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BEARTOOTH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 81-0109712 RED LODGE, MT

Largest nonprofits in Montana

Revenue 2025
$10,154,642
Expenses 2025
$10,212,355

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 1110

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

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL POWER AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BEARTOOTH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. OPERATES AS A RURAL ELECTRIC UTILITY ON A NON PROFIT BASIS BY PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER AND UTILITY SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AND PATRONS LOCATED IN CENTRAL PORTION OF MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING. THE COOPERATIVE IS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501 (C) (12).

  • RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL SERVICES TO 5,200 PATRONS AND MEMBERS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING.

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.

  • Arleen Boyd

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $2,625
    From this org
    $2,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.42
  • Roxie Melton

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $4,250
    From this org
    $4,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.21
  • Elizabeth Jane Klapmeier

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $3,600
    From this org
    $3,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,750
    From this org
    $6,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57
  • Daniel Yates

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,025
    From this org
    $6,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.17
  • William Pascoe

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,050
    From this org
    $7,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.64
  • Jim Neu

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $11,200
    From this org
    $11,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.62
  • Mike Specht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,100
    From this org
    $6,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.71
  • Kevin Chandler

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $2,550
    From this org
    $2,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4
  • Patrick Patterson

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $292,576
    From this org
    $210,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,485
    Hours/week
    42.56

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,091
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,597
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,888
    Filer's total
    $292,576
  • Sarah Graves

    MANAGER OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $160,290
    From this org
    $119,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,370
    Hours/week
    47.8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,920
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,200
    Filer's total
    $160,290
  • James Avent

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $198,547
    From this org
    $126,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,705
    Hours/week
    42.71

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,842
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $50,137
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,568
    Filer's total
    $198,547
  • Willam K Entenmann

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $197,964
    From this org
    $136,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,706
    Hours/week
    43.07

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,258
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,918
    Filer's total
    $197,964
  • Guy Behrent

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $208,694
    From this org
    $134,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,697
    Hours/week
    43.37

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,997
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,082
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,615
    Filer's total
    $208,694
  • Tyler Gronbeck

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $159,543
    From this org
    $128,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,485
    Hours/week
    43.45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,058
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,952
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,533
    Filer's total
    $159,543
  • Samuel Walkowiak

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $200,418
    From this org
    $126,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,697
    Hours/week
    42.03

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,721
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,082
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,615
    Filer's total
    $200,418

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
    $10,154,642
    Expenses
    $10,212,355
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,994,508
    Expenses
    $9,801,777
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,780,491
    Expenses
    $9,538,132
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,977,016
    Expenses
    $9,557,877
    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
    $9,512,257
    Expenses
    $9,230,694
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,770,927
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,277,445
    Expenses
    $9,072,456
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,112,164
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,034,426
    Expenses
    $9,054,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,677,477
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,756,783
    Expenses
    $8,461,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,475,672
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,795,520
    Expenses
    $8,621,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,099,331
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,135,046
    Expenses
    $8,034,661
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,915,976
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,103,005
    Expenses
    $9,078,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,577,162
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,602,594
    Expenses
    $10,036,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,311,041
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,525,529
    Expenses
    $9,909,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,140,645
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $9,454,522
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,060,544

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.