Nonprofit · EIN 39-0233059
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE
Tax-exempt · LA CROSSE, WI 54602
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $485,754,764 | $480,951,186 | $4,803,578 | $1,567,424,114 | $1,169,975,202 | $397,448,912 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $494,461,937 | $489,311,333 | $5,150,604 | $1,585,303,722 | $1,208,297,654 | $377,006,068 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $483,178,241
- Investment income
- $2,563,378
- Net rental income
- $13,145
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$121,614
- Other revenue
- $13,145
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Benefits paid to members
- $20,947,744
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $5,819,603
- Other salaries and wages
- $53,362,719
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $87,623,597
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $577,402
- Accounting fees
- $437,633
- Occupancy
- $604,747
- Travel
- $1,577,483
- Depreciation
- $68,019,402
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,585,303,722
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,567,424,114
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,169,975,202
- Net assets, end of year
- $397,448,912
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,320,026,659
- Gross receipts
- $485,754,764
- Employees
- 579
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1941
- State of legal domicile
- WI
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, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Ridge | President and Chief Executive Officer Officer | 45 | $1,073,891 | $104,151 |
| John B Young | Vice President and Chief Risk Officer Key employee | 47 | $281,462 | $291,048 |
| Benjamin L Porath | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 50 | $408,251 | $124,573 |
| Amanda Hoefling | Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Key employee | 45 | $388,073 | $131,586 |
| John P Carr | Vice President Strategic Growth (retired Q1 2025) Key employee | 0 | $323,053 | $159,820 |
| April Wehling | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Officer | 50 | $342,186 | $92,389 |
| Joyce Peppin | Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Key employee | 50 | $331,537 | $101,569 |
| Jeremy Browning | Vice President Generation Key employee | 40 | $313,402 | $91,835 |
| Kevin Nordt | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Key employee | 50 | $325,326 | $41,891 |
| Nathaniel Melby | Vice President and Chief Information Officer Key employee | 45 | $274,017 | $82,639 |
| Jason Herbert | Vice President External Affairs Key employee | 50 | $291,857 | $35,808 |
| Greg Flege | Vice President Transmission Key employee | 60 | $234,321 | $92,387 |
| Andy Black | Dir Organizational Effectiveness Highest-paid employee | 40 | $293,886 | $22,726 |
| Ron Franz | Sr. Dir Resource and Energy Planning Highest-paid employee | 45 | $206,325 | $108,136 |
| Matt Lewis | Dir Business Development and PMO Highest-paid employee | 45 | $232,455 | $75,284 |
33 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Galioto | Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Key employee | 55 | $240,371 | $57,289 |
| Elizabeth Ressie | Sr. Dir Safety and Human Resources Highest-paid employee | 50 | $223,753 | $71,598 |
| Ken Schlimgen | Mgr Mkt Opr Trading & Wholesale Power (retired Q1 2025) Highest-paid employee | 0 | $204,175 | $90,019 |
| William L Berg | Former President and CEO Former | 0 | $144,706 | $0 |
| Jenny Scharmer | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $58,137 | $6,878 |
| Joe Mattingley | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $43,327 | $9,020 |
| Jim Hager | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $41,286 | $7,028 |
| Barry Radloff | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $39,200 | $8,631 |
| Sandra Davidson | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $43,347 | $3,947 |
| Michael Baker | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $39,607 | $7,164 |
| Jeffrey Bradley | Current Director Trustee or director | 7 | $38,682 | $5,505 |
| Karen Newbury | Current Director Trustee or director | 12 | $35,513 | $7,230 |
| Dennis Frame | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $38,065 | $4,326 |
| Ed Gullickson | Current Director Trustee or director | 14 | $34,307 | $7,912 |
| Chuck Zenner | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $34,978 | $4,960 |
| John Petska | Current Director Trustee or director | 7 | $34,068 | $5,769 |
| Mark Kingland | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $34,160 | $5,538 |
| Jeff Monson | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $36,347 | $3,096 |
| Brian Berg | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $31,603 | $3,725 |
| Jerry Huber | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $31,181 | $3,775 |
| Bill Trygstad | Current Director Trustee or director | 14 | $29,907 | $4,506 |
| Clarence Boettcher | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $30,226 | $3,629 |
| Robert Hess | Current Director Trustee or director | 12 | $29,325 | $3,891 |
| Arthur Friedrich | Current Director Trustee or director | 13 | $28,312 | $3,343 |
| Daniel Korn | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $27,708 | $1,502 |
| Jane Reich | Current Director Trustee or director | 20 | $25,343 | $3,815 |
| Neil Plourde | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $24,586 | $4,455 |
| Tom Zwiefelhofer | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $18,499 | $2,975 |
| Dean L Stokke | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $17,376 | $2,461 |
| Larry Hall | Current Director Trustee or director | 5 | $12,308 | $1,557 |
| Dan Tindell | Current Director Trustee or director | 0 | $3,374 | $765 |
| Tracy L Lauritzen | Current Director Trustee or director | 0 | $1,968 | $0 |
| Bernadine Hornby | Current Director Trustee or director | 0 | $1,609 | $105 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 49 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Ridge | President and Chief Executive Officer Officer | 50 | $942,195 | $97,460 |
| Phillip M Moilien | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired 07/14/23) Former | 0 | $470,957 | $129,946 |
| Benjamin L Porath | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 50 | $382,235 | $124,993 |
| Amanda Hoefling | Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Key employee | 50 | $361,307 | $107,225 |
| John P Carr | Vice President, Strategic Growth Key employee | 50 | $309,008 | $151,591 |
| John B Young | Vice President and Chief Risk Officer Key employee | 47 | $239,970 | $180,249 |
| Joyce Peppin | Executive Vice President and General Counsel Key employee | 50 | $279,067 | $85,726 |
| April Wehling | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Officer | 55 | $272,971 | $73,114 |
| Jeremy Browning | Vice President Generation Key employee | 55 | $281,151 | $63,979 |
| Nathaniel Melby | Vice President and Chief Information Officer Key employee | 45 | $258,795 | $77,827 |
| Brian Treadway | Director of Transmission Services Highest-paid employee | 46 | $211,516 | $90,098 |
| Ken Schlimgen | Mgr, Mkt Opr, Trading and Wholesale Power Highest-paid employee | 55 | $198,283 | $81,174 |
| Matt Lewis | Dir, Business Development and PMO Highest-paid employee | 45 | $215,358 | $56,305 |
| Elizabeth Ressie | Dir, Safety and Human Resources Highest-paid employee | 50 | $198,362 | $65,327 |
| Kathleen Galioto | Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Key employee | 55 | $208,543 | $46,484 |
| Brad Smalldridge | Vice President, Transmission Services and Business Development (Term 07/10/23) Former | 0 | $195,264 | $59,630 |
| Nicole Metzler | Controller Highest-paid employee | 50 | $203,100 | $27,142 |
| William L Berg | President and CEO (Retired 02/15) Former | 0 | $109,782 | $0 |
| Jenny Scharmer | Current Director - Chair Trustee or director | 19 | $38,829 | $5,156 |
| Jim Hager | Current Director Trustee or director | 13 | $33,697 | $7,386 |
| Tom Zwiefelhofer | Current Director - Vice Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $29,149 | $6,327 |
| Barry Radloff | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $24,030 | $6,637 |
| Jeffrey Bradley | Current Director - Secretary Trustee or director | 8 | $26,047 | $4,337 |
| Ed Gullickson | Current Director Trustee or director | 18 | $23,954 | $6,344 |
| Mark Kingland | Current Director Trustee or director | 12 | $21,824 | $7,932 |
| Sandra Davidson | Current Director - Treasurer Trustee or director | 12 | $25,301 | $3,607 |
| Karen Newbury | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $22,565 | $5,964 |
| Joe Mattingley | Current Director Trustee or director | 12 | $22,849 | $5,353 |
| Chuck Zenner | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $23,761 | $4,228 |
| Bill Trygstad | Current Director Trustee or director | 8 | $22,958 | $4,727 |
| Jerry Huber | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $24,117 | $3,327 |
| John Petska | Current Director Trustee or director | 6 | $21,706 | $5,146 |
| Daniel Korn | Current Director Trustee or director | 13 | $24,652 | $1,138 |
| Robert Hess | Current Director Trustee or director | 11 | $22,635 | $3,132 |
| Jane Reich | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $21,209 | $4,055 |
| Jeff Monson | Current Director Trustee or director | 9 | $21,854 | $2,224 |
| Arthur Friedrich | Current Director Trustee or director | 10 | $19,138 | $2,893 |
| Clarence Boettcher | Current Director Trustee or director | 5 | $19,024 | $2,737 |
| Michael Baker | Current Director Trustee or director | 6 | $15,101 | $3,380 |
| Dennis Frame | Current Director June-Dec Trustee or director | 7 | $14,889 | $1,780 |
| Larry Hall | Current Director June-Dec Trustee or director | 4 | $11,484 | $2,522 |
| Brian Berg | Current Director Trustee or director | 12 | $10,842 | $1,749 |
| Neil Plourde | Current Director Jan-June Institutional trustee, Former | 8 | $9,773 | $2,337 |
| Scott Warwick | Current Director Jan-June Institutional trustee, Former | 6 | $9,126 | $2,133 |
| David L Anderson | Current Director Jan-June Institutional trustee, Former | 12 | $9,608 | $515 |
| Ed Hass | Current Director Jan-June Institutional trustee, Former | 9 | $7,076 | $1,309 |
| Ann L Young | Current Director - Alternate Institutional trustee | 8 | $1,419 | $119 |
| Dan Tindell | Current Director - Alternate Institutional trustee | 8 | $824 | $300 |
| Thomas Schwartz | Current Director - Alternate Institutional trustee | 8 | $772 | $122 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 817, LA CROSSE, WI 54602-0817
- In care of
- % APRIL M WEHLING
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Brent Ridge, 3200 East Avenue South, PO Box 817, La Crosse, WI 546020817
- Signed the 990
- Brent Ridge, President and CEO
- Phone
- (608) 788-4000
- Website
- www.dairylandpower.com
Mission
Our Mission is to power our communities and empower cooperative members to improve the quality of their lives. Our members are the reason for our existence. We will provide our members with value in the form of safe, reliable, sustainable and competitively-priced electricity. We will build strong relationships with our member cooperatives, employees and all stakeholders. We will live the Cooperative Principles and hold ourselves true to our core values of accountability, integrity, innovation and commitment to community.
Program accomplishments
- Dairyland Power is an electric generation and transmission cooperative association organized under the laws of WI and MN. The Cooperative, whose principal offices are located in Wisconsin, provides wholesale electric service to Class A members engaged in the retail sale of electricity to member consumers located in WI, MN, IA, and IL, and provides electric and other services to Class C, D, E and Special Services members, all on a cooperative, not-for-profit basis. This provides the basis for Dairyland's exempt purpose. Dairyland Power Cooperative is under the jurisdiction of the Rural Utilities Service which requires Dairyland's accounting records to be maintained, with minor modifications, in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts for Public Utilities as prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (F.E.R.C.). Because of this, we do not have our expenses grouped by function as shown on the Form 990.
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 | Not 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
- 39-0233059
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(12): Benevolent life insurance association or mutual company
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1942
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,567,424,114
- Income (IRS master file)
- $485,754,764
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $485,754,764 | $480,951,186 | $1,567,424,114 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $494,461,937 | $489,311,333 | $1,585,303,722 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $533,755,056 | $530,932,528 | $1,527,963,858 | 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 39-0233059).
Questions about DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE
- What is the EIN of DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE is 39-0233059.
- Is DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(12) since 1942.
- Are donations to DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE 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 DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Brent Ridge.
- Who are the officers and directors of DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 48 people; 48 received compensation from the organization, the highest $1,073,891 (Brent Ridge, President and Chief Executive Officer).
- How much revenue does DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $485,754,764, expenses of $480,951,186 and total assets of $1,567,424,114 at year end.
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