- Revenue 2024
- $1,607,586,867
- Expenses 2024
- $1,607,225,180
As filed
- Subsection
- 12
- Classification
- 4000
- Street
- 20 COOPERATIVE WAY
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
CENTRAL IS A GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION (G&T) COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING POWER TO NINETEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CENTRAL CONSTRUCTS TRANSMISSION TAP LINES TO SERVE SUBSTATIONS OWNED BY THE DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CENTRAL EXISTS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE POWER DELIVERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEMBERS.
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CENTRAL EXISTS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS. WE WILL PROVIDE A RELIABLE, LONG TERM, AND STABLE SUPPLY OF POWER, WHICH ACCOMMODATES GROWTH, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST CONSISTENT WITH GOOD UTILITY PRACTICE. WE WILL PROVIDE FOR RELIABLE DELIVERY OF POWER, WHEN AND WHERE DESIRED, CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE GUIDELINES. WE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENERGY-RELATED OR DELIVERY-RELATED SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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.
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A Berl DavisA BERL DAVIS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $47,307
- From this org
- $44,327
- From related orgs
- $2,980
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7 + 2 related
-
Andy McKnightANDY MCKNIGHT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $13,410
- From this org
- $13,410
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Anita P WhitneyANITA P WHITNEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $17,135
- From this org
- $17,135
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
B Robert PaullingB ROBERT PAULLING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $18,253
- From this org
- $18,253
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 4 related
-
Brian W BroughtonBRIAN W BROUGHTON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $9,685
- From this org
- $6,705
- From related orgs
- $2,980
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
-
Carolyn BoydCAROLYN BOYD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $11,547
- From this org
- $11,547
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Chad T LowderCHAD T LOWDER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $19,370
- From this org
- $19,370
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7 + 2 related
-
Charles R SmithCHARLES R SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $10,803
- From this org
- $10,803
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
David EfelkelDAVID EFELKEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $17,507
- From this org
- $17,507
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
-
Douglas A ReevesDOUGLAS A REEVES
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $40,230
- From this org
- $40,230
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
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E Paul BashaE PAUL BASHA
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $28,310
- From this org
- $24,957
- From related orgs
- $3,353
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7 + 2 related
-
Franklin M Looper JrFRANKLIN M LOOPER JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $10,803
- From this org
- $10,803
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
G Keith AveryG KEITH AVERY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $20,860
- From this org
- $20,860
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Gary L StooksburyGARY L STOOKSBURY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $24,213
- From this org
- $20,488
- From related orgs
- $3,725
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
-
H Wayne DewittH WAYNE DEWITT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $17,135
- From this org
- $17,135
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Johnnie L DickertJOHNNIE L DICKERT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $17,135
- From this org
- $11,175
- From related orgs
- $5,960
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
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Robert G Ardis IIIROBERT G ARDIS III
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $32,408
- From this org
- $29,800
- From related orgs
- $2,608
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
-
Steve ChewningSTEVE CHEWNING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $16,762
- From this org
- $16,762
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Terry W MallardTERRY W MALLARD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $34,270
- From this org
- $24,957
- From related orgs
- $9,313
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 4 related
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Mark L WallingMARK L WALLING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $18,253
- From this org
- $18,253
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
William L Fleming JrWILLIAM L FLEMING JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $11,920
- From this org
- $11,920
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mitchell RabonMITCHELL RABON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $10,430
- From this org
- $10,430
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
James L LovinggoodJAMES L LOVINGGOOD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $21,232
- From this org
- $21,232
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Bruce BaconBRUCE BACON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $14,900
- From this org
- $14,900
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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James E Stewart JrJAMES E STEWART JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $745
- From this org
- $745
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $1,607,586,867
- Expenses
- $1,607,225,180
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $3,102,199
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,494,325,046
- Expenses
- $1,494,640,588
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $8,957,330
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,459,022,371
- Expenses
- $1,459,000,797
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $8,046,310
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,335,264,173
- Expenses
- $1,334,505,600
- Assets (EOY)
- $437,527,195
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,302,836,659
- Expenses
- $1,302,575,315
- Assets (EOY)
- $447,690,732
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,343,281,930
- Expenses
- $1,343,105,032
- Assets (EOY)
- $427,496,454
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,262,689,509
- Expenses
- $1,261,234,373
- Assets (EOY)
- $371,851,633
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,220,889,910
- Expenses
- $1,220,734,029
- Assets (EOY)
- $341,849,307
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,254,791,457
- Expenses
- $1,254,672,480
- Assets (EOY)
- $350,307,979
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,198,798,957
- Expenses
- $1,198,744,760
- Assets (EOY)
- $350,017,973
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,144,292,683
- Assets (EOY)
- $303,255,753
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,148,463,324
- Assets (EOY)
- $288,406,053
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2010 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,164,695,338
- Assets (EOY)
- $312,733,523
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
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PEE DEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$2,000,000
2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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FAIRFIELD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,579,728
2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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AIKEN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,525,000
2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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$1,500,000
2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVEINC
$1,500,000
2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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FAIRFIELD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,420,272
2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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BROAD RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,262,000
2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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SANTEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,100,000
2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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PEE DEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,060,000
2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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SANTEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
$1,037,600
2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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
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PALMETTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP
501(C)(3) · ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES · SC · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
On its 2024 return
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PALMETTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP
On its 2024 return
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 partnerships on its 2024 return
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DEMAND SIDE TOOLS LLC
RELATED · COMPUTER SOFTWARE · SC · 50% owned · share of income $4,321 · share of assets $55,945 · general or managing partner
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ENERGY UTILITY SUPPLY INC
C · MATERIAL SUPPLIER FOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES · SC
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.