Orange County REMC

Legal name: Orange County Rural Electric Membership Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

14 people listed

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

Orange County REMC provides electricity and high-speed fiber internet to Orange County REMC members and the communities around them.

Distribution of electricity to approximately 6,300 members on a cooperative basis.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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; 62nd 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; 66th 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: 2.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.17; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 16 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: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $313K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

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