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NORTH DAKOTA ASSOCIATION OF RURAL COOPERATIVES

EIN 45-0231058 MANDAN, ND

Revenue 2025
$6,574,767
Expenses 2025
$6,575,274

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 727

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

Our mission is to provide member cooperatives a complete package of quality services in communications, government relations, education, safety training, professional and economic development.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Helping member cooperatives enrich the lives of their members and communities.

  • Publications and Graphic Arts Services:NORTH DAKOTA LIVING- Published 12 monthly North Dakota Living magazines, including 1,392 unique local pages for 16 electric cooperatives to communicate with their members. - Launched a redesigned cover, accomplishing one of the recommendations from the North Dakota Living Study Committee, to add colored cooperative logos to the front and back magazine covers and offer more opportunity for local co-op personalization, strengthening the connection North Dakota Living is provided by electric cooperatives. - Selected as a 2025 media partner with the Western ND Honor Flight. Staff members Kennedy DeLap, John Kary and Cally Peterson traveled with 227 veterans on all-expense-paid trips to Washington, D.C., in September to photograph and document the experience, ultimately sharing it with readers in North Dakota Living's first cover-to-cover tribute to veterans published in November. - Completed the four-part Cost of Your Power series, which examined electric industry pressures and how they impact the price of electricity. The series covered supply chain and inflation, wholesale power, and balancing supply and demand. - Introduced North Dakota Living Straight Talk, a collection of communications resources tailored to a North Dakota audience, including local pages articles, general manager columns, social media posts and other content, for co-op communicators to personalize and use in various communications channels. ADVERTISING- Advertising Sales Manager Duane Crabbe hit his highest grossing sales month in February's North Dakota Living, then broke the record three months later with May's travel and tourism issue. - Generated more than $640,000 in advertising revenue to reduce the cost of delivering North Dakota Living to cooperative members. - Procured contracts to sell advertising placements and produce special publications, which reduce the cost of delivering North Dakota Living to electric co-op members. Special publications include the N.D. Travel Guide, N.D. Hunting and Fishing Guide, Big Iron Guide, Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau Guide, Bottineau-Lake Metigoshe Area Guide and the NDAREC/BAND Member Directory.- Represented electric co-ops at trade shows. GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY- Conducted the first magazine photo contest. - Designed numerous brochures, reports, logos, signs, graphics and other projects for member-cooperatives and statewide service areas and provided professional photography services for the magazine, co-op meetings, events and members, including headshots and studio photography.

  • Safety Training Services:APPRENTICESHIP- Administered apprenticeship and instructional programs in the trades of lineworker, meter technician, relay technician, and substation technician reaching 78 participants.- Graduated 15 lineworkers and 1 meter technician.- Programs support the growth and complexity of training a skilled workforce.- Administered scholarship dollars to eligible apprentices and supported veterans in receiving GI Bill benefits.TRAINING- Provided safety meetings and special programs reaching 4,392 member-employees over 323 training days.- Coordinated the 61st annual Apprenticeship, Training and Safety Conference, which attracted 293 attendees.- Provided specialized training in hotline work, tree trimming and transformer connections to 117 participants.- Hosted digger derrick operator training at the Lineworker Training Center and certified 15 participants.- Provide first aid/CPR/AED training for 49 BSC lineworker students preparing them to enter the workforce.SAFETY/LOSS CONTROL- Collaborated with cooperatives and NDDES during the severe summer weather events which resulted in an estimated $18 million of damages. If awarded, the presidential declarations would make FEMA funding available to help with costs to repair utility infrastructure.- Submitted comments to the FEMA review council in efforts to reform FEMAs Public Assistance Program. - Influenced cooperatives culture of safety through multiple national and grassroots programs.- Administers the Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program (RESAP) to all North Dakota distribution cooperatives and Minnkota Power Cooperative.- Conducted RESAP on-site observations for six cooperatives.- Safety advocates from North Dakota and Montana gather in a cooperative effort to share best practices to promote safety and wellness during the bi-annual safety coordinator meetings. - Member of NRECAs Certified Loss Control Professional Commission and Safety Leadership Summit development committee.- Dielectrically tested 152 trucks at 29 locations.

  • Government Relations & Communication Services:GOVERNMENT RELATIONS- Successful legislative session: Avoiding harmful proposals on large load siting, securing favorable policies on coal conversion tax relief extension, passed a bill outlining the creation of voluntary Wildfire Mitigation Plans, achieved passage of support for rural grocery sustainability, and avoided bills being introduced on utility shutoff limits and guy wire marking.- Worked with member-cooperatives to coordinate educational and relationship-building opportunities with local legislators.- Engaged member-cooperatives, congressional members and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to promote achievable and sensible public policies related to energy, electricity and the environment.- Facilitated North Dakota's participation in NRECA's Legislative Conference and the fall fly-in in Washington, D.C.- Coordinated Rural Electric Political Action Committee (REPAC) meetings and provided support to statewide and legislative candidates who support electric cooperative issues.COMMUNICATIONS- Developed and implemented the NDAREC Strategic Communications plan. - Transformed and redesigned the NDAREC website by upgrading to Touchstone Energy Cooperatives' SHiNE platform. - Emphasized key themes on social media, including energy efficiency, cooperative philosophy, the electric cooperative network and community building. - Produced additional communications, including the Cooperative Power pamphlet, the bimonthly Know What's Happening e-newsletter, NDAREC Annual Review. - Created 20 videos for rural development, education, safety and government relations. - Hosted and planned an Artificial Intelligence workshop for cooperative communicator. - Worked with the media to promote issues important to electric cooperatives and their members.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Angela Carlson

    President

    Total calculated
    $16,450
    From this org
    $16,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Randy Simon

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Connie Bitz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maxine Rognlien

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lynn Jacobson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,400
    From this org
    $1,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Deon Vilhauer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $875
    From this org
    $875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Tom Seymour

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michele Schommer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,050
    From this org
    $1,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carmen Essig

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ken Sanford

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Rod Stockdill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Harrison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Grant

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • David Brag

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Kittleson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Arnold Kainz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Troy Presser

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jean Brandt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Brasel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Les Windjue

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Sigloh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dennis Schmierer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trish Gehlhar

    Director - Alternate (Apr)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Lori Carlson

    Director - Alternate (Jul)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Roger Kudrna

    Director - Alternate (Jul)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $6,574,767
    Expenses
    $6,575,274
    Contributions
    $3,625,919
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,096,674
    Expenses
    $6,498,521
    Contributions
    $3,316,737
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,508,370
    Expenses
    $5,347,774
    Contributions
    $3,437,908
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,787,226
    Expenses
    $4,553,910
    Contributions
    $6,934,714
    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
    $4,395,007
    Expenses
    $3,796,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,007,431

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,803,529
    Expenses
    $3,763,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,233,843

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,847,251
    Expenses
    $3,887,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,259,269

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,853,708
    Expenses
    $3,801,859
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,912,050

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,608,346
    Expenses
    $3,646,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,956,022

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,586,020
    Expenses
    $3,672,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,073,356

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,255,503
    Expenses
    $3,276,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,089,019

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,473,913
    Expenses
    $3,292,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,242,210

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,331,337
    Expenses
    $3,209,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,358,325

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,562,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,066,115

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

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 2025 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.