Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

MIENERGY COOPERATIVE

EIN 41-0254835 RUSHFORD, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$84,435,068
Expenses 2024
$83,129,549

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
0000
Street
31110 COOPERATIVE WAY

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 DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY ENERGY SERVICES AT REASONABLE PRICES AND MAXIMIZE VALUE TO OUR MEMBERS CONSISTENT WITH THE WISE USE OF RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY ENERGY SERVICES AT REASONABLE PRICES AND MAXIMIZE VALUE TO OUR MEMBERS.

  • PROVIDED ELECTRIC SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 19,297 MEMBERS AND MAINTAINED 5,592 MILES OF LINES PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Dean Nierling

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,700
    From this org
    $19,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Ronald Stevens

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $16,175
    From this org
    $16,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Don Petersen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $19,625
    From this org
    $19,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11
  • Dennis Ptacek

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $17,245
    From this org
    $17,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kyle Holthaus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,175
    From this org
    $16,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Beth Olson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,175
    From this org
    $19,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jeff Redalen

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $10,800
    From this org
    $10,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Carl Reicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,125
    From this org
    $15,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Jennifer Scharmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,875
    From this org
    $17,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Al Skip Wieser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,875
    From this org
    $12,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dennis Young

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 04/2024

    Total calculated
    $3,700
    From this org
    $3,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brian Krambeer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $529,651
    From this org
    $390,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $138,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $359,029
    Bonus
    $31,079
    Other
    $603
    Deferred
    $119,526
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,095
    Filer's total
    $531,332
  • Shelly Hove

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $293,493
    From this org
    $201,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,920
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,323
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250
    Deferred
    $66,509
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,120
    Filer's total
    $295,202
  • Kent Whitcomb

    VP OF MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $186,571
    From this org
    $129,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,644
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250
    Deferred
    $22,019
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,081
    Filer's total
    $188,027
  • Michael Walton

    VP OF ENGINEERING & SYSTEM PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $274,640
    From this org
    $159,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $115,021
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,369
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250
    Deferred
    $84,162
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,454
    Filer's total
    $276,235
  • Vassil Vutov

    VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $226,679
    From this org
    $163,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,287
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,142
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250
    Deferred
    $33,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,958
    Filer's total
    $228,274
  • Steven Oian

    VP OF SYSTEM OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $239,512
    From this org
    $164,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,612
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,350
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $550
    Deferred
    $45,072
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,135
    Filer's total
    $241,107
  • Davin Thompson

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $198,380
    From this org
    $121,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,078
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250
    Deferred
    $47,921
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,530
    Filer's total
    $199,753

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
    $84,435,068
    Expenses
    $83,129,549
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $77,723
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $82,515,576
    Expenses
    $81,851,864
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $81,038,011
    Expenses
    $80,624,000
    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
    $76,660,548
    Expenses
    $74,632,672
    Assets (EOY)
    $203,461,309
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $75,636,530
    Expenses
    $75,098,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,972,954
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,314,701
    Expenses
    $78,766,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,621,194
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $77,244,311
    Expenses
    $77,123,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,771,432
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $75,265,480
    Expenses
    $75,006,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $185,232,157
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,673,081
    Expenses
    $48,581,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,110,071
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,061,653
    Expenses
    $43,933,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,025,563
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,169,326
    Expenses
    $42,093,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,722,493
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,634,896
    Expenses
    $39,532,319
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,765,204
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $40,021,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,330,512

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 2024 return

  • MIENERGY TRUST

    501(C)(3) · GRANTING ORGANIZATION · MN · controlled entity

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 partnerships on its 2024 return

  • MINNESOTA THREE LLC

    UNRELATED · ELECTRIC AND OTHER SERVICES · MN · 33% owned · share of income -$4,031 · share of assets $353,454 · general or managing partner

  • TEC COMMUNITY SOLAR I LLC

    SOLAR ENERGY · MN

  • HARMONY TELEPHONE COMPANY LLC

    RELATED · PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICE · MN · 33% owned · share of income $2,193,904 · share of assets $16,053,985

  • MINNOWA ALLIANCE LLC

    UNRELATED · CONSULTING/ENGINEERING · IA · 50% owned · share of income $39,329 · share of assets $301,373 · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • TEC COMMUNITY SOLAR HOLDINGS

    C · SOLAR POWER INVESTMENT · MN · 100% owned · share of income $77 · share of assets $3,830 · controlled entity

  • HTC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

    C · HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · IA · 100% owned · share of income $198,494 · share of assets $833,322 · controlled entity

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.