Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | As a cooperative we are owned by the members we serve. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | All board members of the cooperative are elected by the membership. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | Members of the cooperative approve all bylaw changes. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors review a hard copy and discuss the Form 990 at a Board meeting. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The organization questions officers, directors, and key employees on an annual basis and stresses the need to report to the Cooperative any time something arises. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Board of Directors annually reviews the performance of the CEO/General Manager using a confidential written survey rating performance in defined key areas, followed by a discussion at the Board meeting, where goals and key areas are set for the following year. Salary is then determined using comparative data from the National Compensation Survey for Rural Electric Distribution Systems for the state of Kansas. In setting the salaries for key employees, the Board of Directors has established a policy that sets the market wage for each employee to be comparable to the average wage paid to employees with like duties from the state of Kansas for the previous year. This wage is determined from the National Compensation Survey for Rural Electric Distribution Systems prepared by NRECA. The General Manager reviews the performance of the key employees and sets the salaries within the guidelines of the Board approved policy. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | Twin Valley Cooperative's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request at the main office in Altamont, Kansas. |
| Form 990, Part X, Line 4 | The instructions to the 2018 Form 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(12) should report "patronage dividends paid" to their members in Part IX, Line 4 of the Form 990. The Cooperative has interpreted the words "patronage dividends paid" in the instructions to mean margins that are assigned or assignable to the members. The Cooperative assigns the net margins to its members each year. Therefore, the amount listed in Part IX, Line 4 represents the net margins assignable to the members for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Assignment of Current Year Margins to Members 343,849. Retirements of Capital Credits -13,853. Changes in Membership -95. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c | Twin Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. did not change its processes of selection or oversight for the year ended December 31, 2018. |
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