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BUTLER RURAL ELECTRIC COOP INC

EIN 31-0231070 OXFORD, OH

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Revenue 2024
$38,311,420
Expenses 2024
$38,311,420

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
3888 STILLWELL BECKETT RD

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

TO BE A DYNAMIC PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION GUIDED BY COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES AND TO PROVIDE ENERGY AND OTHER VALUE-ADDED SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS. THE COOPERATIVE WILL PARTICIPATE IN ITS COMMUNITIES PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUTLER RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVE PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICES TO MEMBERS IN BUTLER HAMILTON PREBLE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

  • THE COOPERATIVE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE THE MEMBERS IN BUTLER HAMILTON PREBLE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTINES

    Expenses $38,311,420 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $38,311,420

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.

  • Thomas Wolfenbarger

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $331,161
    From this org
    $237,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $93,581
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,797
    Bonus
    $5,814
    Other
    $11,969
    Deferred
    $62,736
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,154
    Filer's total
    $345,470
  • Julie Abbott

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $208,518
    From this org
    $153,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,381
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,513
    Bonus
    $5,198
    Other
    $2,375
    Deferred
    $28,953
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,158
    Filer's total
    $214,197
  • Laura Smith

    DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AND MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $211,435
    From this org
    $152,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,816
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,223
    Bonus
    $3,598
    Other
    $3,798
    Deferred
    $33,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,053
    Filer's total
    $223,352
  • Michael Johnson

    LEAD LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $201,617
    From this org
    $150,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,817
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,697
    Bonus
    $1,397
    Other
    $2,706
    Deferred
    $21,420
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,597
    Filer's total
    $214,817
  • Steven Abrams

    LEAD LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $205,535
    From this org
    $153,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,040
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,023
    Bonus
    $575
    Other
    $897
    Deferred
    $22,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,856
    Filer's total
    $218,968
  • Raymond Brunner

    OPERATIONS CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $201,692
    From this org
    $149,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,477
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,525
    Bonus
    $1,909
    Other
    $3,781
    Deferred
    $22,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,625
    Filer's total
    $214,753
  • David Evans

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $23,020
    From this org
    $23,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • James Meador

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $18,745
    From this org
    $18,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Michael Tilton

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $16,986
    From this org
    $16,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Robert Hoelle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $4,135
    From this org
    $4,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Thomas McQuiston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,050
    From this org
    $15,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • James O'Brien

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $13,902
    From this org
    $13,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ronald Kolb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $9,110
    From this org
    $9,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Robert Spaeth

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,843
    From this org
    $10,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jay Hasbrook

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $12,952
    From this org
    $12,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Vickie Jo Barger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,900
    From this org
    $6,900
    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
    $38,311,420
    Expenses
    $38,311,420
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $25,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $36,467,194
    Expenses
    $36,467,194
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $21,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,254,459
    Expenses
    $37,254,459
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $17,000

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
    $35,958,515
    Expenses
    $35,958,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,497,064
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,147,071
    Expenses
    $34,147,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,038,722
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,338,260
    Expenses
    $34,338,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,731,016

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

  • BREC Scholarships

    $17,000

    2022 College Scholarships

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

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.