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BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP

BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$182M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$211M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp does

Mission

Safe and effective distribution of electricity to the members of blue ridge emc

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Safe and effective delivery of electricity to the members of blue ridge emc. The three largest program services, as measured by expenses, are as follows: cost of power: 76,534,663 other salaries and wages: 23,206,400 depreciation: 21,645,493

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($143M) Expenses 100 ($143M) Net assets 100 ($168M)2018 Revenue 111 ($159M) Expenses 108 ($155M) Net assets 104 ($175M)2019 Revenue 100 ($144M) Expenses 100 ($143M) Net assets 106 ($178M)2020 Revenue 103 ($148M) Expenses 103 ($148M) Net assets 109 ($183M)2021 Revenue 100 ($143M) Expenses 100 ($143M) Net assets 112 ($188M)2022 Revenue 103 ($148M) Expenses 102 ($146M) Net assets 117 ($196M)2023 Revenue 113 ($162M) Expenses 109 ($156M) Net assets 120 ($201M)2024 Revenue 113 ($162M) Expenses 111 ($159M) Net assets 123 ($206M)2025 Revenue 127 ($182M) Expenses 125 ($180M) Net assets 126 ($211M)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (125)Net assets (126)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $474M to $510M (+8%).

$410M
$429M
$441M
$459M
$474M
$510M
$494M
$523M
$524M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$98k
’17
$3.4M
’18
$562k
’19
$373k
’20
$443k
’21
$1.6M
’22
$6.2M
’23
$2.8M
’24
$2.7M
’25
0.8
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Douglas W Johnson

CEO consulta

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed222323222324242728
Joined·+3+2+1+1+2+3+3+4
No longer listed·22201303
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $0.

Funder
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'18
total
funders
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $164k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP raised.

From the IRS filings of BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.

Federal$6.4M
grants $6.4Mcontracts $5k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$6.4M
  • Department of Defense$5k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • The Blue Ridge Energy Members Found · exempt
  • Ridgelink LLC · corp_trust
  • Blue Ridge Energies LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP?
BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP?
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing