- Revenue 2024
- $81,663,498
- Expenses 2024
- $75,261,420
As filed
- Subsection
- 12
- Classification
- 4000
- Street
- 1023 S SPRINGFIELD AVE
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 · 2024
Mission
SOUTHWEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN OCTOBER OF 1939 AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO RURAL MEMBERS EVER SINCE. SWEC OWNS 5,565 MILES OF LINE AND SERVES JUST OVER 44,698 METERS IN ELEVEN COUNTIES. SWEC HAS THREE DISTRICT OFFICES. ONE OFFICE IS LOCATED PRESTON, MISSOURI AND A SECOND IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. THE THIRD OFFICE IS SITUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF J AND 7 HIGHWAYS IN CAMDEN COUNTY. SOUTHWEST ELECTRIC IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING ITS MEMBERS WITH THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE
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PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OVER 40,000 METERS
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.
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Jack BybeeJACK BYBEE
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $24,855
- From this org
- $2,275
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,580
- Hours/week
- 9.33
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Lowell HillLOWELL HILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $25,153
- From this org
- $2,575
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,578
- Hours/week
- 14.19
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Chris JewellCHRIS JEWELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $29,547
- From this org
- $2,775
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,772
- Hours/week
- 3.92
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Mike FriezeMIKE FRIEZE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,828
- From this org
- $3,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,128
- Hours/week
- 1.73
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Ed DorityED DORITY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $15,467
- From this org
- $3,425
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,042
- Hours/week
- 12.29
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Nancy EricksonNANCY ERICKSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $29,722
- From this org
- $2,950
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,772
- Hours/week
- 9.88
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Daniel MaussDANIEL MAUSS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $5,406
- From this org
- $5,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6
- Hours/week
- 5.38
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Carl ButtonCARL BUTTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,703
- From this org
- $3,575
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,128
- Hours/week
- 4.35
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Barry EdwardsBARRY EDWARDS
ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $25,728
- From this org
- $4,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,128
- Hours/week
- 5.58
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James AshworthJAMES ASHWORTH
CEO/GENERAL MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $446,072
- From this org
- $338,873
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $107,199
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $338,873
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $90,578
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,621
- Filer's total
- $446,072
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Jason CarverJASON CARVER
CHIEF ENGINEER
- Total calculated
- $245,252
- From this org
- $179,858
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $65,394
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $179,858
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $48,773
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,621
- Filer's total
- $245,252
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Leslie CantrellLESLIE CANTRELL
MANAGER, FINANCE AND ACC
- Total calculated
- $229,728
- From this org
- $162,870
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $66,858
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,870
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $44,592
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,266
- Filer's total
- $229,728
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Joshua WolfeJOSHUA WOLFE
OPERATIONS MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $220,413
- From this org
- $156,342
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $64,071
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,342
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $41,805
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,266
- Filer's total
- $220,413
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Alva RainsALVA RAINS
JOURNEYMAN
- Total calculated
- $190,687
- From this org
- $146,322
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $44,365
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,322
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $27,744
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,621
- Filer's total
- $190,687
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Benjamin GerkeBENJAMIN GERKE
JOURNEYMAN
- Total calculated
- $195,689
- From this org
- $145,679
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,010
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,679
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $27,744
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,266
- Filer's total
- $195,689
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $81,663,498
- Expenses
- $75,261,420
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $73,027,362
- Expenses
- $69,290,408
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $70,745,586
- Expenses
- $67,667,704
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $66,569,168
- Expenses
- $63,832,015
- Assets (EOY)
- $183,064,433
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $68,440,245
- Expenses
- $62,392,531
- Assets (EOY)
- $168,824,606
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $69,243,622
- Expenses
- $63,675,316
- Assets (EOY)
- $165,427,918
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $70,003,598
- Expenses
- $61,985,253
- Assets (EOY)
- $162,345,486
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $62,765,643
- Expenses
- $58,434,915
- Assets (EOY)
- $149,341,171
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $60,789,158
- Expenses
- $58,222,557
- Assets (EOY)
- $145,091,618
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $59,998,743
- Expenses
- $57,218,246
- Assets (EOY)
- $142,150,419
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $63,940,795
- Expenses
- $55,649,754
- Assets (EOY)
- $144,057,102
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $59,663,604
- Expenses
- $53,202,560
- Assets (EOY)
- $134,883,576
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $51,254,118
- Assets (EOY)
- $127,452,827
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
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NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
On its 2024 return
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.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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SOUTHWEST FIBER COMMUNICATIONS LLC
FIBER OPTICS · MO · income $100,511 · assets $821,270
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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SHO-ME POWER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
C · UTILITIES · MO
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KAMO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
C · UTILITIES · OK
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.