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BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION

EIN 41-0167135 SLEEPY EYE, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2023
$17,469,616
Expenses 2023
$17,300,815

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 529

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 · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF BROWN COUNTY ELECTRIC IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS MEMBERS BY PROVIDING RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND SERVICES THAT ARE COMPETITIVELY PRICED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY SERVICE TO MEMBERS.

  • THE COOPERATIVE ENGAGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO APPROXIMATELY 3,760 MEMBERS IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WITH 4,560 ACTIVE ACCOUNTS. THE COOPERATIVE HAS 1,530 MILES OF LINES MADE UP OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND LINES.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Thomas Hayes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $12,750
    From this org
    $12,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.2
  • William Berg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,200
    From this org
    $13,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.8
  • James Hanson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $12,950
    From this org
    $12,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.1
  • Joel Christensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,800
    From this org
    $10,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.6
  • James Mickelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,450
    From this org
    $12,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Wendinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,500
    From this org
    $13,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.6
  • Gregory Mages

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,900
    From this org
    $10,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.1
  • Bradley Sprenger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,700
    From this org
    $13,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.4
  • Landon Sletta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,400
    From this org
    $13,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Michael Heidemann

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $270,584
    From this org
    $184,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,752
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $53,590
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,965
    Filer's total
    $271,307
  • Jennifer Rose

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $148,383
    From this org
    $90,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $90,275
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,050
    Filer's total
    $150,318
  • Brandon Havemeier

    ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,222
    From this org
    $122,799
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,423
    Hours/week
    40.1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,799
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,274
    Filer's total
    $180,687
  • Adam Fischer

    LINEMAN-IN-CHARGE

    Total calculated
    $155,981
    From this org
    $108,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,751
    Hours/week
    41.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,230
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,878
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,775
    Filer's total
    $157,883
  • Nicholas Horman

    LINEMAN-IN-CHARGE

    Total calculated
    $144,786
    From this org
    $112,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,413
    Hours/week
    41.4
  • Connor Nelsen

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $121,527
    From this org
    $111,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,326
    Hours/week
    41.6
  • Brady Kerkhoff

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $141,935
    From this org
    $102,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,663
    Hours/week
    41.5

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,469,616
    Expenses
    $17,300,815
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $2,953
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,899,394
    Expenses
    $16,842,651
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $3,403

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
    $16,302,715
    Expenses
    $16,152,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,068,104
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,066,825
    Expenses
    $15,992,493
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,369,853
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,400,952
    Expenses
    $15,400,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,485,127
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,157,269
    Expenses
    $15,206,128
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,944,586
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,073,083
    Expenses
    $15,073,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,418,453
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,947,404
    Expenses
    $16,767,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,525,310
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,815,239
    Expenses
    $13,670,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,400,968
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,961,175
    Expenses
    $14,958,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,587,993
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,132,759
    Expenses
    $14,149,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,813,444
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,334,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,632,203

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 on its 2023 return

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.