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FEM ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 46-0213171 IPSWICH, SD

Largest nonprofits in South Dakota

Revenue 2025
$18,745,756
Expenses 2025
$17,570,766

As filed

Subsection
12
NTEE code
Z99
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 468

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR MEMBERS, BY SAFELY PROVIDING RELIABLE, COST-EFFICIENT ELECTRICITY AND OTHER SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SAFELY PROVIDE RELIABLE, COST-EFFICIENT ELECTRICITY AND OTHER SERVICES.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRIC SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 1,321 MEMBERS AND SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,959.13 MILES OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND LINE. IN 2025, ELECTRIC LINE DECREASED BY 0.79 MILES.

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.

  • Gary Bachman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $10,415
    From this org
    $10,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.3
  • Tom Thorpe

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,215
    From this org
    $7,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paula Petersen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,415
    From this org
    $6,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Odenbach

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,015
    From this org
    $5,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Kelly Melius

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $5,615
    From this org
    $5,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Moore

    GENERAL MANAGER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $269,184
    From this org
    $180,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,019
    Hours/week
    41.8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,165
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,301
    Filer's total
    $272,275
  • Sean Christiansen

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $189,895
    From this org
    $117,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,945
    Hours/week
    40.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,950
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,861
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,333
    Filer's total
    $192,144
  • Ryan Holien

    ELECTRICAL DEPT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,119
    From this org
    $116,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,148
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,971
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,141
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,259
    Filer's total
    $195,371
  • Rhonda Tuscherer

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BENEFITS

    Total calculated
    $208,024
    From this org
    $124,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,577
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,447
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,073
    Filer's total
    $210,443
  • Justin Larson

    LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $216,566
    From this org
    $105,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $110,578
    Hours/week
    42.6

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $71,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,682
    Filer's total
    $218,574
  • Chad Dutenhoffer

    JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN/WOS/ELECT/FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $167,323
    From this org
    $105,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,952
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,371
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,545
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,365
    Filer's total
    $169,281

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
    $18,745,756
    Expenses
    $17,570,766
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $8,352
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $18,157,189
    Expenses
    $16,996,417
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $7,380
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $18,064,744
    Expenses
    $16,671,820
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $7,998
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,398,603
    Expenses
    $15,864,385
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $7,658

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
    $15,874,732
    Expenses
    $15,100,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,436,941
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,029,031
    Expenses
    $16,111,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,163,016
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,749,932
    Expenses
    $15,777,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,357,973
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,659,884
    Expenses
    $15,530,666
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,563,224
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,611,046
    Expenses
    $14,781,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,064,348
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,026,385
    Expenses
    $14,096,663
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,326,003
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,129,739
    Expenses
    $13,870,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,476,761
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,036,427
    Expenses
    $14,177,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,713,177
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,808,332
    Expenses
    $13,415,584
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,316,981
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,907,709
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,564,292

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.