Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | Organization is a Cooperative and the members are the owners |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body | The members of the Cooperative elect the Board of Trustees each year during their annual meeting held each spring. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders | The membership must approve amendments to the bylaws, as well as any disposition of property. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | The Coopeative does not formally review the Form 990 with their Board. The Form 990 is reviewed by the auditors during the annual audit, as well as the Administrative Manager when completed. The Administrative Manager reconciles with the general ledger checks and balances, as well as utlizies a series of spreadsheets and IVUE Analysis documents. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | The enforcemnt of this policy has not been necessary. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | The Board of Directors uses comparability data when reviewing the Manager's salaries. The Managers also review similar data when setting wages for key employees. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | The Coopeartive will provide any governing document, policies, finanacial statements, etc to the public upon request. |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Assignement of CY Margins to Members = $89957 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Other Changes = $251204 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Prior Period Adjustment Rev Recognition Chg = $458786 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases | Retirement of Capital Credits to Members = -$520359 |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 4 | The instructions to the 2019 From 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 502(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 dinvidends 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, 2019. |
| Software ID: | 19009923 |
| Software Version: | 2019v5.0 |