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CORN BELT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
CORN BELT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC (EIN 37-0228808)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-09-25
IRS object ID
202012699349300111
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2020-09-25T07:32:13-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2019-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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Preparer Firm EIN743040374PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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Business Name Line1Kevin S Kelso CPA PC PABusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line16700 Squibb Road Suite 215AddressLine1Txt
CityMissionCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP66202ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2019-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN370228808EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Corn Belt Energy CorporationBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlCORNBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone3096625330PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1One Energy WayAddressLine1Txt
CityBloomingtonCityNm
State AbbreviationILStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP61705ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonDon TaylorPersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Signature2020-09-25SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonGeorge LynchPreparerPersonNm
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Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerDon TaylorPrincipalOfficerNm

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Address Line1One Energy WayAddressLine1Txt
CityBloomingtonCityNm
State AbbreviationILStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP617056356ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$82,466,894GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website Addresswww.cornbeltenergy.comWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1938FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateILLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionTo enhance the quality of life of our members and support the communities we serve by cooperatively providing reasonably priced energy with exceptional service.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChangeInd
DescProvide electric services to over 35,000 homes and business throughout 18 counties in Central Illinois including Bureau, Champaign, De Witt, Ford, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Piatt, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford countiesDesc
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Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
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Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (true)BackupWthldComplianceInd
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Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitYes (true)UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsfalseNondeductibleContributionsInd
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Minutes Of CommitteesYes (true)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
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Local ChaptersfalseLocalChaptersInd
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (true)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
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Whistleblower PolicyYes (true)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (true)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (true)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (true)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonLynn OlesonPersonNm
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CityBloomingtonCityNm
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

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Don Taylor
President50.000.00Yes (X)$310,335$0$196,987
Steve Hancock
V P of Electric Distribution50.000.00$159,940$0$130,526
Mark Schaley
Maint Foreman50.000.00$135,902$0$68,221
Michael Nelson
Op Manager - North50.000.00$132,196$0$71,501
Ryan Campbell
Op Manager-Central50.000.00$135,701$0$55,457
Brian Felker
UG Foreman52.000.00$149,707$0$41,159
Lynn Oleson
Controller50.000.00Yes (X)$116,685$0$74,083
Leonard Joe Priestley
Vice President of Utility Services50.000.00$148,728$0$36,708
Adam Knudsen
Journeyman48.000.00$128,375$0$41,211
Rae Payne
Chairman10.130.00$23,850$0$0Yes (X)
Peter Borowski
Director8.140.00$20,900$0$0Yes (X)
Janice Reimer
Treasurer5.510.00$19,875$0$0Yes (X)
Jerry Starkey
Director6.320.00$18,250$0$0Yes (X)
Dennis Fredrickson
Director7.370.00$17,600$0$0Yes (X)
Albert Hagenbuch
Secretary5.410.00$13,625$0$0Yes (X)
Terry Longman
Director3.490.00$13,250$0$0Yes (X)
Jesse Slager
Director5.200.00$13,050$0$0Yes (X)
Robert Angus
Director4.160.00$11,925$0$0Yes (X)
Laverne Malone
Director3.650.00$11,650$0$0Yes (X)
Charles Meissenheimer
Vice President3.490.00$10,600$0$0Yes (X)
Gary Archey
Director4.670.00$7,475$0$0Yes (X)
Denise Mayes
Director1.540.00$6,450$0$0Yes (X)
Kay Werts
Director1.000.00$475$0$0Yes (X)
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777 N Convent StreetBourbonnaisIL60914Tree Contractor$852,220
Stark Excavating
1805 W Washington StreetBloomingtonIL61701Construction Crew$676,834
Enterprise FM Trust
P O Box 800089Kansas CityMO64180Vehicle Leasing$620,921
NISC
P O Box 1147MandanND58554Software Agreement$479,113
USIC Locating Services
P O Box 713359CincinnatiOH45271Contract Services$407,589
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Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

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Exclusion$59,198ExclusionAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

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Total$0TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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Total$5,690,836TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

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Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

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Total$3,917,813TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$6,182,003TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmt
Cost of Energy$50,745,110
Distribution$8,629,884
Admin & General$4,085,183
Member Services$1,826,813

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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Total$4,250TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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EOY$874,155EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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EOY$9,839,975EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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BOY$4,362,265BOYAmt
EOY$2,858,682EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$164,203,408BOYAmt
EOY$165,372,988EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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EOY$31,612,383EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,853BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$210,271,203BOYAmt
EOY$212,494,414EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,371,748BOYAmt
EOY$8,612,419EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,724,719BOYAmt
EOY$1,518,986EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$89,521,591BOYAmt
EOY$91,872,362EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,368,497BOYAmt
EOY$6,612,142EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$104,986,555BOYAmt
EOY$108,615,909EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$6,969,650EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$99,115,342BOYAmt
EOY$96,908,855EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$105,284,648BOYAmt
EOY$103,878,505EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$210,271,203BOYAmt
EOY$212,494,414EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$0ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$1,406,143OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,204,571OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$1,204,571BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,273,369OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,798,332DepreciationAmt
Book Value$3,475,037BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$231,185,419OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$70,492,039DepreciationAmt
Book Value$160,693,380BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$165,372,988TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Program Rltd$31,612,383TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescPost Retirement Benefit ObligationDesc
Amt$6,612,142Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$6,612,142TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$82,444,859TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$82,444,859RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$82,444,859TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$76,754,023TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$76,754,023ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included$5,690,836OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$5,690,836ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$82,444,859TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteManagement has evaluated the Cooperative's tax positions and concluded that the Cooperative has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustments to the financial statements. While the Cooperative believes it has adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by taxing authorities could be different than the positions taken by the Cooperative. The Cooperative recognizes any interest and penalties assessed by taxing authorities in income tax expense and with few exceptions is no longer subject to federal, state or local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2016.
Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/SMargins Assigned to Members $5690836

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or FeesYes (X)ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (true)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (true)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Adam Knudsen
Journeyman$128,375$14,321$26,890$169,586
Brian Felker
UG Foreman$149,707$22,257$18,902$190,866
Don Taylor
President$310,335$170,789$26,198$507,322
Leonard Joe Priestley
Vice President of Utility Services$148,728$25,494$11,214$185,436
Lynn Oleson
Controller$116,685$51,147$22,936$190,768
Mark Schaley
Maint Foreman$135,902$39,089$29,132$204,123
Michael Nelson
Op Manager - North$132,196$51,083$20,418$203,697
Ryan Campbell
Op Manager-Central$135,701$43,737$11,720$191,158
Steve Hancock
V P of Electric Distribution$159,940$108,963$21,563$290,466

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Cooperative will pay $10 per month toward the cost of health club dues as part of the wellness program. All employees are eligible for this benefit and all amounts are taxed as fringe benefitsExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or ShareholderCorn Belt Energy Corporation is a members owned Cooperative
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing BodyAll Board Members are elected by the membership
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or ShareholdersMembers approve all bylaw changes
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Board Members will review the Form 990, and bring up for discussion during the finance committee and regular board meeting
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsAn annual internal review is performed
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementCompensation for the top official is reviewed by the Board on an annual basis
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesThe process for determining compensation of the organization's officers or key employees is undertaken as part of the general review of other Cooperative data
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableBylaws are available online on the Cooperative's website. Policies, financials, and tax documents are available upon written request
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other IncreasesMargins Assigned to Members = $5690836
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other IncreasesOther Changes = $277420
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other DecreasesRetirement of Capital Credits = -$7374399