Cooperative Energy
Hattiesburg, MS · EIN 64-0367992 · Rank 639 by total revenue
Provide and transmit through generation and purchase of electricity, wholesale electricity to 11 member owned distribution cooperatives, each serving retail consumers.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $1,021,873,475
- Total expenses
- $1,021,873,475
- Total assets
- $2,328,471,749
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $57,219,675
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $80,104,362
- Employees
- 572
- Salary base per employee
- $100,034
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (33)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bowman | PRESIDENT/CEO | Officer | 55 | $1,369,286 |
| Gary Hutson | SR VICE PRESIDENT/COO | Officer | 50 | $489,599 |
| Kevin Grace | SR. VICE PRESIDENT/ CFO | Officer | 44 | $465,606 |
| Christa Bishop | SR VICE PRESIDENT/CCO | Officer | 50 | $464,758 |
| Don Hinton | SR VICE PRESIDENT/CCO | Officer | 45 | $428,583 |
| Richard Thoms | DIRECTOR | Board, Officer | 2.25 | $38,826 |
| Joel Cunningham | DIRECTOR | Board, Officer | 2.18 | $33,738 |
| Keith Hurt | DIRECTOR | Board, Officer | 5.31 | $32,600 |
| Kevin Bonds | DIRECTOR | Board | 4.2 | $39,593 |
| William Smith | DIRECTOR | Board | 8.3 | $37,300 |
| Mike Tyner | DIRECTOR | Board | 4.69 | $35,747 |
| Louis Thompson | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.98 | $34,991 |
| Ronald Barnes | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.37 | $34,789 |
| Harry Howarth | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.56 | $34,395 |
| Bryan Thomas | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.74 | $33,950 |
| Randy Woolley | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.89 | $33,455 |
| Danny Wilks | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.15 | $32,845 |
| Carl Fuller | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.26 | $32,634 |
| Teri Eaton | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.45 | $32,605 |
| Michael Neely | DIRECTOR | Board | 4.36 | $32,600 |
| Robert Smith | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.94 | $32,429 |
| Chris Rhodes | DIRECTOR | Board | 0.7 | $32,200 |
| Randy Smith | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.78 | $32,000 |
| Brian Hughey | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.49 | $31,600 |
| Matthew Ware | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.77 | $30,800 |
| Harold Pittman | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.11 | $23,600 |
| Leslie Holloway | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.05 | $18,333 |
| Douglas Mooney | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.35 | $17,518 |
| Robert Steele | DIRECTOR | Board | 0.65 | $17,402 |
| Richard Dossett | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.38 | $17,268 |
| Howard Davis | DIRECTOR | Board | 1.39 | $14,817 |
| David O'Bryan | DIRECTOR | Board | 2.73 | $11,600 |
| Timothy Perkins | DIRECTOR | Board | 0.88 | $2,400 |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $5,170,498, which is 9.0% of the $57,219,675 salary base shared by 572 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bowman | PRESIDENT/CEO | Officer | 55 | $1,111,321 | $0 | $257,965 | $1,369,286 |
| James Evans | SR VICE PRESIDENT/POWER DE | Highly paid employee | 45 | $306,393 | $0 | $232,876 | $539,269 |
| Mark Smith | SR VICE PRESIDENT POWER GE | Highly paid employee | 48 | $354,082 | $0 | $172,347 | $526,429 |
| Gary Hutson | SR VICE PRESIDENT/COO | Officer | 50 | $381,403 | $0 | $108,196 | $489,599 |
| Kevin Grace | SR. VICE PRESIDENT/ CFO | Officer | 44 | $340,332 | $0 | $125,274 | $465,606 |
| Christa Bishop | SR VICE PRESIDENT/CCO | Officer | 50 | $358,548 | $0 | $106,210 | $464,758 |
| Don Hinton | SR VICE PRESIDENT/CCO | Officer | 45 | $335,654 | $0 | $92,929 | $428,583 |
| Mark Dodd | VP INFORMATION SYSTEMS | Highly paid employee | 42 | $223,285 | $0 | $87,897 | $311,182 |
| Jeff Brown | PLANT SUPERINTENDENT | Highly paid employee | 50 | $219,447 | $0 | $70,287 | $289,734 |
| Brandon Sanders | PLANT SUPERINTENDENT | Highly paid employee | 43 | $228,328 | $0 | $57,724 | $286,052 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202522839349300232 (Form 990, period ending 2024-12-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 64-0367992
- Organization website (as filed): www.cooperativeenergy.com