Nonprofit · EIN 39-0539446
PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES
Tax-exempt · ELLSWORTH, WI 54011
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $27,227,815 | $27,227,815 | $0 | $101,769,033 | $76,920,329 | $24,848,704 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $22,633,005 | $22,633,005 | $0 | $95,967,694 | $72,088,546 | $23,879,148 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $20,181,702 | $20,181,702 | $0 | $86,756,684 | $62,410,552 | $24,346,132 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $24,086,565
- Investment income
- $29,438
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $7,009
- Other revenue
- $3,111,812
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Benefits paid to members
- $1,394,062
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $691,255
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $691,255
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $3,409,630
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $95,967,694
- Total assets, end of year
- $101,769,033
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $76,920,329
- Net assets, end of year
- $24,848,704
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $84,631,026
- Gross unrelated business income
- $3,111,812
- Gross receipts
- $27,244,430
- Employees
- 48
- Year formed
- 1937
- 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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATHAN BOETTCHER | PRESIDENT/CE Officer | 46 | $286,771 | $97,145 |
| BECKY BRADBURN | VP/CFO, FINA Officer | 49 | $170,322 | $80,902 |
| BRADLEY RISTOW | VP OPERATION Highest-paid employee | 44.5 | $146,200 | $71,238 |
| DANIEL JENSEN | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 44 | $134,957 | $71,882 |
| SCOTT FREIER | COO Officer | 47.5 | $153,940 | $40,508 |
| DAVID FRENCH | DIRECTOR OF Highest-paid employee | 40 | $118,618 | $39,148 |
| AUSTIN MANORE | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.5 | $119,373 | $31,954 |
| BRENT PAULSON | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 44 | $119,835 | $21,392 |
| GINNY HUBER | SECRETARY/TR Trustee or director, Officer | 6.41 | $13,862 | $0 |
| JOHN PARKES | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4.64 | $11,200 | $0 |
| ANN YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7.41 | $9,400 | $0 |
| LEROY CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4.66 | $8,800 | $0 |
| BRIAN S BERGSENG | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 6.58 | $8,400 | $0 |
| SCOTT DONNELLY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.22 | $6,800 | $0 |
| PAUL SOLYNTJES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $5,600 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEN FISHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2.2 | $5,000 |
| PAUL TONSAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1.24 | $4,400 |
| BRIAN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.91 | $2,400 |
| EDWARD HASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.28 | $2,200 |
| GERALD DRIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 9.37 | $2,160 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATHAN BOETTCHER | PRESIDENT/CE Officer | 45.59 | $267,639 | $85,365 |
| BRADLEY RISTOW | VP OPERATION Highest-paid employee | 46.3 | $142,517 | $56,682 |
| DANIEL JENSEN | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 45.57 | $116,428 | $70,585 |
| BECKY BRADBURN | VP/CFO, FINA Officer | 49.61 | $124,818 | $62,081 |
| SCOTT FREIER | COO Officer | 54.73 | $149,303 | $33,516 |
| BYRON GILLES | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 44.96 | $107,338 | $57,361 |
| AUSTIN MANORE | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 43.42 | $116,227 | $27,659 |
| AARON LANGER | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 44.92 | $128,819 | $10,956 |
| JOHN PARKES | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4.26 | $12,400 | $0 |
| GERALD DRIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10.44 | $12,080 | $0 |
| GINNY HUBER | SECRETARY/TR Trustee or director, Officer | 6.54 | $10,462 | $0 |
| EDWARD HASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.81 | $10,400 | $0 |
| DANIEL J REIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7.29 | $9,000 | $0 |
| ANN YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 6.37 | $8,800 | $0 |
| BRIAN S BERGSENG | VICE CHAIRMA Trustee or director, Officer | 5.4 | $8,400 | $0 |
| ROGER WIFF | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 10.75 | $5,485 | $0 |
| BRIAN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.02 | $5,400 | $0 |
| LEROY CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2.07 | $5,000 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATHAN BOETTCHER | PRESIDENT/CE Officer | 46 | $227,011 | $89,070 |
| MARK ANDERSON | VP/CFO Officer | 45 | $181,102 | $46,883 |
| BRADLEY RISTOW | VP OPERATION Highest-paid employee | 52.5 | $142,627 | $55,477 |
| DANIEL JENSEN | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 48 | $120,467 | $68,175 |
| SCOTT FREIER | COO Officer | 53 | $149,820 | $13,828 |
| JOSEPH MARCKS | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 45 | $118,839 | $26,794 |
| AUSTIN MANORE | LINEMAN Highest-paid employee | 44 | $117,584 | $25,374 |
| ROGER WIFF | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 8.82 | $15,400 | $0 |
| GINNY HUBER | SECRETARY/TR Trustee or director, Officer | 6.85 | $10,796 | $0 |
| DANIEL J REIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7.79 | $10,600 | $0 |
| GERALD DRIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 9.44 | $9,280 | $0 |
| BRIAN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5.71 | $9,200 | $0 |
| EDWARD HASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3.46 | $8,600 | $0 |
| BRIAN S BERGSENG | VICE CHAIRMA Trustee or director, Officer | 6.58 | $7,000 | $0 |
| ANN YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 6.94 | $6,800 | $0 |
| JOHN PARKES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1.38 | $6,600 | $0 |
| JOSEPH C BACON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2.1 | $800 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- W7725 US HIGHWAY 10, ELLSWORTH, WI 54011-4890
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- NATHAN BOETTCHER, W7725 HWY 10, ELLSWORTH, WI 540110420
- Signed the 990
- NATHAN BOETTCHER, PRESIDENT/CEO
- Phone
- (715) 273-4355
- Website
- WWW.PIERCEPEPIN.COOP
- Return prepared by
- CARLSONSV LLP
Mission
TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS AND TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIION LINES TO DELIVER ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDED ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION TO OUR 7,993 MEMBER OWNERS USING OUR 1,393 MILES OF LINE WE MAINTAIN IN RURAL WISCONSIN.
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
- 39-0539446
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(12): Benevolent life insurance association or mutual company
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1938
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $101,769,033
- Income (IRS master file)
- $27,244,430
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $27,227,815 | $27,227,815 | $101,769,033 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $22,633,005 | $22,633,005 | $95,967,694 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $20,181,702 | $20,181,702 | $86,756,684 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $19,896,527 | $19,896,527 | $64,645,543 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | 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 39-0539446).
Questions about PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES
- What is the EIN of PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES is 39-0539446.
- Is PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(12) since 1938.
- Are donations to PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES 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 PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES 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 PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES 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 PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names NATHAN BOETTCHER.
- Who are the officers and directors of PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 20 received compensation from the organization, the highest $286,771 (NATHAN BOETTCHER, PRESIDENT/CE).
- How much revenue does PIERCE-PEPIN COOPERATIVE SERVICES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $27,227,815, expenses of $27,227,815 and total assets of $101,769,033 at year end.
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