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← SOUTHEASTERN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOUTHEASTERN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$27,178,024
Total expenses
$22,460,203
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$75,604
Program service revenue
$23,305,191
Investment income
$3,872,833
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$417,513,760
Total liabilities, end of year
$372,903,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$44,609,993
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 INCOME

    total $18,292,041 · related or exempt $18,292,041

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

    total $4,917,275 · related or exempt $4,917,275

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FINANCE AND INSURANCE

    total $95,875 · unrelated business $95,875

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,872,833 · excluded $3,872,833

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $75,604

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $924,653

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,109,772

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $326,614

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $718,335

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $447,968

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,802

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,331,221

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $336,305

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $482,272

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $205,764

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $617,974

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $187,402

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,122,043

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $57,600

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $659,763

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $115,224

  • 24a · Other expenses: ATM/VISA/SHARE DRAFT PR

    total $1,260,025

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOAN SERVICING

    total $592,871

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $371,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS

    total $202,016

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $206,975

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,462,430 · end of year $3,260,216

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $29,399,360 · end of year $14,757,075

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $82,456 · end of year $97,122

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $5,412,760 · end of year $5,502,586

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $278,424,695 · end of year $313,191,981

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $876,016 · end of year $780,683

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

    $17,401,870

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

    $7,249,878

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,977,947 · end of year $10,151,992

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $58,222,382 · end of year $62,388,894

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,747,984 · end of year $1,684,943

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,341

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,731,766 · end of year $5,698,268

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,910,976 · end of year $3,625,645

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $277,425 · end of year $189,933

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $5,000,000 · end of year $2,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $345,126,056 · end of year $366,588,189

  • 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 $38,026,680 · end of year $44,609,993

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION IS A COMMUNITY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION COVERING FOURTEEN SOUTH GEORGIA COUNTIES (BENN HILL, BERRIEN, BROOKS, COLQUITT, COOK, ECHOLS, IRWIN, LANIER, LOWNDES, THOMAS, TIFT, TURNER, WARE, AND PIERCE). SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION IS DEDICATED TO DELIVERING VALUE WHILE PROVIDING LEGENDARY SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION IS TO DELIVER VALUE AND PROVIDE LEGENDARY SERVICE TO ITS MEMBERSHIP.

  • SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION SERVED THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF 24,064 MEMBERS IN 2025. THE CREDIT UNION PROVIDED CONSUMER AND BUSINESS LOANS AND HELD DEPOSITS TOTALING $316,242,091 AND $366,778,122 RESPECTIVELY, THROUGH NINE FULL-SERVICE LOCATIONS.

  • SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION STRIVES TO BE A RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY CITIZEN, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND DONATING OVER $75,000 TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THE CREDIT UNION, ALONG WITH ITS EMPLOYEES, CONTRIBUTES TO THE UNITED WAY.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Wayne Plumly

    BOARD - CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Anthony Payton

    BOARD - VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Bryant

    BOARD - TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Permenter

    BOARD - SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Sainz

    BOARD - DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clint Bush

    BOARD - DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Eidson

    BOARD - DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael E Gudely

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $337,030
    From this org
    $288,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,881
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,651
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,498
    Filer's total
    $337,030
  • Jennifer Stasio

    SVP/CFO

    Total calculated
    $253,934
    From this org
    $219,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,052
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,767
    Bonus
    $35,115
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,888
    Filer's total
    $253,934
  • Eric Bennett

    VP CLO

    Total calculated
    $190,429
    From this org
    $167,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,274
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,584
    Bonus
    $18,571
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,623
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,651
    Filer's total
    $190,429
  • Mitchell Burton

    VP OF RETAIL

    Total calculated
    $143,260
    From this org
    $122,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,516
    Hours/week
    40
  • Berry Tanner

    WAYCROSS AREA EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $140,256
    From this org
    $128,939
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,317
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeremy Hatcher

    AVP BUSINESS SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $149,575
    From this org
    $128,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,974
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chip Carroll

    AREA EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $120,199
    From this org
    $101,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,156
    Hours/week
    40
  • George Eddie Smith

    SR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $158,228
    From this org
    $136,574
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,913
    Bonus
    $6,661
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,612
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,042
    Filer's total
    $158,228

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

  • 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
THE CREDIT UNION PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE PRESIDENT/CEO, EDWARD MICHAEL GUDELY, THROUGH A LOAN REGIME ARRANGEMENT REFERRED TO AS A "COLLATERAL ASSIGNED SPLIT DOLLAR." THE PROMISSORY NOTE SIGNED BY THE PARTICIPATING EXECUTIVE IS SECURED BY THE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED ON THE EXECUTIVE'S BEHALF. THAT IS, THE EXECUTIVE'S LOAN FUNDS A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY TO ENSURE REPAYMENT. AT SPECIFIED TIMES, THE EXECUTIVE MAY BORROW FUNDS FROM THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE OF THE POLICY TO SUPPLEMENT RETIREMENT INCOME UP TO THE PREMIUMS PAID INTO THE POLICIES. THE BORROWINGS ARE MONITORED TO ENSURE THE POLICY WILL PAY A DEATH BENEFIT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE CREDIT UNION'S EXECUTIVE LOAN ORIGINATION VALUE PLUS THE STATED INTEREST. ANY REMAINING DEATH BENEFITS AFTER REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CREDIT UNION AND THE PARTICIPANT'S BENEFICIARIES AS PER THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601559349300000

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