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PIONEER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 48-0493444 ULYSSES, KS

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Revenue 2024
$84,244,560
Expenses 2024
$80,992,527

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 368

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 BE THE DYNAMIC REGIONAL PROVIDER OF SAFE, RELIABLE ENERGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, WORKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR MEMBER-OWNERS AND CUSTOMERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS

  • DISTRIBUTED ELECTRICITY TO APPROXIMATELY 17,000 RETAIL ELECTRIC METERS OF PIONEER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 17,000 RETAIL ELECTRIC METERS WHO ARE SERVED THROUGH SOUTHERN PIONEER ELECTRIC COMPANY, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY.

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.

  • Lindsay Campbell

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $730,935
    From this org
    $617,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $113,734
    Hours/week
    24.8 + 20.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $461,912
    Bonus
    $34,117
    Other
    $121,172
    Deferred
    $104,162
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,572
    Filer's total
    $730,935
  • Chantry Scott

    ASSISTANT CEO & CFO

    Total calculated
    $611,501
    From this org
    $422,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $189,335
    Hours/week
    22.9 + 18.7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,839
    Bonus
    $19,033
    Other
    $73,294
    Deferred
    $158,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,681
    Filer's total
    $611,501
  • Clinton Meier

    VP OF ENGINEERING & OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $396,538
    From this org
    $233,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $163,013
    Hours/week
    27.8 + 17 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,729
    Bonus
    $283
    Other
    $9,513
    Deferred
    $134,132
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,881
    Filer's total
    $396,538
  • Ross Riley

    MANAGER OF ENGINEER & OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $373,051
    From this org
    $202,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $170,323
    Hours/week
    42.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,703
    Bonus
    $280
    Other
    $7,745
    Deferred
    $139,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,481
    Filer's total
    $373,051
  • Stephen Epperson

    CEO (UNTIL 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $367,353
    From this org
    $264,509
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,844
    Hours/week
    8.5 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,584
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,925
    Deferred
    $95,374
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,470
    Filer's total
    $367,353
  • Anita Wendt

    VP OF ENERGY SERVICES (UNTIL 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $333,671
    From this org
    $251,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,705
    Hours/week
    25.1 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,013
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,953
    Deferred
    $61,798
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,907
    Filer's total
    $333,671
  • Neal Mangels

    OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $303,599
    From this org
    $178,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $124,951
    Hours/week
    47.9

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,060
    Bonus
    $306
    Other
    $7,282
    Deferred
    $96,070
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,881
    Filer's total
    $303,599
  • Nathan Gillespie

    MANAGER OF OPERATIONS & ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $292,599
    From this org
    $190,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,276
    Hours/week
    4.9 + 40.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,152
    Bonus
    $280
    Other
    $4,891
    Deferred
    $70,395
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,881
    Filer's total
    $292,599
  • Sherry Easton

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $267,663
    From this org
    $190,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,987
    Hours/week
    21 + 21.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,912
    Bonus
    $280
    Other
    $6,484
    Deferred
    $56,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,987
    Filer's total
    $267,663
  • Melissa Morales

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $239,611
    From this org
    $167,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,041
    Hours/week
    29.9 + 11.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,857
    Bonus
    $306
    Other
    $6,407
    Deferred
    $41,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,081
    Filer's total
    $239,611
  • Scott Hittle

    CREW FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $225,351
    From this org
    $160,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,071
    Hours/week
    50.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,415
    Bonus
    $306
    Other
    $559
    Deferred
    $34,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,381
    Filer's total
    $225,351
  • Michael Brewer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $47,806
    From this org
    $47,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7 + 5 related
  • James N Bell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $39,700
    From this org
    $39,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Jeff Moyer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $38,135
    From this org
    $38,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 4 related
  • David Light

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $31,600
    From this org
    $31,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 3 related
  • Lori Deyoe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $28,700
    From this org
    $28,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related
  • Mark Goehring

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $21,000
    From this org
    $21,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • John R Jury

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $21,000
    From this org
    $21,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.6 related
  • Charles E Milburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $20,100
    From this org
    $20,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.6 related
  • Alfred Alexander

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $14,025
    From this org
    $14,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.4 related
  • Darcy Alexander

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,900
    From this org
    $6,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.3 related

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
    $84,244,560
    Expenses
    $80,992,527
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $77,251
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $84,514,183
    Expenses
    $81,171,709
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $93,931
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $104,169,283
    Expenses
    $99,132,757
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $85,990

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
    $104,061,245
    Expenses
    $96,339,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $284,468,248
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,263,380
    Expenses
    $76,919,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $266,825,442
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $82,434,415
    Expenses
    $82,434,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $266,111,063
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $84,142,582
    Expenses
    $84,142,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $259,362,834
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $87,750,756
    Expenses
    $75,843,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,008,380
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $94,951,627
    Expenses
    $80,893,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $240,877,579
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $89,779,303
    Expenses
    $79,969,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,004,484
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $110,027,619
    Expenses
    $89,698,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $212,685,413
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $108,065,936
    Expenses
    $88,198,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,406,953
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $85,443,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,831,959

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

  • USD 214

    $12,500

    2024 HUGS - LIBRARY READING RECHARGE PROGRAM ($4,000), HUGS DONATION ($5,000), HUGS - HICKOK ELEM MUSIC SAFETY PROGRAM ($3,000), OM WORLDS DONATION ($400) & SULLIVAN ANNUAL CHILI FEED (100)

  • 2022 MULTI-USE WALKING TRAIL ($10,000), FREEDOM WELLNESS CHALLENGE ($100)

  • USD 214

    $6,850

    2023 DRYING RACKS FOR ELEMENTARY ART ($500), LIBRARY UPGRADES ($5,000), BUCKET DRUMMING CARDIO ($1,000), AFTER PROM AND CROSS COUNTRY DONATION ($350)

  • 2023 EQUIPMENT FOR TECH PROPERTIES PROJECT

  • USD 217

    $5,250

    2022 ROLLA SCHOOL LED LIGHTING ($5,000), AFTER PROM DONATIONS ($100), ELEMENTARY SANTA DAY ($150)

Where these grants went next →

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 on its 2024 return

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

  • SOUTHERN PIONEER ELECTRIC COMPANY

    C · ELECTRICITY SALES · KS · 100% owned · share of income $3,252,033 · share of assets $189,475,788 · controlled entity

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.