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TENNESSEE ELECTRIC CO-OP ASSN

EIN 62-0461397 NASHVILLE, TN

Largest nonprofits in Tennessee

Revenue 2024
$10,557,590
Expenses 2024
$10,309,571

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
2964 SIDCO DR

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND SUPPORT TO THE INTERESTS OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES IN TENNESSEE.

  • THE TENNESSEE MAGAZINE IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TENNESSEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEMBER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES. IT IS PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED MONHTLY TO COMMUNICATE COMMUNITY INTERESTS OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION TENNESSEE FAMILIES AND BUSINESS-MANAGED, LOCALLY OWNED ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE SYSTEMS OF THE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCATION. APPROXIMATE CIRCULATION: 755,000.

    Expenses $5,273,192

  • BROADBAND PROGRAM, MEMBER SERVICES, AND MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,345,643

  • PROVIDE A JOB TRAINING AND SAFETY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO EMPLOYEES OF MEMBER COOPERATIVES.

    Expenses $1,090,418

  • SPONSOR A YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST ABOUT RURAL ELECTRICITY TO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS WITH WINNERS EARNING A TOUR TO WASHINGTON D.C.

    Expenses $590,368

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.

  • Mike Knotts

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $352,889
    From this org
    $314,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,404
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,485
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,307
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,097
    Filer's total
    $352,889
  • Ryan King

    VP OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $212,887
    From this org
    $180,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,349
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,538
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,890
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,459
    Filer's total
    $212,887
  • Trent Scott

    VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $180,987
    From this org
    $150,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,610
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,377
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,681
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,929
    Filer's total
    $180,987
  • Christopher Kirk

    EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $139,114
    From this org
    $110,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,061
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kayla Gladden

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $126,998
    From this org
    $97,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,550
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jimmy Sandlin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $450
    From this org
    $450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Davidson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $300
    From this org
    $300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Sharpe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $300
    From this org
    $300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Weir

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $300
    From this org
    $300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dion Cooper

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Kendrick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Rodamaker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Bowers

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Salters

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,557,590
    Expenses
    $10,309,571
    Contributions
    $3,174,697
    Grants paid
    $17,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,412,650
    Expenses
    $9,080,970
    Contributions
    $2,661,069
    Grants paid
    $52,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,442,176
    Expenses
    $8,879,592
    Contributions
    $35,500
    Grants paid
    $69,750

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
    $7,501,409
    Expenses
    $7,944,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,724,180
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,403,382
    Expenses
    $6,355,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,964,945
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,814,979
    Expenses
    $6,883,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,205,748
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,863,529
    Expenses
    $7,106,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,321,263
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,549,761
    Expenses
    $6,683,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,555,499
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,307,951
    Expenses
    $6,597,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,862,312
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,121,631
    Expenses
    $6,287,122
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,132,037
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,932,491
    Expenses
    $5,842,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,356,009
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,815,212
    Expenses
    $5,715,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,073,483

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.

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 2024 return

  • TECA TELECOM INC

    C Corp · INACTIVE - PROVIDED DISHSATELLITE TV TO COOP MEMBERS · 100% owned

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.