Norris Electric Cooperative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

18 people listed

TAMARA PHILLIPS (MANAGER): $288,502 total reported compensation
RALPH BOWERSOCK JR (MAINT LINEMAN JOURNEYMAN): $230,711 total reported compensation
JEFFREY HIGGS (LINE FOREMAN): $227,635 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

The board of directors represents the legitimate cooperative owners and acts on their behalf.

Distribution of electricity to rural members.

Revenue model: Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.81; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52.5M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $289K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.7M reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.