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WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO

EIN 88-0086059 WELLS, NV

Revenue 2024
$44,088,529
Expenses 2024
$40,858,420

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 365

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 · 2024

Mission

WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC COMPANY IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY MEETING THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR LOCALLY CONTROLLED COOPERATIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OUR MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 6,335 ACTIVE SERVICES AT YEAR END.

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.

  • Gerald Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,012
    From this org
    $44,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.7

  • M Jonathan Dahl

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,625
    From this org
    $24,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.7

  • Kirk Dahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,800
    From this org
    $16,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Scott Egbert

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $46,192
    From this org
    $46,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.9

  • Cameron Huff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,925
    From this org
    $21,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tony Macias

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,850
    From this org
    $18,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.4

  • Ouida Madison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,350
    From this org
    $22,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.4

  • Alfred Montes De Oca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,800
    From this org
    $16,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6

  • Jim Whited

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $16,800
    From this org
    $16,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.5

  • Robert Wilcox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $25,908
    From this org
    $25,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.6

  • Bruce Widmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,250
    From this org
    $17,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • Clay R Fitch

    EMERITUS CEO

    Total calculated
    $368,507
    From this org
    $257,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $111,189
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,136
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $42,182
    Deferred
    $79,691
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,498
    Filer's total
    $368,507

  • Thad Ballard

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $353,013
    From this org
    $212,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $140,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,168
    Bonus
    $1,800
    Other
    $30,246
    Deferred
    $100,091
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,708
    Filer's total
    $353,013

  • Jeffery Cromie

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY/BUS. DEV

    Total calculated
    $246,674
    From this org
    $168,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,688
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,136
    Bonus
    $2,200
    Other
    $13,650
    Deferred
    $73,764
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,924
    Filer's total
    $246,674

  • Cynthia Good

    DIRECTOR OF ACCT, FINANCE,HR

    Total calculated
    $256,225
    From this org
    $155,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $100,958
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,923
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $9,344
    Deferred
    $82,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,673
    Filer's total
    $256,225

  • Ryan Brodsho

    DIRECTOR OF PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $269,550
    From this org
    $167,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,784
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $1,261
    Deferred
    $65,461
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,544
    Filer's total
    $269,550

  • Mike Girolamo

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $179,413
    From this org
    $140,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,774
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,846
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,793
    Deferred
    $21,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,099
    Filer's total
    $179,413

  • Kyle Murphy

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $246,181
    From this org
    $183,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,184
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,212
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $1,685
    Deferred
    $25,157
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,027
    Filer's total
    $246,181

  • Zane Peters

    TROUBLEMAN

    Total calculated
    $247,058
    From this org
    $176,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,695
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,243
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $3,020
    Deferred
    $32,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,907
    Filer's total
    $247,058

  • James Wines

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $222,838
    From this org
    $165,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,680
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,207
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $1,851
    Deferred
    $18,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,926
    Filer's total
    $222,838

  • Jacob Manning

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $226,860
    From this org
    $157,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,729
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,000
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $1,031
    Deferred
    $30,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,907
    Filer's total
    $226,860

  • Todd Brethauer

    SUBSTATION FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $239,663
    From this org
    $158,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,786
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,472
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,405
    Deferred
    $50,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,153
    Filer's total
    $239,663

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
    $44,088,529
    Expenses
    $40,858,420
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $42,681
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $50,220,902
    Expenses
    $43,638,774
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $43,847
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $45,338,751
    Expenses
    $45,284,881
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $43,362

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
    $46,093,733
    Expenses
    $45,197,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,645,854

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,000,714
    Expenses
    $45,091,659
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,687,996

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,966,550
    Expenses
    $43,842,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,127,135

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,364,476
    Expenses
    $45,239,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,655,587

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,921,911
    Expenses
    $43,829,619
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,187,486

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,879,636
    Expenses
    $42,812,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,313,839

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,769,469
    Expenses
    $41,713,986
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,881,528

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,840,003
    Expenses
    $41,810,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,980,138

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,594,808
    Expenses
    $40,548,894
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,522,133

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $39,052,177
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,840,745

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

  • ELKO COUNTY 4H SALE BOARD

    $10,073

    2023 LIVESTOCK SALE

  • ELKO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $9,707

    2024 2024 SPONSOR DONATIONS

  • ELKO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $9,298

    2023 2023 SPONSOR DONATIONS

  • ELKO COUNTY 4H SALE BOARD

    $9,094

    2024 LIVESTOCK SALE

  • ELKO COUNTY 4H SALE BOARD

    $6,913

    2022 LIVESTOCK SALE

  • CITY OF WELLS

    $6,236

    2024 CAR SHOW AND GOLF SPONSORSHIP

  • WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

    $6,133

    2022 CAMPS

  • WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

    $5,855

    2024 2024 DONATIONS

Where these grants went next →

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 2024 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.