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CHIPPEWA VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

EIN 39-0207312 CORNELL, WI

Largest nonprofits in Wisconsin

Revenue 2025
$19,222,608
Expenses 2025
$19,105,326

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
3000
Street
PO BOX 575

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 · 2025

Mission

SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO ITS MEMBERS.

  • SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO ITS 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.

  • Russ Falkenberg

    PRES/CEO

    Total calculated
    $320,735
    From this org
    $178,964
    From related orgs
    $2,250
    Other
    $139,521
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,964 + $2,250 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $108,367
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,154
    Filer's total
    $318,485 + $2,250 related
  • Nicolas Alberson

    OPERATIONS M

    Total calculated
    $193,564
    From this org
    $147,796
    From related orgs
    $2,400
    Other
    $43,368
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,796 + $2,400 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,024
    Filer's total
    $191,164 + $2,400 related
  • Daniel Ferris

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $186,585
    From this org
    $125,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,656
    Hours/week
    44.95

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,929
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $49,332
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,324
    Filer's total
    $186,585
  • Zach Sonnentag

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $160,647
    From this org
    $127,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,453
    Hours/week
    46.79

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,194
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,562
    Filer's total
    $160,647
  • Trevin Jensen

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $155,475
    From this org
    $123,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,732
    Hours/week
    45.83

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,743
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,082
    Filer's total
    $155,475
  • Edward Rosseter

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $146,779
    From this org
    $136,409
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,370
    Hours/week
    46.66
  • Kevin Meistad

    VICE-CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $16,850
    From this org
    $16,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.25
  • John Petska

    CHAIRMAN OF

    Total calculated
    $13,618
    From this org
    $13,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.93
  • Sue Frei

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,200
    From this org
    $12,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.4
  • Francis Draxler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,925
    From this org
    $10,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.79
  • Joe Melville

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,245
    From this org
    $9,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.56
  • Steven Wall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,800
    From this org
    $8,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.71
  • Eugene Buchner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,600
    From this org
    $5,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.26
  • Steve Johnson

    SEC/TREAS (-

    Total calculated
    $3,039
    From this org
    $3,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.64

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
    $19,222,608
    Expenses
    $19,105,326
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $17,120,097
    Expenses
    $17,034,652
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,168,399
    Expenses
    $16,962,564
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,561,051
    Expenses
    $16,447,564
    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
    $15,311,392
    Expenses
    $15,174,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,837,760
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,429,909
    Expenses
    $14,752,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,597,478
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,663,798
    Expenses
    $15,344,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,450,226
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,509,027
    Expenses
    $15,152,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,732,406
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,509,027
    Expenses
    $14,836,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,732,406
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,194,430
    Expenses
    $14,690,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,939,268
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,034,236
    Expenses
    $14,275,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,892,778
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,588,965
    Expenses
    $13,772,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,906,242
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,152,044
    Expenses
    $14,586,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,668,833
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,780,356
    Expenses
    $14,257,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,633,898

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2025 return

  • CHIPPEWA VALLEY SATELLITE CORP

    C CORP · PART VII · WI · 100% owned · share of income $117,613 · share of assets $9,814,619 · controlled entity

  • CHIPPEWA VALLEY CONNECTED LLC

    C CORP · PART VII · WI · 100% owned · share of income -$352,725 · share of assets $3,154,918 · controlled entity

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.