Nonprofit · EIN 74-0880083
SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED
Tax-exempt · BELLVILLE, TX 77418
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $113,010,606 | $112,918,985 | $91,621 | $293,502,719 | $167,235,813 | $126,266,906 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $105,864,840 | $105,801,516 | $63,324 | $280,283,668 | $163,187,605 | $117,096,063 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $106,501,692 | $106,516,169 | -$14,477 | $266,819,265 | $158,349,118 | $108,470,147 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $112,656,395
- Investment income
- $193,643
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $44,004
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $108,100
- Other revenue
- $160,568
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $77,399
- Benefits paid to members
- $10,943,812
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,537,527
- Other salaries and wages
- $4,929,223
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $8,454,150
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $8,190,255
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $280,283,668
- Total assets, end of year
- $293,502,719
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $167,235,813
- Net assets, end of year
- $126,266,906
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $184,083,401
- Gross unrelated business income
- $20,357
- Gross receipts
- $113,326,762
- Employees
- 117
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1939
- State of legal domicile
- TX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL ABLES | CEO/GENERAL MANAGER Officer | 42 | $263,124 | $226,162 |
| JAMES JOUETT | ELECTRIC SYSTEMS MANAGER Key employee | 50 | $199,032 | $121,608 |
| JARED JANICEK | CFO Officer | 45 | $173,381 | $91,140 |
| JOHN SPIESS | MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER Key employee | 45 | $152,301 | $106,793 |
| ROBERT HROMADKA | LINE CREW LEADER Highest-paid employee | 47 | $147,694 | $105,277 |
| JAMES PHILLIPS | 1ST CLASS LINE TECH Highest-paid employee | 59 | $162,111 | $77,641 |
| SHAWN BARD | IT GROUP MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 41 | $157,004 | $78,332 |
| WILLIAM PESCHEL | MAINT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 41 | $132,713 | $68,260 |
| ROBERT PINA | 1ST CLASS LINE TECH Highest-paid employee | 49 | $127,695 | $63,120 |
| COLT HAACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $35,172 | $0 |
| JASON JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 8 | $24,210 | $0 |
| DAVID EHLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 8.8 | $22,710 | $0 |
| VANCE R ELLIOTT | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $22,610 | $0 |
| SAMMY CONDRA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $21,846 | $0 |
| NORMAN KIECKE | 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $20,410 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARRY CHANEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 9 | $18,810 |
| LORI WALKER | 3RD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 12 | $17,710 |
| ROYCE RAPE | DIRECTOR (MAY-DEC) Trustee or director | 6.2 | $14,507 |
| KARL N MICKLITZ | DIRECTOR (JAN-MAY) Trustee or director | 8.5 | $6,001 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL ABLES | CEO/GM Officer | 55 | $243,719 | $172,992 |
| JAMES JOUETT | ELECTRIC SYSTEMS GROUP MGR Key employee | 50 | $200,180 | $96,685 |
| ROBERT HROMADKA | LINE CREW LEADER Highest-paid employee | 52 | $160,259 | $90,281 |
| JOHN SPIESS | MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 44 | $147,564 | $86,520 |
| JARED JANICEK | BUS GROUP MANAGER/CFO Officer | 42 | $156,299 | $74,673 |
| SHAWN BARD | IT GROUP MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 41 | $154,646 | $68,528 |
| ROGER HAYES | LINE CREW LEADER Highest-paid employee | 46 | $133,846 | $85,749 |
| JAMES PHILLIPS | 1ST CLASS LINE TECH Highest-paid employee | 57 | $148,054 | $69,788 |
| COLT HAACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $32,764 | $0 |
| SAMMY CONDRA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 12 | $32,364 | $0 |
| NORMAN KIECKE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 9 | $27,787 | $0 |
| VANCE R ELLIOTT | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $22,210 | $0 |
| KARL N MICKLITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 8.5 | $20,403 | $0 |
| JASON JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7 | $19,911 | $0 |
| LARRY CHANEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 9 | $18,310 | $0 |
| LORI WALKER | 3RD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $17,110 | $0 |
| DAVID EHLER | DIRECTOR (MAY-DEC) Trustee or director | 5 | $11,306 | $0 |
| CHARLES MATULA | SECRETARY/TREASURER (JAN-MAY) Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $7,504 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL ABLES | CEO Officer | 55 | $220,343 | $189,926 |
| JAMES JOUETT | ELECTRIC SYSTEMS GROUP MGR Key employee | 50 | $183,173 | $115,214 |
| JAMES PHILLIPS | 1ST CLASS LINE TECH Highest-paid employee | 59 | $151,566 | $64,357 |
| JOHN SPIESS | MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 43 | $135,156 | $76,279 |
| JARED JANICEK | BUS GROUP MANAGER Officer | 50 | $139,011 | $70,190 |
| SHAWN BARD | IT GROUP MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 41 | $141,679 | $65,028 |
| ROBERT HROMADKA | LINE CREW LEADER Highest-paid employee | 45 | $123,612 | $81,246 |
| ROBERT PINA | 1ST CLASS LINE TECH Highest-paid employee | 53 | $128,655 | $48,075 |
| NORMAN KIECKE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $32,583 | $0 |
| COLT HAACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $32,383 | $0 |
| SAMMY CONDRA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $30,983 | $0 |
| VANCE R ELLIOTT | ASST SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $21,160 | $0 |
| KARL N MICKLITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7.5 | $19,203 | $0 |
| LARRY CHANEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $19,110 | $0 |
| LORI WALKER | 3RD CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $18,210 | $0 |
| CHARLES MATULA | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $17,760 | $0 |
| JASON JOHNSON | DIRECTOR (FEB-DEC) Trustee or director | 8 | $15,308 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1208, BELLVILLE, TX 77418-6207
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MIKE ABLES, PO BOX 1208, BELLVILLE, TX 77418
- Signed the 990
- MIKE ABLES, CEO/GENERAL MANAGER
- Phone
- (979) 865-3171
- Website
- WWW.SBEC.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BOLINGER SEGARS GILBERT AND MOSS LLP
Mission
SBEC PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED ENERGY SERVICES FOR OUR MEMBER-OWNERS.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OUR MEMBERS - 33,684 ACTIVE SERVICES AT YEAR END WERE PROVIDED ELECTRICITY ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL.
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
- 74-0880083
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(12): Benevolent life insurance association or mutual company
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1940
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $293,502,719
- Income (IRS master file)
- $113,326,762
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $113,010,606 | $112,918,985 | $293,502,719 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $105,864,840 | $105,801,516 | $280,283,668 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $106,501,692 | $106,516,169 | $266,819,265 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $107,023,324 | $106,982,864 | $291,758,444 | 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 74-0880083).
Questions about SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED
- What is the EIN of SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED is 74-0880083.
- Is SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(12) since 1940.
- Are donations to SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED 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 SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED 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 SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED 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 SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MIKE ABLES.
- Who are the officers and directors of SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 19 received compensation from the organization, the highest $263,124 (MICHAEL ABLES, CEO/GENERAL MANAGER).
- How much revenue does SAN BERNARD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $113,010,606, expenses of $112,918,985 and total assets of $293,502,719 at year end.
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