TRI COUNTY ELECTRIC PEOPLE FUND INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $121K · expenses $56K · assets $168K

EIN
38-3083659
Address
7973 E GRAND RIVER AVE, PORTLAND, MI 48875-9717
NTEE code
Z99 Unknown (Unknown) published (IRS Business Master File, as Z99Z)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
July 1993 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

The accumulation and distribution of funds for charitable purposes to individuals and organizations located primarily within the Tri-County Electric Cooperative service area.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 17 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

17 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Jerry Supina Chairman2010-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Peggy Pawelek Brown Vice Chair2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Lisa Johnson Secretary - Treasurer2010-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Margaret Remenar Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Cindy Kyser Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jerrilynn Strong Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Anthony Piper Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Kevin Sopocy (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Richard Donley (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Tony Piper (former) Director2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Peg Brown (former) Director2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Jerrilyn Strong (former) Director2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Richard Palermo (former) CHAIRPERSON2010-2011 1 $0 reported 1
Peggy Pirhonen (former) VICE-CHAIRPERSON2010-2011 1 $0 reported 1
Patti Ferris (former) SECRETARY/TREASURER2010-2011 1 $0 reported 1
Mary Ellen Heffron (former) DIRECTOR2010-2011 1 $0 reported 1
Dick Donley (former) DIRECTOR2010-2011 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jerry Supina Chairman1 $0-$0 $01
Peggy Pawelek Brown Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Johnson Secretary - Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Margaret Remenar Director1 $0-$0 $01
Cindy Kyser Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jerrilynn Strong Director1 $0-$0 $01
Anthony Piper Director1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jerry Supina Chairman1 $0-$0 $01
Peggy Brown Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Johnson Secretary - Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Margaret Remenar Director1 $0-$0 $01
Cindy Kyser Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jerrilynn Strong Director1 $0-$0 $01
Anthony Piper Director1 $0-$0 $01
Kevin Sopocy Director1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Donley Director1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jerry Supina Chairman1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Donley Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Johnson Secretary-Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Tony Piper Director1 $0-$0 $01
Peg Brown Director1 $0-$0 $01
Kevin Sopocy Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jerrilyn Strong Director1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jerry Supina Chairman1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Donley Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Johnson Secretary-Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Tony Piper Director1 $0-$0 $01
Peg Brown Director1 $0-$0 $01
Kevin Sopocy Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jerrilyn Strong Director1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jerry Supina Chairman1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Donley Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Johnson Secretary-Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Tony Piper Director1 $0-$0 $01
Peg Brown Director1 $0-$0 $01
Kevin Sopocy Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jerrilyn Strong Director1 $0-$0 $01
2011 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD PALERMO CHAIRPERSON1 $0-$0 $01
PEGGY PIRHONEN VICE-CHAIRPERSON1 $0-$0 $01
PATTI FERRIS SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
MARY ELLEN HEFFRON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LISA JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JERRY SUPINA DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
DICK DONLEY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2010 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD PALERMO CHAIRPERSON1 $0-$0 $01
PEGGY PIRHONEN VICE-CHAIRPERSON1 $0-$0 $01
PATTI FERRIS SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
MARY ELLEN HEFFRON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
LISA JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JERRY SUPINA DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
DICK DONLEY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$120,506$55,775 $167,593$167,593 $118,784- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$71,123$82,716 $102,862$102,862 $69,519- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$70,018$57,246 $114,455$114,455 $68,222- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$73,397$62,530 $101,683$101,683 $73,099- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$75,872$76,442 $90,816$90,816 $75,706- ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$85,279$98,775 $68,636$68,636 $85,039- ---
2010 · Form 990EZ period ending 2010-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,968$75,569 $82,132$82,132 $84,656- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $617 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION $6174 $1392023 2020-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “TRI COUNTY ELECTRIC PEOPLE FUND INC”
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $55,775 spent · pay $3,120 · grants $47,544 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $47,544 85.2%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $3,120 5.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,448 4.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,307 2.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,205 2.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $151 0.3%
Total$55,775100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $82,716 spent · pay $4,821 · grants $70,656 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $70,656 85.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,821 5.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,690 4.5%
Printing, publications, postage $2,201 2.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,100 1.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $248 0.3%
Total$82,716100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $57,246 spent · pay $4,189 · grants $48,305 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $48,305 84.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,189 7.3%
Printing, publications, postage $2,197 3.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,302 2.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,050 1.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $203 0.4%
Total$57,246100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $62,530 spent · pay $4,685 · grants $51,583 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $51,583 82.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,685 7.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,981 4.8%
Printing, publications, postage $2,015 3.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,050 1.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $216 0.3%
Total$62,530100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $76,442 spent · pay $5,133 · grants $68,655 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $68,655 89.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $5,133 6.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,296 1.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,050 1.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $212 0.3%
Printing, publications, postage $96 0.1%
Total$76,442100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $98,775 spent · pay $8,656 · grants $87,256 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $87,256 88.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $8,656 8.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,590 1.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,273 1.3%
Total$98,775100%

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2010 · Form 990EZ · $75,569 spent · pay $8,156 · grants $64,852 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $64,852 85.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $8,156 10.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,520 2.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,041 1.4%
Total$75,569100%

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