Nonprofit · EIN 45-0218423
KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
Tax-exempt · LINTON, ND 58552
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $15,354,009 | $15,354,009 | $0 | $51,770,788 | $32,799,560 | $18,971,228 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $15,321,482 | $15,321,482 | $0 | $50,491,566 | $32,547,391 | $17,944,175 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $14,072,369 | $14,072,369 | $0 | $46,266,521 | $29,557,082 | $16,709,439 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $14,675,638
- Investment income
- $30,518
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $152
- Other revenue
- $647,853
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Benefits paid to members
- $1,320,469
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $255,631
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $511,712
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $1,443,313
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $50,491,566
- Total assets, end of year
- $51,770,788
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $32,799,560
- Net assets, end of year
- $18,971,228
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $39,640,978
- Gross unrelated business income
- $92,795
- Gross receipts
- $15,380,732
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1944
- State of legal domicile
- ND
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE NAGEL | CHIEF OF STAFF Key employee | 40.34 | $157,031 | $72,396 |
| KEVIN HORNER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 44.03 | $139,294 | $56,424 |
| GERALD ZINK | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.53 | $127,187 | $61,106 |
| MARTIN MESSER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.15 | $134,121 | $53,815 |
| TYLER SCHUMMER | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.56 | $128,614 | $46,106 |
| TYLER JACOB | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.91 | $126,171 | $43,975 |
| CARMEN ESSIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7.63 | $22,800 | $0 |
| CARTER VANDERWAL | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 6.12 | $16,200 | $0 |
| VICTOR WALD | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5.31 | $15,000 | $0 |
| JOHN BECK | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $13,200 | $0 |
| DEAN DEWALD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.37 | $12,000 | $0 |
| TODD SCHNABEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2.85 | $9,800 | $0 |
| NEIL MEIDINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.5 | $9,600 | $0 |
| JASON BENTZ IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TRAVIS KUPPER IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX CRAIGMILE IEA | CFO Officer | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE NAGEL | CHIEF OF STAFF Highest-paid employee | 40 | $150,386 | $62,875 |
| KEVIN HORNER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,905 | $49,771 |
| MARTIN MESSER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,195 | $48,313 |
| AUSTIN OHLHAUSER | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $119,252 | $46,037 |
| TYLER SCHUMMER | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $126,040 | $37,712 |
| CARMEN ESSIG | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 7.33 | $23,100 | $0 |
| VICTOR WALD | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2.38 | $15,900 | $0 |
| CARTER VANDERWAL | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5.29 | $15,000 | $0 |
| DEAN DEWALD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.46 | $12,500 | $0 |
| NEIL MEIDINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.96 | $10,034 | $0 |
| JOHN BECK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5.5 | $9,300 | $0 |
| ESTATE OF ANTON SHAFFNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.19 | $1,200 | $0 |
| JASON BENTZ IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TRAVIS KUPPER IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEX CRAIGMILE IEA | CFO Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE NAGEL | CHIEF OF STAFF Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,329 | $61,645 |
| KEVIN HORNER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,016 | $49,696 |
| MARTIN MESSER | AREA FOREMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,887 | $48,240 |
| GERALD ZINK | JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,144 | $52,143 |
| MARCY SANDERS | MANAGER OF MEMBER SERVICES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,765 | $52,413 |
| CARMEN ESSIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.48 | $16,700 | $0 |
| JOHN BECK | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 6.13 | $12,700 | $0 |
| CARTER VANDER WAL | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 6.65 | $12,200 | $0 |
| DEAN HUMMEL TERM 82023 | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.43 | $11,100 | $0 |
| DEAN DEWALD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.98 | $10,700 | $0 |
| NEIL MEIDINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.21 | $10,200 | $0 |
| VICTOR WALD | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2.96 | $9,800 | $0 |
| JASON BENTZ IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TRAVIS KUPPER IEA | CO-MANAGER Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEX CRAIGMILE IEA | CFO Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 790, LINTON, ND 58552-0790
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ALEX CRAIGMILE, PO BOX 790, LINTON, ND 58552
- Signed the 990
- ALEX CRAIGMILE, CFO
- Phone
- (701) 254-4666
- Website
- KEMELECTRIC.COM
- Return prepared by
- BRADY MARTZ PLLC
Mission
THE PURPOSE OF KEM ELECTRIC IS TO MAKE ITS MEMBERS MORE PRODUCTIVE AND INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY: PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, QUALITY ELECTRIC SERVICE; PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE MEMBERSHIP.
Program accomplishments
- RURAL ELECTRIC POWER COOP SUPPLYING POWER TO RURAL MEMBERS
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-0218423
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(12): Benevolent life insurance association or mutual company
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1953
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $51,770,788
- Income (IRS master file)
- $15,380,732
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $15,354,009 | $15,354,009 | $51,770,788 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $15,321,482 | $15,321,482 | $50,491,566 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $14,072,369 | $14,072,369 | $46,266,521 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $12,543,881 | $12,543,881 | $45,256,824 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-0218423).
Questions about KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
- What is the EIN of KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC is 45-0218423.
- Is KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(12) since 1953.
- Are donations to KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ALEX CRAIGMILE.
- Who are the officers and directors of KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 13 received compensation from the organization, the highest $157,031 (DALE NAGEL, CHIEF OF STAFF).
- How much revenue does KEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $15,354,009, expenses of $15,354,009 and total assets of $51,770,788 at year end.
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