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LEWIS COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

EIN 43-0377360 LEWISTOWN, MO

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Revenue 2024
$20,461,725
Expenses 2024
$20,461,725

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
1000
Street
PO BOX 68

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 reliable energy and related services to our members at the lowest cost.

  • The Cooperatives service consists of 2,477 miles of energized line servicing approximately 7,350 meters. The service area covers part of 7 counties: Lewis, Clark, Knox, Adair, Shelby, Scotland, and Marion and the towns of Novelty, Arbela, Granger, Durham, Maywood, Monticello, and Medill.

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.

  • Staci Mesmer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $212,353
    From this org
    $143,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,911
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,442
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $39,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,102
    Filer's total
    $212,353

  • Rustyn Carter

    Lead Lineman

    Total calculated
    $175,165
    From this org
    $123,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,737
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,428
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $32,605
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,132
    Filer's total
    $175,165

  • Kendall Hawkins

    Operations Manager

    Total calculated
    $173,379
    From this org
    $118,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,509
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,870
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,497
    Filer's total
    $173,379

  • Theresa Simmons

    Manager of Finance

    Total calculated
    $163,901
    From this org
    $110,107
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,794
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,107
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $42,092
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,702
    Filer's total
    $163,901

  • Joe Lay

    Lead Lineman

    Total calculated
    $154,298
    From this org
    $108,805
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,493
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,805
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $16,272
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,221
    Filer's total
    $154,298

  • Ryan Booher

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $145,648
    From this org
    $113,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,155
    Hours/week
    45

  • John McCutchan

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $139,595
    From this org
    $108,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,125
    Hours/week
    45

  • Ryan Waterman

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $138,037
    From this org
    $123,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,012
    Hours/week
    45

  • Larry Clark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $10,500
    From this org
    $10,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.52

  • Michael Schantz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.71

  • Larry Smoot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $8,750
    From this org
    $8,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.53

  • Sandra Ebeling

    Director

    Total calculated
    $8,500
    From this org
    $8,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.07

  • Randy James

    Director

    Total calculated
    $8,500
    From this org
    $8,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.33

  • Angie Seals

    Director

    Total calculated
    $8,250
    From this org
    $8,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.1

  • Jeff Whiston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $7,750
    From this org
    $7,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.41

  • Donna Flood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $7,500
    From this org
    $7,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.2

  • Emery Geisendorfer Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,750
    From this org
    $5,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.41

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
    $20,461,725
    Expenses
    $20,461,725
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $18,981,133
    Expenses
    $18,981,133
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,484,145
    Expenses
    $16,484,145
    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
    $16,122,435
    Expenses
    $16,122,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,864,852

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,389,857
    Expenses
    $16,389,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,530,951

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,745,089
    Expenses
    $16,745,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,179,820

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,620,719
    Expenses
    $16,620,719
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,603,510

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,366,320
    Expenses
    $15,366,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,088,263

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,055,921
    Expenses
    $15,055,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,306,687

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

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 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.