET PATRONAGE MARGINS, OUR NET INCOME, IS USED TO GROW OUR PLANT AND RETIRE CAPITAL CREDITS. NET MARGINS ARE ALLOCATED TO MEMBERS AND RETURNED TO OUR MEMBERS OVER TIME.

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.

  • Eric Peterson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $21,050
    From this org
    $21,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Randall Rothstein

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $17,000
    From this org
    $17,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Cramer

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $20,550
    From this org
    $20,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Robert Niehaus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,000
    From this org
    $16,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Arlyn Lawrenz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,000
    From this org
    $16,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Greg Blaine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,000
    From this org
    $16,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jerome Fries

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,000
    From this org
    $16,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Jeff Koehler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,750
    From this org
    $15,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Scott Dirkes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,500
    From this org
    $18,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Matthew O'Shea

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $396,864
    From this org
    $280,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $116,317
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,221
    Bonus
    $11,638
    Other
    $11,688
    Deferred
    $82,908
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,409
    Filer's total
    $396,864
  • Victoria A Herkenhoff

    VP OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $285,989
    From this org
    $192,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $93,645
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,507
    Bonus
    $10,474
    Other
    $4,363
    Deferred
    $60,612
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,033
    Filer's total
    $285,989
  • Cindy Anderson

    MANAGER OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $230,573
    From this org
    $149,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,014
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,026
    Bonus
    $9,310
    Other
    $1,223
    Deferred
    $48,198
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,816
    Filer's total
    $230,573
  • Glenn Blommel

    MANAGER OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $265,746
    From this org
    $176,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,825
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,921
    Bonus
    $9,310
    Other
    $9,690
    Deferred
    $54,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,934
    Filer's total
    $265,746
  • Ryan Zierden

    MANAGER OF IT

    Total calculated
    $231,248
    From this org
    $163,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,503
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,705
    Bonus
    $9,310
    Other
    $730
    Deferred
    $51,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,328
    Filer's total
    $231,248
  • James Turner

    MANAGER OF ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $198,706
    From this org
    $147,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,698
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,619
    Bonus
    $6,445
    Other
    $2,944
    Deferred
    $18,916
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,782
    Filer's total
    $198,706
  • Jacob Ronning

    JOUNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $170,810
    From this org
    $142,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,844
    Hours/week
    47.27

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,253
    Bonus
    $2,328
    Other
    $385
    Deferred
    $11,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,701
    Filer's total
    $170,810

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
    $71,510,283
    Expenses
    $71,510,283
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $68,934,211
    Expenses
    $68,934,211
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $64,351,952
    Expenses
    $64,351,952
    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
    $65,381,947
    Expenses
    $65,381,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,957,017
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,265,048
    Expenses
    $61,265,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,743,922
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,899,451
    Expenses
    $60,899,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,108,580
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,381,799
    Expenses
    $60,381,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,573,482
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $58,362,370
    Expenses
    $58,362,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,608,005
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,760,775
    Expenses
    $57,760,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,142,416

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2022 return

  • SEA DEVELOPMENT LLC

    LAND/ECONOMIC DEVEOPMENT · MN · income -$943 · assets $0

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.