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East Central Energy

  • Braham, MN
  • Tax-exempt since Dec. 1937
  • EIN: 41-0480748

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Benevolent life insurance associations, irrigation companies, telephone companies, etc., which have a mutually beneficial nature.

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Details

According to its Dec. 2022 tax filing, this nonprofit:

Reported conflict of interest transactions
Organizations must report loans, grants or business transactions with interested parties, which may include key employees and officers, their family members and any businesses in which they hold a controlling interest. These transactions must be reported on Schedule L.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$136M (2022)

Expenses
$136M (2022)

Total Assets
$359M (2022)

Total Liabilities
$217M (2022)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2016 to 2022

Tax Filings and Audits by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Audits are required to be submitted by nonprofit organizations that spend $750,000 or more in federal grant money in a fiscal year. "Single audits" look at the entire organization's finances and compliance, while other audits are program specific. Nonprofit Explorer has PDFs of audits for some nonprofits for fiscal year 2015 and later. Audit data is from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

No Extracted Financial Data

Form 990 documents are not available for this tax period, but audit documents are available for download.

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Audits

Audit for a nonprofit that spends $750,000+ in federal grant money in a fiscal year

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$136,415,496
Expenses
$136,342,020
Net Income
$73,476
Net Assets
$142,395,162
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $134,646,028
98.7%
Investment Income $364,549
0.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $67,491
0.0%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,337,428
1.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,320,744
1.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $359,107,957
Total Liabilities $216,712,795
Net Assets $142,395,162
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $133,216,537
Income From Other Sources $7,280,690
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Justin Jahnz (President/Ceo) $236,642 $0 $119,436
Andy Olson (Vp/Chief Operating Officer) $206,924 $0 $136,053
Lisa Prachar (Vp/Chief Financial Officer) $200,001 $0 $242,941
Ty Houglum (Vp/Chief Information Officer) $176,701 $0 $108,244
Tor Kindem (Crew Foreman) $174,019 $0 $91,291
David Waletski (Manager, Engineering) $166,718 $0 $99,165
Mark Machovec (Line Technician) $158,370 $0 $60,842
Kevin Klocke (Line Personnel) $155,973 $0 $18,359
Mark Nelson (Manager, Business Accounts) $147,157 $0 $109,494
Linda Laitala (Chair) $22,000 $0 $0
Greg Kvanicka (Asst. Secretary/Treasurer) $16,800 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Vice Chair) $15,100 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Director) $14,100 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $13,500 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Director) $13,200 $0 $0
Shelly Nault (Director) $12,875 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Secretary/Treasurer) $12,675 $0 $0
Jim Jesok (Director) $11,900 $0 $0
Ron Volker (Director) $11,575 $0 $0
Rick Olson (Director) $11,400 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $11,300 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $4,100 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Director) $3,300 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$133,197,154
Expenses
$137,894,380
Net Income
-$4,697,226
Net Assets
$135,773,266
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $131,428,684
98.7%
Investment Income $177,872
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $179,931
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,410,667
1.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,377,840
1.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $351,028,810
Total Liabilities $215,255,544
Net Assets $135,773,266
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $126,875,093
Income From Other Sources $7,822,446
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Justin Jahnz (President/Ceo) $215,800 $0 $99,629
Andy Olson (Vp/Chief Operating Officer) $195,285 $0 $71,610
Lisa Prachar (Vp/Cfo (Appointed 3/1/21)) $186,274 $0 $124,444
Ty Houglum (Vp/Chief Information Officer) $173,314 $0 $74,125
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $157,775 $0 $34,982
Tanner Olson (Line Personnel) $157,000 $0 $18,127
Tor Kindem (Crew Foreman) $155,490 $0 $88,895
Cheryl Hagfors (Vp/Cfo (Retired 4/1/21)) $152,202 $0 $8,110
Mark Nelson (Manager, Gov't & Business) $147,109 $0 $106,415
David Waletski (Manager, Engineering) $147,086 $0 $80,427
Linda Laitala (Chair) $18,800 $0 $0
Greg Kvanicka (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) $14,325 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Director) $13,950 $0 $0
Rick Olson (Director) $13,275 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Secretary/Treasurer) $13,175 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Vice Chair) $12,825 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $12,375 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $12,075 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Vice Chair) $11,475 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $11,175 $0 $0
Jim Jesok (Director) $11,175 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Director) $11,075 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$127,219,565
Expenses
$127,044,567
Net Income
$174,998
Net Assets
$135,164,593
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $125,867,417
98.9%
Investment Income $148,671
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $79,307
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,124,170
0.9%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,338,368
1.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $344,437,074
Total Liabilities $209,272,481
Net Assets $135,164,593
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $123,917,850
Income From Other Sources $4,363,000
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Vern Johnson (Coo/Vp Of Operations) $294,945 $0 $135,222
Cheryl Hagfors (Cfo/Vp Business & Energy S) $252,676 $0 $86,817
Steve Shurts (Ceo/President) $206,567 $0 $18,222
Tanner Olson (Line Personnel) $170,045 $0 $16,591
Tor Kindem (Crew Foreman) $167,808 $0 $71,732
Justin Jahnz (President/Ceo) $160,942 $0 $46,847
Mark Machovec (Line Personnel) $154,980 $0 $46,148
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $152,834 $0 $30,115
Mark Nelson (Manager, Gov't & Business Relations) $150,260 $0 $130,165
Linda Laitala (Chair) $17,125 $0 $0
Greg Kvanicka (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) $14,325 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Secretary/Treasurer) $14,025 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Vice Chair) $12,825 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Director) $12,600 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $12,075 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Vice Chair) $11,850 $0 $0
Jim Jesok (Director) $11,175 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Director) $11,175 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $10,575 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $10,275 $0 $0
Rick Olsen (Director) $8,650 $0 $0
Donald Swanson (Director) $4,000 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$126,847,825
Expenses
$128,797,010
Net Income
-$1,949,185
Net Assets
$134,019,279
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $125,157,973
98.7%
Investment Income $259,215
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $103,846
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,326,791
1.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,161,385
0.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $333,854,038
Total Liabilities $199,834,759
Net Assets $134,019,279
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $123,187,093
Income From Other Sources $4,893,277
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Steve Shurts (Ceo/President) $294,195 $0 $95,001
Cheryl Hagfors (Cfo/Vp Business & Energy S) $230,146 $0 $41,205
Vern Johnson (Coo/Vp Of Operations) $228,858 $0 $107,476
Tanner Olson (Line Personnel) $160,352 $0 $14,894
Tor Kindem (Crew Foreman) $159,936 $0 $55,726
Mark Machovec (Line Personnel) $149,514 $0 $39,843
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $147,915 $0 $35,027
Al Pearson (Crew Foreman) $142,341 $0 $65,902
Linda Laitala (Chair) $19,750 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Director) $15,975 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Vice Chair) $15,500 $0 $0
Greg Kvanicka (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) $13,375 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $12,900 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Director) $12,775 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Secretary/Treasurer) $12,450 $0 $0
Jim Jesok (Director) $12,400 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $12,375 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Director) $12,050 $0 $0
Donald Swanson (Director) $11,900 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $10,600 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 5, 2020

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$127,272,111
Expenses
$131,530,098
Net Income
-$4,257,987
Net Assets
$134,028,900
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $125,043,672
98.2%
Investment Income $598,237
0.5%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $90,128
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,540,074
1.2%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,103,280
0.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $334,197,340
Total Liabilities $200,168,440
Net Assets $134,028,900
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $122,990,417
Income From Other Sources $4,983,695
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Steve Shurts (Ceo/President) $285,276 $0 $97,233
Vern Johnson (Coo/Vp Of Operations) $222,190 $0 $110,404
Cheryl Hagfors (Cfo/Vp Business & Energy S) $221,143 $0 $165,955
Mark Machovec (Line Personnel) $144,230 $0 $40,919
Tanner Olson (Line Personnel) $143,981 $0 $11,564
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $141,837 $0 $34,141
Joseph Diethelm (Line Personnel) $139,768 $0 $49,619
Kevin Klock (Line Personnel) $134,597 $0 $16,948
Garry Bye (Director) $14,750 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Vice Chair) $14,200 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Chair) $14,150 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) $13,900 $0 $0
Linda Laitala (Secretary/Treasurer) $12,900 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Director) $12,100 $0 $0
Donald Swanson (Director) $11,400 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $11,350 $0 $0
Jim Jesok (Director) $10,300 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $9,700 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Director) $9,200 $0 $0
Greg Kvanicka (Director) $7,850 $0 $0
Bob Kaeter (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) $4,050 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Sept. 30, 2019

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$128,728,738
Expenses
$126,644,922
Net Income
$2,083,816
Net Assets
$131,643,090
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $127,234,549
98.8%
Investment Income $878,591
0.7%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $31,798
0.0%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $583,800
0.5%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,108,168
0.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $326,745,635
Total Liabilities $195,102,545
Net Assets $131,643,090
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $123,915,978
Income From Other Sources $5,357,714
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Steve Shurts (Ceo/President) $284,600 $0 $94,454
Vern Johnson (Coo/Vp Of Operations) $217,818 $0 $99,865
Cheryl Hagfors (Cfo/Vp Business & Energy S) $216,059 $0 $158,218
Allen Pearson (Crew Foreman) $136,889 $0 $62,828
Joseph Diethelm (Line Personnel) $134,145 $0 $42,899
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $132,922 $0 $34,871
Tanner Olson (Line Personnel) $132,099 $0 $11,290
Tor Kindem (Line Personnel) $129,305 $0 $52,830
Wayne Eller (Vice Chair) $14,900 $0 $0
Jerry Tvedt (Chair) $14,700 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Director) $12,850 $0 $0
Linda Laitala (Secretary/Treasurer) $12,500 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Director) $11,350 $0 $0
Bob Kaeter (Assistant Secretary/Treasurer) $11,050 $0 $0
Donald Swanson (Director) $11,000 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $10,800 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $9,800 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Director) $9,500 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $9,050 $0 $0
Michael Kapalin (Vice Chair) $6,900 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 5, 2018

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$127,667,181
Expenses
$127,192,929
Net Income
$474,252
Net Assets
$126,465,677
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $125,060,940
98.0%
Investment Income $632,607
0.5%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $83,036
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,890,598
1.5%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,734,870
1.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $324,675,771
Total Liabilities $198,210,094
Net Assets $126,465,677
Club or Co-Op Income
Income From Members $121,659,038
Income From Other Sources $4,633,322
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Steve Shurts (Ceo/President) $271,447 $0 $53,545
Cheryl Hagfors (Cfo/Vp Business & Energy Services) $206,384 $0 $163,411
Vern Johnson (Coo/Vp Of Operations) $205,525 $0 $121,962
Allen Pearson (Crew Foreman) $134,047 $0 $63,942
Mark Machovec (Line Personnel) $131,568 $0 $35,975
Christy Flaspeter (Hr Manager) $128,198 $0 $34,967
Tor Kindem (Line Personnel) $124,841 $0 $48,519
Jerry Tvedt (Chair) $14,450 $0 $0
Linda Laitala (Secretary Treasurer) $14,100 $0 $0
Michael Kapalin (Vice Chair) $12,950 $0 $0
Diane Zimmerman (Director) $12,800 $0 $0
Garry Bye (Director) $12,700 $0 $0
Robert Kaeter (Asst Secretary Treasurer) $12,300 $0 $0
Donald Swanson (Director) $11,150 $0 $0
Wayne Eller (Director) $10,550 $0 $0
Lonnie Johnson (Director) $10,350 $0 $0
David Deutschlander (Director) $10,150 $0 $0
Joseph Morley (Director) $8,500 $0 $0
Wes Siemers (Director) $8,450 $0 $0
David Cartwright (Director) $1,950 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Oct. 27, 2017

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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