Nonprofit · EIN 47-0438125
NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC
Tax-exempt · COLUMBUS, NE 68601
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $261,718,447 | $261,760,310 | -$41,863 | $21,001,381 | $20,074,145 | $927,236 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $255,967,096 | $256,052,031 | -$84,935 | $21,051,195 | $19,992,588 | $1,058,607 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $262,303,290 | $262,303,290 | $0 | $24,848,227 | $23,704,685 | $1,143,542 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $261,657,388
- Investment income
- $61,059
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $401,607
- Other salaries and wages
- $87,031
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $584,923
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $45,799
- Accounting fees
- $9,200
- Occupancy
- $34,030
- Travel
- $10,307
- Depreciation
- $2,190
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $21,051,195
- Total assets, end of year
- $21,001,381
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $20,074,145
- Net assets, end of year
- $927,236
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $12,708
- Gross receipts
- $261,718,447
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1956
- State of legal domicile
- NE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Bloomquist | General Manager Officer | 40 | $273,979 | $136,081 |
| John Schmid | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $2,100 | $0 |
| David Hamburger | Secretary/Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,850 | $0 |
| Brent Ballou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,750 | $0 |
| Rodney Zohner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,750 | $0 |
| Brad Bartak | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Danny Muhlbach | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Dennis Reiners | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Milan Siefken | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Kenneth Ham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,450 | $0 |
| Matthew Fritz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,450 | $0 |
| Robert Schellpeper | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,350 | $0 |
| Greg Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,250 | $0 |
| Larry White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,250 | $0 |
| Mark Wyman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,250 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kreitman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,250 |
| Brian Lukasiewicz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,100 |
| Jeffrey Obermier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,100 |
| Leroy Mostek | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,100 |
| Brent Stagemeyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,000 |
| Larry Domina | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,000 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Bloomquist | General Manager Officer | 40 | $252,774 | $131,678 |
| Danny Muhlbach | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $2,100 | $0 |
| Dennis Reiners | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $2,100 | $0 |
| Milan Siefken | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $2,100 | $0 |
| John Schmid | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,950 | $0 |
| Brad Bartak | Secretary/Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,600 | $0 |
| Brent Ballou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,550 | $0 |
| Leroy Mostek | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,550 | $0 |
| Kenneth Ham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,450 | $0 |
| Rodney Zohner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,450 | $0 |
| Gerald Bohling | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,350 | $0 |
| Mike Kreitman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,350 | $0 |
| Larry White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,350 | $0 |
| David Hamburger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,200 | $0 |
| Vernon Kuhnel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,200 | $0 |
| Brian Lukasiewicz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,200 | $0 |
| Robert Schellpeper | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,200 | $0 |
| Brent Stagemeyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Richard Erwin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $950 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Obermier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $850 | $0 |
| Matthew Fritz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $700 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Bloomquist | General Manager Officer | 40 | $232,526 | $113,105 |
| Danny Muhlbach | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $2,100 | $0 |
| John Schmid | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,800 | $0 |
| David Hamburger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,700 | $0 |
| Rodney Zohner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,700 | $0 |
| Keith Baker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,600 | $0 |
| Dennis Reiners | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,600 | $0 |
| Brad Bartak | Secretary/Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $1,600 | $0 |
| Larry White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,600 | $0 |
| Milan Siefken | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Leroy Mostek | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Brent Ballou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Vernon Kuhnel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,200 | $0 |
| Gerald Bohling | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,100 | $0 |
| Kenneth Ham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Obermier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Matt Fritz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $800 | $0 |
| Brian Lukasiewicz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $600 | $0 |
| Brent Stagemeyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $600 | $0 |
| Robert Schellpeper | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $600 | $0 |
| Richard Erwin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $400 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2472 18TH AVE, COLUMBUS, NE 68601-2604
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Darin Bloomquist, 2472 18th Ave, Columbus, NE 68601
- Signed the 990
- Darin Bloomquist, General Manager
- Phone
- (402) 564-8142
- Website
- negt.coop
- Return prepared by
- Eide Bailly LLP
Mission
None.
Program accomplishments
- Supplied power to 19 rural public power districts and 1 electric membership corporation.
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
- 47-0438125
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(12): Benevolent life insurance association or mutual company
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1968
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $21,001,381
- Income (IRS master file)
- $261,718,447
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $261,718,447 | $261,760,310 | $21,001,381 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $255,967,096 | $256,052,031 | $21,051,195 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $262,303,290 | $262,303,290 | $24,848,227 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $248,434,126 | $248,434,126 | $27,043,726 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 47-0438125).
Questions about NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC
- What is the EIN of NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC is 47-0438125.
- Is NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(12) since 1968.
- Are donations to NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 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 NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 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 NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 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 NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Darin Bloomquist.
- Who are the officers and directors of NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 21 people; 21 received compensation from the organization, the highest $273,979 (Darin Bloomquist, General Manager).
- How much revenue does NEBRASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $261,718,447, expenses of $261,760,310 and total assets of $21,001,381 at year end.
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