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FEDERATED RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION

EIN 41-0252540 JACKSON, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$41,746,812
Expenses 2024
$41,458,715

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
77100 HIGHWAY 71 S

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

FEDERATED RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO OUR MEMBER-OWNERS, WHILE ENHANCING THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DISTRIBUTE ENERGY AND SERVICES IN A COST EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, AND EFFICIENT MANNER.

  • TO PROVIDE RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OVER 5,260 MEMBERS. WITHOUT THE FORMATION OF THIS COOPERATIVE, THESE MEMBERS WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED ELECTRIC SERVICE IN 1935. SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY PROVIDED SERVICE TO ALL RURAL CUSTOMERS IN JACKSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS SOME SMALLER TOWNS. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO BOUNDARY CUSTOMERS OF 11 ADDITIONAL COUNTIES INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 60 MEMBERS IN IOWA.

  • THE COOPERATIVE ACQUIRED A FIXED INTERNET COMPANY WITH 1,100 CUSTOMERS IN 2021 AND SINCE THEN HAS PURSUED EXPANDING THE BROADBAND DIVISION BY SCALING A FIBER NETWORK DEPLOYMENT AND GROWING ITS CUSTOMER BASE TO 1,800. THE COOPERATIVE HAS BEEN AWARDED TWO MINNESOTA GRANTS AND HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM LOCAL COUNTIES WITHIN AND OVERLAPPING THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TERRITORY IN ITS PURSUIT OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY INTERNET SERVICE TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

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.

  • David Hansen

    PRESIDENT (THROUGH DECEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $16,200
    From this org
    $16,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Darvin Voss

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $13,950
    From this org
    $13,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott Thiesse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,800
    From this org
    $13,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Bruce Brockmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,050
    From this org
    $13,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Glenn Dicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,300
    From this org
    $12,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Meschke

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $11,400
    From this org
    $11,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jon Saxen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,350
    From this org
    $10,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tyler Ayers

    DIRECTOR (START NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $3,013
    From this org
    $3,013
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott Reimer

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $304,879
    From this org
    $232,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,397
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $955
    Deferred
    $37,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,577
    Filer's total
    $306,529
  • Julie Resch

    CFO/OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $163,149
    From this org
    $110,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,522
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $425
    Deferred
    $18,908
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,493
    Filer's total
    $164,028
  • Matt Madden

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $165,915
    From this org
    $112,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,235
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,118
    Deferred
    $19,307
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,850
    Filer's total
    $166,837
  • Alex C Kunz

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $155,354
    From this org
    $111,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,151
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,865
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $338
    Deferred
    $18,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,125
    Filer's total
    $156,137
  • Brandon Clarke

    WELCOME FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $158,140
    From this org
    $108,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $382
    Deferred
    $18,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,315
    Filer's total
    $158,956
  • Casey L Schoellermar

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $155,954
    From this org
    $106,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,422
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $358
    Deferred
    $17,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,976
    Filer's total
    $156,737
  • Chris Borchardt

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $159,632
    From this org
    $106,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,162
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $358
    Deferred
    $18,506
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,389
    Filer's total
    $160,415

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
    $41,746,812
    Expenses
    $41,458,715
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $17,567
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $43,636,170
    Expenses
    $42,236,380
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $19,296
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,566,669
    Expenses
    $40,252,521
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $17,859

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
    $36,024,282
    Expenses
    $35,415,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,873,988
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,615,234
    Expenses
    $35,326,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,029,888
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,135,236
    Expenses
    $38,130,181
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,184,176
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,003,990
    Expenses
    $38,827,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,668,759
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,454,785
    Expenses
    $41,196,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,319,132
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,399,509
    Expenses
    $40,296,964
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,802,438
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,714,057
    Expenses
    $33,349,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,527,083
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,424,150
    Expenses
    $32,141,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,244,220
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,602,916
    Expenses
    $24,658,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,367,622
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $27,382,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,316,094

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.