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BLUE EARTH NICOLLET FARIBAULT COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION

EIN 41-0155615 MANKATO, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2025
$56,362,273
Expenses 2025
$56,996,912

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 8

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

TO SAFELY PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST, CONSISTENT WITH SOUND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAFELY PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.

  • SALE OF 354,166,248 KWH TO 20,086 ELECTRIC SERVICES. MAINTAINED 3,643 MILES OF UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION LINES.

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.

  • Don Westphal

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,425
    From this org
    $19,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9.47
  • Warren Scott Johnson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $20,960
    From this org
    $20,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9.81
  • Terrance Genelin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $18,190
    From this org
    $18,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.98
  • Blake Meshke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $13,755
    From this org
    $13,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.71
  • Bradley Leiding

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,650
    From this org
    $17,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.81
  • Marilyn Lynch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,970
    From this org
    $8,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.92
  • Duane Ehrich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,550
    From this org
    $4,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.4
  • Gary Stenzel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,685
    From this org
    $13,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.69
  • John Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,860
    From this org
    $5,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.6
  • David Lein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,135
    From this org
    $15,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.9
  • Joel Luehmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,585
    From this org
    $4,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.94
  • David Sunderman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $474,488
    From this org
    $297,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $176,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,810
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $140,442
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,236
    Filer's total
    $474,488
  • Abby Dahms

    FINANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $199,461
    From this org
    $139,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,419
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,042
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,753
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,666
    Filer's total
    $199,461
  • Tim Braulick

    OPERATIONS & ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $244,805
    From this org
    $168,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,085
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,720
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,213
    Filer's total
    $244,805
  • Duane Hagen

    CREW CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $211,899
    From this org
    $146,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,967
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,028
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,904
    Filer's total
    $211,899
  • Christopher Becthold

    CREW CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $208,009
    From this org
    $142,936
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,936
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,295
    Filer's total
    $208,009
  • Paul Cumbee

    CREW CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $239,687
    From this org
    $138,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $100,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,889
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $60,553
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,245
    Filer's total
    $239,687
  • Scott Bohlke

    CREW CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $221,750
    From this org
    $138,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,148
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,903
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,245
    Filer's total
    $221,750

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
    $56,362,273
    Expenses
    $56,996,912
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $53,219,210
    Expenses
    $53,182,845
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $53,900,086
    Expenses
    $53,860,781
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $53,795,371
    Expenses
    $53,777,621
    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
    $49,683,649
    Expenses
    $45,893,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,765,879
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,959,324
    Expenses
    $44,518,043
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,260,844
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,217,093
    Expenses
    $46,500,780
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,600,121
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,021,122
    Expenses
    $46,161,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,994,265
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,637,148
    Expenses
    $44,359,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,142,625
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,169,037
    Expenses
    $45,090,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,785,217
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,523,277
    Expenses
    $37,013,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,658,573
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,983,515
    Expenses
    $34,578,146
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,602,165
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,022,997
    Expenses
    $34,198,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,122,401
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $31,676,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,033,175

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 2025 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.