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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$231,318,640
Total expenses
$195,685,755
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$187,600
Program service revenue
$219,920,561
Investment income
$11,398,079
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,286,069,600
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,763,659,634
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$522,409,966
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: INTEREST ON LOANS

    total $197,236,117 · related or exempt $197,236,117

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES, CHARGES AND OTHER

    total $22,536,636 · related or exempt $22,536,636

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FINANCE & INSURANCE

    total $147,808 · unrelated business $147,808

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,700,934 · related or exempt $9,802,932 · excluded $898,002

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,632,716 · other assets $36,815,473

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

    securities $10,632,779 · other assets $36,118,265

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$63 · other assets $697,208

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $697,145 · related or exempt $697,145

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $28,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $159,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $952,255

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,761,150

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,025,377

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,707,348

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,757,816

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $236,848

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,375,356

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,140,240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,556,751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,821,486

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,390

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $121,548

  • 20 · Interest

    total $93,849,287

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $122,338

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,545,616

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $368,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $13,100,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOAN SERVICING EXPENSE

    total $5,432,052

  • 24c · Other expenses: DEBIT/CREDIT CARD EXPEN

    total $4,624,371

  • 24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE LICENSING AND

    total $3,301,944

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,566,903

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,254,713 · end of year $13,593,763

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $44,842,335 · end of year $48,179,582

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,102,939 · end of year $5,708,813

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $15,140,624 · end of year $15,338,852

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,337,509,476 · end of year $3,640,805,272

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,864,727 · end of year $3,500,848

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

    $113,244,982

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

    $31,175,574

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,677,158 · end of year $82,069,408

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $317,820,742 · end of year $351,241,517

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,981,531 · end of year $28,212,553

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $1,740,247

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $69,389,935 · end of year $95,678,745

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,250,471 · end of year $24,595,816

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,862,040 · end of year $3,718,258

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $4,934,786 · end of year $5,346,952

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $175,000,000 · end of year $192,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,224,076,486 · end of year $3,537,498,608

  • 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 $464,460,397 · end of year $522,409,966

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE ARE A CARING ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING FINANCIAL SUCCESS FOR OUR MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED BY EDUCATORS, MICHIGAN SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT CREDIT UNION HAS BEEN PROVIDING QUALITY FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR 70 YEARS AND WELCOMES EVERYONE IN MICHIGAN TO BANK WITH US. AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, WE GIVE BACK TO OUR MEMBERS THROUGH BETTER RATES, FEWER FEES, FREE FINANCIAL EDUCATION, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS TO PERSONALIZE PLANS AND OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO HELP MEET THEIR FINANCIAL GOALS AND INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE. MSGCU OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF LOAN, DEPOSIT, CHECKING, CREDIT CARD, MORTGAGE, AND INSURANCE PRODUCTS. WITH 24 BRANCHES IN MACOMB, OAKLAND, WAYNE AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES, MSGCU HAS MORE THAN 161,000 MEMBERS, OVER 470 TEAM MEMBERS, $4.3 BILLION IN ASSETS, AND EARNED A 95% OR HIGHER MEMBER SATISFACTION RATING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. MSGCU HAS ALSO EARNED FIVE STARS, AS REPORTED BY BAUER FINANCIAL, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND HAS BEEN HONORED AS A TOP WORKPLACE BY THE DETROIT FREE PRESS FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS.

  • WITH 24 OFFICES LOCATED THROUGHOUT MACOMB, OAKLAND, WAYNE AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES, PROVIDING FULL ONLINE BANKING AND MOBILE SERVICES, WITH $4.3 BILLION IN ASSETS, $3.7 BILLION IN LOANS, AND A STAFF OF 470 EMPLOYEES, MSGCU IS A VALUED RESOURCE FOR FINANCIAL WELLBEING FOR BOTH CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES. AT THE END OF 2025, THE CONSUMER LENDING PORTION OF THE PORTFOLIO WAS JUST OVER $1.4 BILLION, THE MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO WAS JUST OVER $1.9 BILLION, AND THE BUSINESS LOAN PORTFOLIO WAS $386 MILLION. MEMBER SHARES TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $3.5 BILLION.

  • THE CREDIT UNION MAINTAINED ITS SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVES BY CONTRIBUTING OVER $135,000 TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. MSGCU AWARDED $107,500 THROUGH 43 SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HEADING TO COLLEGE, ASPIRING SKILLED TRADESPERSONS SEEKING CERTIFICATION, AND CURRENT TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PURSUING CONTINUING EDUCATION. ADDITIONALLY, MSGCU DONATED $28,000 TO FIRST RESPONDERS GRADUATING FROM THE FIRE AND POLICE ACADEMIES AT MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE.

  • THE CREDIT UNION GAVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES, TO LOCAL EDUCATORS AND SCHOOLS AS WELL AS NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. MSGCU'S CLASSROOM CASH GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDS TO TEACHERS TO BE USED FOR OTHERWISE UNFUNDED INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM PROJECTS. IN 2025, MSGCU AWARDED 70 GRANTS TOTALING MORE THAN $52,000 TO LOCAL EDUCATORS TO BE USED DURING THE 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas Smith

    BOARD CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $3,963
    From this org
    $3,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr William Cayen

    BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Argiri

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Ayar

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Maierle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $3,553
    From this org
    $3,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James McCann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Shoemaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Edward Callaghan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,559
    From this org
    $1,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Dimaria

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,144
    From this org
    $2,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Thomas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $889
    From this org
    $889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lola Are

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wanda Cook-Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Gottlieb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Brewer

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $940,147
    From this org
    $873,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $758,676
    Bonus
    $103,194
    Other
    $11,745
    Deferred
    $34,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,532
    Filer's total
    $940,147
  • Charumathi Hari

    MORTGAGE CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $605,600
    From this org
    $558,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $54,981
    Bonus
    $503,563
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $26,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,088
    Filer's total
    $605,600
  • Philip Cooper

    CLO

    Total calculated
    $502,091
    From this org
    $441,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,297
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,767
    Bonus
    $60,727
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $34,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,297
    Filer's total
    $502,091
  • Bryan Wielgat

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $482,888
    From this org
    $419,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $359,367
    Bonus
    $59,993
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $33,712
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,516
    Filer's total
    $482,888
  • Vallorie McBride

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $453,182
    From this org
    $387,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,141
    Bonus
    $62,214
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $33,857
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,670
    Filer's total
    $453,182
  • Rachel Fragnoli

    SVP HR

    Total calculated
    $369,574
    From this org
    $314,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,246
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,022
    Bonus
    $41,006
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $27,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,015
    Filer's total
    $369,574

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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
CERTAIN KEY EXECUTIVES PARTICIPATE IN A COLLATERAL ASSIGNED SPLIT DOLLAR ARRANGEMENT (SEE SCHEDULE L).

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

  • TO ASSIST IN THE FOUNDATION'S INITIATIVE TO FUND EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

  • TO ASSIST IN THE FOUNDATION'S INITIATIVE TO FUND EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

  • SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION

    $0

    TO ASSIST IN THE FOUNDATION'S INITIATIVE TO FUND EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

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.

  • 20595 LIVONIA LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY FOR LAND · MI · income $0 · assets $741,007

    Directly controlled by MICHIGAN SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT CREDIT UNION

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SOC REAL ESTATE INC

    C · REAL ESTATE · MI · 100% owned · share of income -$144,378 · share of assets $11,866,903 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MICHIGAN SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT CREDIT UNION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
19 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642659349300314

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