| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Members or stockholder classes and rights Part VI line 6 | As a Cooperative, we are owned by the members we serve. |
| Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a | All board members of the cooperative are elected by the membership. |
| Governing body decisions Part VI line 7b | Members of the cooperative approve all bylaw changes. |
| Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 | The CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors review a hard copy and discuss the Form 990 at a Board Meeting. |
| Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI 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 sometheing arises. |
| CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a | The Board of Directors annually reviews the performance of the CEO/General Manger 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 Systems for the State of Kansas. |
| Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b | 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. |
| Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 | Bylaws are offered to all new members; all other documents are available at any time upon request. |
| Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9 | Current Year Margins Assigned to Members $ 267,158Changes in Membership $ -39Other Changes $ 21,734Retirements of Capital Credits $ -48,759 Total $ 240,094 |
| Part IX response or note to any line in Part IX | Form 990, Part IX, Line 4The instructions to the 2023 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, 2023. |
| Part XII Response or note to any line in Part XII | Part XII, Line 2c - Change in Financial Review ProcessTwin Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. did not change its processes or selection or oversight for the year ended December 31, 2023. |
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