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← FIRST TRUST CREDIT UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FIRST TRUST CREDIT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,306,039
Total expenses
$7,142,217
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,219,016
Investment income
$5,011,240
Other revenue
$75,783
Total assets, end of year
$184,636,638
Total liabilities, end of year
$160,007,717
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,628,921
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,142,217
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,142,217

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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 INTEREST

    total $2,987,010 · related or exempt $2,987,010

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES AND SERVICE INCOME

    total $2,232,006 · related or exempt $2,207,376 · unrelated business $24,630

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,011,240 · excluded $5,011,240

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $75,783 · excluded $75,783

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $75,783

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,031,153 · program services $2,031,153

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $63,659 · program services $63,659

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $232,785 · program services $232,785

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $146,582 · program services $146,582

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $168,698 · program services $168,698

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $181,739 · program services $181,739

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $217,575 · program services $217,575

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $287,813 · program services $287,813

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,391 · program services $37,391

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,709,956 · program services $1,709,956

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $259,346 · program services $259,346

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,534 · program services $64,534

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHARE EXPENSES

    total $806,184 · program services $806,184

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $482,369 · program services $482,369

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $203,432 · program services $203,432

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $82,764 · program services $82,764

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $166,237 · program services $166,237

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $847,738 · end of year $1,268,420

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,311,523 · end of year $9,220,406

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $216,554 · end of year $161,409

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $48,610,656 · end of year $49,716,621

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $363,509 · end of year $278,998

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

    $7,423,740

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

    $5,043,879

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,151,389 · end of year $2,379,861

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $107,540,284 · end of year $115,448,532

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,389,296 · end of year $6,162,391

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $165,931 · end of year $221,927

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $154,799,919 · end of year $159,785,790

  • 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 $4,062,053 · end of year $4,310,127

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $17,403,046 · end of year $20,318,794

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE CREDIT UNION ANTICIPATES AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL NEEDS, WANTS, AND GOALS FOR OUR MEMBER-OWNERS, INCLUDING VARIOUS LOANS AT REASONABLE RATES AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WITH A GOOD RETURN.

  • FIRST TRUST CREDIT UNION OFFERS ITS MEMBERS LOW COST CONSUMER LOANS AND COMPETITIVE RATES ON REGULAR SAVINGS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS, IRA'S, MONEY MARKETS, AND CLUB ACCOUNTS,

    Expenses $7,142,217

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LINDA BECHINSKI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN HENDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES MINK

    TREASURER & VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BOB TILLEMA

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUDY WRIGHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHRYN HARROW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAMELA JENKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KIM KNIOLA

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $211,551
    From this org
    $211,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $211,551
  • DAN RAJSIC

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $89,375
    From this org
    $89,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD USES COMPEASE TO GATHER COMPENSATION COMPARATIVES TO CREATE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT THAT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
9 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202631619349300738

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