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STEELE WASECA COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC

EIN 41-0558515 OWATONNA, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2025
$50,967,936
Expenses 2025
$50,967,936

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 485

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

THE MISSION OF STEELE-WASECA COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC IS TO PROVIDE COMPETITIVE, RELIABLE QUALITY SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC UTILITY

  • SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS.

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.

  • Rodney D Krell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $35,465
    From this org
    $35,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Patrick J Duchene

    VICE-PRES

    Total calculated
    $29,905
    From this org
    $29,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Scott J Carlson

    ACTING SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $33,605
    From this org
    $33,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Ronald D Sommers

    SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $34,250
    From this org
    $34,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • John R Beal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,495
    From this org
    $31,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Neil R Schlaak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,380
    From this org
    $32,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Geraldine G Lienke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,877
    From this org
    $19,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Dennis C Ringhofer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,055
    From this org
    $32,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Gary W Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,662
    From this org
    $21,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Weston L Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,630
    From this org
    $14,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Anton H Seykora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,230
    From this org
    $15,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Sydney R Briggs

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $349,372
    From this org
    $259,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,722
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,650
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $66,324
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,398
    Filer's total
    $349,372
  • Jon P Stelter

    FINANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $321,545
    From this org
    $162,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $159,481
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,064
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $123,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,673
    Filer's total
    $321,545
  • Steve E Nordahl

    SYSTEM TECHNICIAN

    Total calculated
    $219,025
    From this org
    $149,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,581
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,444
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,741
    Filer's total
    $219,025
  • Kevin A Kjersten

    LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $207,117
    From this org
    $140,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,507
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,610
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,449
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,058
    Filer's total
    $207,117
  • Dan H Meier

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $258,603
    From this org
    $169,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,328
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,275
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $67,299
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,029
    Filer's total
    $258,603
  • Adam W Davis

    LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $195,791
    From this org
    $141,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,538
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,253
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,547
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,991
    Filer's total
    $195,791
  • Matthew J Rohman

    LINE SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $221,225
    From this org
    $140,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,782
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,422
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,360
    Filer's total
    $221,225

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
    $50,967,936
    Expenses
    $50,967,936
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $45,660,073
    Expenses
    $45,660,073
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $39,111,435
    Expenses
    $39,111,435
    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
    $37,750,212
    Expenses
    $37,750,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,180,056
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,367,246
    Expenses
    $38,367,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,043,217
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,882,173
    Expenses
    $39,882,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,103,429
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,549,117
    Expenses
    $40,549,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,661,170
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,569,632
    Expenses
    $39,569,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,683,559
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,744,001
    Expenses
    $38,744,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,308,975
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,610,988
    Expenses
    $33,498,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,526,517
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,136,455
    Expenses
    $32,136,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,407,770
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,095,831
    Expenses
    $31,095,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,827,421
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $28,682,156
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,028,017

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.