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SOUTHWEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 44-0441450 BOLIVAR, MO

Largest nonprofits in Missouri

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

  • 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.

  • Jack Bybee

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $24,855
    From this org
    $2,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,580
    Hours/week
    9.33
  • Lowell Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $25,153
    From this org
    $2,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,578
    Hours/week
    14.19
  • Chris Jewell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,547
    From this org
    $2,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,772
    Hours/week
    3.92
  • Mike Frieze

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,828
    From this org
    $3,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,128
    Hours/week
    1.73
  • Ed Dority

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,467
    From this org
    $3,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,042
    Hours/week
    12.29
  • Nancy Erickson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $29,722
    From this org
    $2,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,772
    Hours/week
    9.88
  • Daniel Mauss

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $5,406
    From this org
    $5,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6
    Hours/week
    5.38
  • Carl Button

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,703
    From this org
    $3,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,128
    Hours/week
    4.35
  • Barry Edwards

    ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $25,728
    From this org
    $4,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,128
    Hours/week
    5.58
  • James 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
  • Jason 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
  • Leslie 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
  • Joshua 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
  • Alva 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
  • Benjamin 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

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $69,243,622
    Expenses
    $63,675,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $165,427,918
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $70,003,598
    Expenses
    $61,985,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,345,486
  • 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
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,998,743
    Expenses
    $57,218,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,150,419
  • 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

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

  • SOUTHWEST FIBER COMMUNICATIONS LLC

    FIBER OPTICS · MO · income $100,511 · assets $821,270

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • SHO-ME POWER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

    C · UTILITIES · MO

  • 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.