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HIGH WEST ENERGY INC

EIN 83-0143525 PINE BLUFFS, WY

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Revenue 2024
$87,008,909
Expenses 2024
$87,008,909

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
6270 COUNTY ROAD 212

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

THE MISSION OF THE HIGH WEST ENERGY IS TO SERVE OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND REASONABLY PRICED ENERGY AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HIGH WEST ENERGY'S MISSION IS TO SERVE OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND REASONABLY PRICED ENERGY AND SERVICES.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OUR MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 11,038 ACTIVE 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.

  • Gary Smith

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related
  • Kevin Thomas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5 + 1 related
  • Deamon Birkhofer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.9 + 1 related
  • Ed Prosser

    VICE PRESIDENT (JAN-MAY)

    Total calculated
    $11,650
    From this org
    $11,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5 + 1 related
  • Jerry Burnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.9 + 1 related
  • Jssica Crowder

    DIRECTOR (JUNE-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $14,000
    From this org
    $14,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.1 + 1 related
  • Michael Romsa

    DIRECTOR (JUNE-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $14,000
    From this org
    $14,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Kosha Olsen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.7
  • Michael Lerwick

    SECRETARY (JAN-MAY)

    Total calculated
    $11,200
    From this org
    $11,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.8
  • Joshua Gorman

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $193,150
    From this org
    $144,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,631
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,268
    Bonus
    $550
    Other
    $3,701
    Deferred
    $16,773
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,858
    Filer's total
    $193,150
  • Jared Routh

    CEO/GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $298,111
    From this org
    $238,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,074
    Hours/week
    55 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,394
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $8,143
    Deferred
    $27,823
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,251
    Filer's total
    $298,111
  • David Golden

    ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $210,991
    From this org
    $160,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,576
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,515
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $5,300
    Deferred
    $18,677
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,899
    Filer's total
    $210,991
  • Nathan Begger

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $188,928
    From this org
    $140,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,203
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,253
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $972
    Deferred
    $16,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,838
    Filer's total
    $188,928
  • Elijah Roghair

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $165,419
    From this org
    $138,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,046
    Hours/week
    49

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,609
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $264
    Deferred
    $12,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,702
    Filer's total
    $165,419
  • Michael Rotert

    FOREMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $180,810
    From this org
    $135,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,342
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,144
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $824
    Deferred
    $13,610
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,732
    Filer's total
    $180,810
  • Sean Young

    FOREMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $178,134
    From this org
    $132,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,342
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,573
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $2,619
    Deferred
    $13,610
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,732
    Filer's total
    $178,134
  • Dean McCluskey

    FOREMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $165,861
    From this org
    $133,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,750
    Hours/week
    45 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,594
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $3,017
    Deferred
    $13,610
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,140
    Filer's total
    $165,861

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
    $87,008,909
    Expenses
    $87,008,909
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $6,279
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $73,912,989
    Expenses
    $73,912,989
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $19,062
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $68,151,624
    Expenses
    $68,153,215
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $16,598

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
    $55,691,852
    Expenses
    $56,186,996
    Assets (EOY)
    $157,339,453
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,850,326
    Expenses
    $52,046,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,522,372
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,997,019
    Expenses
    $52,200,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,879,470
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,594,782
    Expenses
    $49,603,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,556,936
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $50,827,030
    Expenses
    $49,115,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,155,990
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,889,335
    Expenses
    $45,135,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,223,244
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,033,944
    Expenses
    $41,870,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,287,535
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,740,173
    Expenses
    $36,713,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,261,528
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,089,433
    Expenses
    $33,073,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,617,494
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $31,408,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,032,748

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

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.