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NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED

EIN 41-0449191 BAUDETTE, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$16,230,507
Expenses 2024
$16,230,507

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 719

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

TO PROVIDE SAFE, RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

  • TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC AND UTILITY SERVICE TO 5,615 MEMBERS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE RURAL UTILITY SERVICE DIVISION OF THE USDA.

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.

  • Steve Arnesen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11
  • Michael Hanson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $11,400
    From this org
    $11,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Lorraine Nygaard

    SECRETARY-TREASURER - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $4,200
    From this org
    $4,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shelley Spears

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,900
    From this org
    $6,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tom Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,800
    From this org
    $10,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Douglas King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,600
    From this org
    $9,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Randall Bergan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $7,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Ferguson Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Holen

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $398,652
    From this org
    $180,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $217,681
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,353
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,618
    Deferred
    $185,310
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,371
    Filer's total
    $398,652
  • Robyn Sonstegard

    FINANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $212,167
    From this org
    $135,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,935
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $681
    Deferred
    $41,064
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,871
    Filer's total
    $212,167
  • Timothy Pelach

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $267,853
    From this org
    $136,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $131,826
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,881
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,146
    Deferred
    $99,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,371
    Filer's total
    $267,853
  • Jesse Huot

    SUB-FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $158,689
    From this org
    $124,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,816
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,689
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $184
    Deferred
    $20,262
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,554
    Filer's total
    $158,689
  • Todd Higgins

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $163,168
    From this org
    $124,356
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,812
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,146
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $210
    Deferred
    $25,258
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,554
    Filer's total
    $163,168
  • Todd Thydean

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $198,597
    From this org
    $122,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,842
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $908
    Deferred
    $62,288
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,554
    Filer's total
    $198,597
  • Preston Kennedy

    SUB-FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $155,324
    From this org
    $121,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,779
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $173
    Deferred
    $20,225
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,554
    Filer's total
    $155,324

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
    $16,230,507
    Expenses
    $16,230,507
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,130,658
    Expenses
    $16,130,658
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,601,117
    Expenses
    $16,601,117
    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
    $15,284,833
    Expenses
    $15,284,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,270,845
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,290,067
    Expenses
    $15,290,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,856,635
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,847,575
    Expenses
    $15,847,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,153,361
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,778,616
    Expenses
    $15,778,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,510,981
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,996,066
    Expenses
    $14,996,066
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,400,789
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,453,496
    Expenses
    $14,453,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,229,996
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,385,133
    Expenses
    $14,385,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,495,149
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,796,095
    Expenses
    $14,796,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,578,359
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,315,178
    Expenses
    $14,315,178
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,637,135
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,815,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,251,793

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 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.