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DEAF SMITH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 75-0230385 HEREFORD, TX

Largest nonprofits in Texas

Revenue 2024
$58,835,798
Expenses 2024
$58,835,798

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 753

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 RELIABLE ELECTRIC ENERGY AND SUPPORTING SERVICES TO OUR MEMBER/OWNERS AND TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO RURAL AREAS AT COST ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS.

  • SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 15,389 CONNECTED METERS AT YEAR END.

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.

  • Michael Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,054
    From this org
    $28,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Danny Hand

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $31,019
    From this org
    $31,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Melvin Betzen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $33,721
    From this org
    $33,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Vick Christian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,298
    From this org
    $31,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Jim Hoelting

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $34,898
    From this org
    $34,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Steve Olson

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $25,894
    From this org
    $25,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Robert Boozer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $28,584
    From this org
    $28,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Timothy Burkhalter

    PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $300,852
    From this org
    $224,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,859
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,333
    Bonus
    $2,518
    Other
    $11,142
    Deferred
    $50,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,259
    Filer's total
    $300,852
  • Juanita Alejandre

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $236,836
    From this org
    $171,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,991
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,960
    Bonus
    $1,914
    Other
    $13,971
    Deferred
    $52,802
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,189
    Filer's total
    $236,836
  • Elio Hernandez

    MANAGER OF ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $197,331
    From this org
    $164,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,886
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,159
    Bonus
    $1,650
    Other
    $12,636
    Deferred
    $19,648
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,238
    Filer's total
    $197,331
  • William Steffens

    JOURNEYMAN/SERVICEMAN

    Total calculated
    $194,699
    From this org
    $147,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,824
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,623
    Bonus
    $1,361
    Other
    $6,891
    Deferred
    $22,318
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,506
    Filer's total
    $194,699
  • Johnny Beltran

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT/OPS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $199,163
    From this org
    $144,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,079
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,884
    Bonus
    $1,704
    Other
    $12,496
    Deferred
    $30,447
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,632
    Filer's total
    $199,163
  • Edward Fuentes

    MECHANIC/FLEET MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $173,634
    From this org
    $134,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,141
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,148
    Bonus
    $1,416
    Other
    $8,929
    Deferred
    $26,919
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,222
    Filer's total
    $173,634
  • Joseph Murray

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $168,241
    From this org
    $131,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,796
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,134
    Bonus
    $1,165
    Other
    $4,146
    Deferred
    $14,042
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,754
    Filer's total
    $168,241
  • Marcos Ramirez

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $172,427
    From this org
    $131,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,098
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,235
    Bonus
    $1,394
    Other
    $5,700
    Deferred
    $17,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,134
    Filer's total
    $172,427

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
    $58,835,798
    Expenses
    $58,835,798
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $7,696
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $75,169,966
    Expenses
    $75,169,966
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $9,150
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $86,716,385
    Expenses
    $86,716,385
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $11,529

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
    $79,450,297
    Expenses
    $79,450,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,981,381
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,266,853
    Expenses
    $64,266,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,883,212
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,673,046
    Expenses
    $57,673,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,498,916
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,029,981
    Expenses
    $64,029,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,405,149
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,260,979
    Expenses
    $51,260,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,041,231
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $58,878,060
    Expenses
    $58,878,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,808,275
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $53,250,731
    Expenses
    $53,251,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,672,121
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,714,253
    Expenses
    $73,698,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,487,113
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $71,657,420
    Expenses
    $71,594,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,311,063
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $66,067,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,614,086

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.