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BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 57-0124487 SUMTER, SC

Largest nonprofits in South Carolina

Revenue 2024
$91,445,577
Expenses 2024
$90,883,829

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
4000
Street
PO BOX 130

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 RURAL AND URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE COOPERATIVES'S ASSIGNED SERVICE TERRITORY WITH RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING MEMBERS WITH EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY TO RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL MEMBERS WITHIN THE COOPERATIVE'S ASSIGNED SERVICE TERRITORIES.

  • TO PROVIDE RURAL AND URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE COOPERATIVE'S ASSIGNED SERVICE TERRITORY WITH RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDINGS ITS MEMBERS WITH EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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.

  • Kenneth T Carter

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $324,608
    From this org
    $251,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,163
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,808
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,637
    Deferred
    $73,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $324,608
  • James F Moye

    COO

    Total calculated
    $202,494
    From this org
    $178,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,479
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,187
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,828
    Deferred
    $1,546
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,933
    Filer's total
    $202,494
  • Shakema S White

    VP SUPPORT S

    Total calculated
    $197,920
    From this org
    $145,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,586
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,334
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $41,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,275
    Filer's total
    $197,920
  • Tracy Geddings

    OPS. SUPERIN

    Total calculated
    $197,037
    From this org
    $134,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,791
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,246
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $52,437
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,354
    Filer's total
    $197,037
  • Taiwan T Simmons

    CREW FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $178,241
    From this org
    $129,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,869
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,372
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $41,331
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,538
    Filer's total
    $178,241
  • Linsey Robinson

    CREW FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $177,926
    From this org
    $136,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,070
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,856
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $31,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,803
    Filer's total
    $177,926
  • Charles R Allen

    CEO-EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $38,258
    From this org
    $27,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,274

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $21,174
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $6,810
    Deferred
    $10,242
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32
    Filer's total
    $38,258
  • Caren Schwartz

    VICE CHAIR-T

    Total calculated
    $28,108
    From this org
    $28,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.5
  • Mary B Sheridan

    CHAIR-TRUST

    Total calculated
    $24,958
    From this org
    $24,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ivan Sanders

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $23,158
    From this org
    $23,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Julian Dixon Jr

    CHAPLAIN-TRU

    Total calculated
    $22,258
    From this org
    $22,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ronald Fountain

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $20,736
    From this org
    $20,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Thomas Durant

    SECRETARY-TR

    Total calculated
    $20,458
    From this org
    $20,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David L Tindal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,308
    From this org
    $17,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Ronald Prestage

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $12,358
    From this org
    $12,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dwayne Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $11,206
    From this org
    $11,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $91,445,577
    Expenses
    $90,883,829
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $84,028,518
    Expenses
    $83,588,926
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $81,509,499
    Expenses
    $81,063,934
    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
    $78,967,679
    Expenses
    $78,797,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,858,929
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,630,599
    Expenses
    $76,630,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,057,071
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $81,015,427
    Expenses
    $81,015,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,705,618
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $82,587,386
    Expenses
    $82,587,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,905,586
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,132,680
    Expenses
    $76,132,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,888,340
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $77,831,926
    Expenses
    $77,831,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,764,503

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

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • BLACK RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CO

    C CORP · ECON DEV · SC · 100% owned · share of income -$20,448 · share of assets $1,153,468

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.