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TONGUE RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 81-0225169 ASHLAND, MT

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Revenue 2023
$13,605,264
Expenses 2023
$12,931,205

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 138

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 · 2023

Mission

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PROVIDING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AND PATRONS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF MONTANA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN RURAL MONTANA

  • RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER AND UTILITIES SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,641 MEMBERS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF MONTANA.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dee Dee Isaacs

    ASSISTANT SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $7,313
    From this org
    $7,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.67
  • Jim Collins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,663
    From this org
    $13,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.63
  • Vicky Tusler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,875
    From this org
    $4,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Diana McLean

    NORTHERN CHEYENNE REPRESEN

    Total calculated
    $6,825
    From this org
    $6,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.83
  • Gary P Helm

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,175
    From this org
    $6,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.88
  • Craig Randall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,900
    From this org
    $3,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Richard Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,713
    From this org
    $4,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.24
  • Robert Janssen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,850
    From this org
    $5,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.52
  • Curtis Elkshoulder Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,275
    From this org
    $2,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.96
  • Forest Dunning

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,500
    From this org
    $6,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.08
  • Tary Hanson

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $231,138
    From this org
    $155,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,473
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,066
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,599
    Filer's total
    $231,138
  • Brian Torgerson

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $162,807
    From this org
    $103,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,324
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,563
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,761
    Filer's total
    $162,807
  • Timothy M Stradinger

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $109,395
    From this org
    $109,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Miles P Dennis

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $110,127
    From this org
    $110,127
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brent N Helm

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $105,737
    From this org
    $105,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gary D Bartlett

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $105,267
    From this org
    $105,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffrey T Ryan

    LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $101,842
    From this org
    $101,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,605,264
    Expenses
    $12,931,205
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,153,845
    Expenses
    $12,848,503
    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
    $13,668,409
    Expenses
    $14,368,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,323,554
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,423,007
    Expenses
    $12,436,870
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,511,964
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,225,737
    Expenses
    $13,151,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,104,424
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,271,310
    Expenses
    $12,568,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,103,579
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,931,042
    Expenses
    $9,914,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,277,439
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,089,350
    Expenses
    $11,411,738
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,128,102
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,466,521
    Expenses
    $11,397,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,743,568
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,714,928
    Expenses
    $11,714,928
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,117,857
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,800,200
    Expenses
    $16,940,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,359,097
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,248,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,759,406

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.