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← DESERT FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DESERT FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$376,561,824
Total expenses
$290,538,957
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$1,457,591
Program service revenue
$251,917,754
Investment income
$111,341,943
Other revenue
$13,302,127
Total assets, end of year
$8,192,281,897
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,723,734,301
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$468,547,596
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOAN & LEASE INCOME

    total $129,796,032 · related or exempt $129,796,032

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES & OTHER OPERATING

    total $115,582,583 · related or exempt $115,582,583

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIF

    total $4,531,254 · unrelated business $4,531,254

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FINANCE & INSURANCE

    total $2,007,885 · unrelated business $2,007,885

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $111,621,732 · excluded $111,621,732

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,231,704

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,321,525

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$89,821

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$89,821 · related or exempt -$89,821

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $4,139,929

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $4,419,718

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$279,789

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$279,789 · related or exempt -$279,789

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER OPERATING INCOME

    total $13,391,948 · related or exempt $13,391,948

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,391,948

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,457,591

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $6,309,483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $101,265,484

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,827,884

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,485,204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,136,363

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total -$168,268

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $764,875

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,194,814

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,180,913

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,321,865

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,660,203

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,471,334

  • 17 · Travel

    total $888,800

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $608,603

  • 20 · Interest

    total $58,142,598

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $462,725

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,941,192

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,481,508

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEBIT CARD/ATM

    total $18,649,978

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $12,682,243

  • 24c · Other expenses: LOSS ON SETTLEMENT

    total $6,000,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: LOSS ON VISA STOCK

    total $3,906,633

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,866,932

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,520,119 · end of year $26,480,431

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $593,593,441 · end of year $170,261,352

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,303,199 · end of year $3,528,876

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,701,948,283 · end of year $3,745,977,166

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,368,623 · end of year $6,352,796

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $161,805,048

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $96,858,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,768,086 · end of year $64,946,194

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,482,591,522 · end of year $3,846,622,306

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $60,730,354 · end of year $56,793,155

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $272,549,723 · end of year $271,319,621

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $91,136,568 · end of year $165,016,919

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $200,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,143,195,360 · end of year $7,558,717,382

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $772,041,422 · end of year $468,547,596

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AT DESERT FINANCIAL, RELATIONSHIPS DRIVE SUCCESS. WE SHARE OUR FINANCIAL SUCCESS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM.

  • INCOME FROM THE CREDIT UNION MEMBERSHIP AND FROM THE INVESTMENT OF MEMBERS' FUNDS PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH THE ORGANIZATION CAN FUNCTION AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO ITS RESTRICTED MEMBERSHIP.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Watson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claudette Gronski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Bioletto

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Miner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Fehling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Smith

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Haskew

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie L Biggs Jr

    SVP CFO

    Total calculated
    $528,974
    From this org
    $503,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $379,934
    Bonus
    $122,752
    Other
    $1,313
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,775
    Filer's total
    $528,974
  • Jeffrey D Meshey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,465,120
    From this org
    $1,874,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $590,180
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $947,443
    Bonus
    $918,035
    Other
    $9,462
    Deferred
    $562,578
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,602
    Filer's total
    $2,465,120
  • Rondle K Amstutz

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $846,665
    From this org
    $805,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,086
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $501,429
    Bonus
    $296,012
    Other
    $8,138
    Deferred
    $11,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,079
    Filer's total
    $846,665
  • Jeffrey S Butler

    CEO-SWITCHTHINK SOLUTIONS

    Total calculated
    $959,088
    From this org
    $924,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,540
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $533,532
    Bonus
    $384,680
    Other
    $6,336
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,340
    Filer's total
    $959,088
  • Cathleen Graham

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $870,111
    From this org
    $768,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,962
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $490,119
    Bonus
    $273,317
    Other
    $4,713
    Deferred
    $90,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,875
    Filer's total
    $870,111
  • Gary Sneed

    SVP CHIEF LENDING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $639,525
    From this org
    $607,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $388,602
    Bonus
    $213,496
    Other
    $5,755
    Deferred
    $11,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,058
    Filer's total
    $639,525
  • Carie L Galati

    SVP CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $414,533
    From this org
    $376,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,316
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,888
    Bonus
    $90,400
    Other
    $929
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,116
    Filer's total
    $414,533
  • Thomas Marlowe

    SVP BACK OFFICE OPS

    Total calculated
    $505,543
    From this org
    $481,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,989
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,251
    Bonus
    $160,290
    Other
    $1,013
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,789
    Filer's total
    $505,543
  • Sara K Regan

    SVP RISK & GEN COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $535,626
    From this org
    $501,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,352
    Bonus
    $179,744
    Other
    $6,207
    Deferred
    $5,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,409
    Filer's total
    $535,626
  • Laura Wallace

    CHIEF ENGAGE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $425,718
    From this org
    $395,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,010
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,522
    Bonus
    $86,134
    Other
    $4,052
    Deferred
    $9,755
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,255
    Filer's total
    $425,718
  • Stephen Jordan

    CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $639,261
    From this org
    $614,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $408,912
    Bonus
    $204,454
    Other
    $1,313
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,382
    Filer's total
    $639,261

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
IN 2022, THE CREDIT UNION PARTICIPATED IN TWO SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIRMENT PLANS. THE BENEFIT LIABILITY RELATED TO THE CEO, JEFFREY D. MESHEY'S RETIRMENT PLAN APPROXIMATED $3,370,700 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022. THE BENEFIT LIABILITY RELATED TO THE EXECUTIVE VP, RONDLE K. AMSTUTZ'S RETIRMENT PLAN APPROXIMATED $1,242,500 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022. THE BENEFIT LIABILITY RELATED TO THE EXEC VP, CATHLEEN GRAHAM'S RETIREMENT PLAN APPROXIMATED $233,700 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • DESERT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · AZ · income $5,672,296 · assets $109,688,499

    Directly controlled by DESERT FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333179349302998

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