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CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 41-1955109 MITCHELL, SD

Largest nonprofits in South Dakota

Revenue 2025
$42,428,352
Expenses 2025
$42,428,352

As filed

Subsection
12
NTEE code
K200
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 850

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 · 2025

Mission

PROVIDING ENERGY AND SERVICES WITH A COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND MEMBER SATISFACTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING RELIABLE ENERGY AND SERVICES AT A GOOD VALUE.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRIC SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 5000 COOPERATIVE MEMBERS. BUILT 82 NEW SERVICES AND RETIRED 28 SERVICES WITHIN OUR 4,527 MILES OF LINE.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Merlin Bechen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,366
    From this org
    $20,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Jeff Gustafson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $15,566
    From this org
    $15,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Robert Banks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,266
    From this org
    $15,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mark Hofer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $14,966
    From this org
    $14,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Bradee Pazour

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $14,666
    From this org
    $14,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Donita Loudner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,366
    From this org
    $14,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Duane Wolbrink

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $14,066
    From this org
    $14,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Todd Vanwalleghen

    VICE PRESIDENT THRU 9/2025

    Total calculated
    $11,637
    From this org
    $11,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mark Reindl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,366
    From this org
    $11,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,655
    From this org
    $4,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Ken Schlimgen

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $225,579
    From this org
    $215,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,598
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,417
    Filer's total
    $228,072
  • Dean Uher

    MANAGER OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $215,937
    From this org
    $136,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,050
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,887
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,341
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,819
    Filer's total
    $218,047
  • Brian Bultje

    MANAGER OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,449
    From this org
    $171,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,478
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,971
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,572
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,016
    Filer's total
    $184,559
  • Dustin Roskens

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $224,986
    From this org
    $140,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,977
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,009
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $81,438
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,308
    Filer's total
    $226,755
  • Patrick Soukup

    MANAGER OF MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $173,276
    From this org
    $138,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,916
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,360
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,912
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,752
    Filer's total
    $175,024
  • Eugene Gaikowski

    AREA FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $156,180
    From this org
    $138,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,821
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,359
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,821
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,624
    Filer's total
    $157,804
  • Lincoln Feistner

    SALES & PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,265
    From this org
    $137,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,760
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,505
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,128
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,345
    Filer's total
    $179,978
  • Norton Truman

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $161,942
    From this org
    $131,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,021
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,921
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,021
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,524
    Filer's total
    $163,466

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $42,428,352
    Expenses
    $42,428,352
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $29,145
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $39,939,118
    Expenses
    $39,483,263
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $25,899
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $37,601,857
    Expenses
    $36,918,894
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $32,825
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $36,210,968
    Expenses
    $36,210,968
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $25,674

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
    $37,679,047
    Expenses
    $37,679,047
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,096,217
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,421,482
    Expenses
    $33,095,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,065,777
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,519,354
    Expenses
    $35,519,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,048,483
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,005,205
    Expenses
    $39,005,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,816,895
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,387,320
    Expenses
    $37,387,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,398,591
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,612,881
    Expenses
    $32,612,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,134,824
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,147,069
    Expenses
    $31,147,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,654,106
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,036,453
    Expenses
    $31,036,453
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,285,087
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,361,527
    Expenses
    $30,361,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,169,357
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $26,623,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,685,151

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.