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← CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,438,890
Total expenses
$24,660,197
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$184,869
Program service revenue
$25,241,975
Investment income
$9,188,816
Other revenue
$8,099
Total assets, end of year
$715,763,418
Total liabilities, end of year
$641,150,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$74,613,062
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 INTEREST INCOME

    total $15,796,678 · related or exempt $15,796,678

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE AND OTHER INCOME

    total $9,370,936 · related or exempt $9,370,936

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FINANCE AND INSURANCE

    total $74,361 · unrelated business $74,361

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,079,107 · related or exempt $9,079,107

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $81,600

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $73,501

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $8,099

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $8,099 · related or exempt $8,099

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $471,633

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

    other assets $361,924

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $109,709

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $109,709 · related or exempt $109,709

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,337

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $17,532

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $748,346

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,587,108

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $830,637

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $989,383

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $562,358

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,457

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $165,872

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,828,123

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $330,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,570,779

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $441,248

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $720,404

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $209,337

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,334,682

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $565,418

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,810

  • 24a · Other expenses: 990T EXPENSE

    total $4,334

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOAN SERVICING

    total $2,789,690

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $346,158

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $252,817

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $99,888

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,786,566 · end of year $5,600,518

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $942,993 · end of year $2,739,561

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $967,874 · end of year $200,702

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $342,127,128 · end of year $353,592,651

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $361,296 · end of year $421,678

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

    $16,617,454

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

    $8,001,595

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,110,365 · end of year $8,615,859

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $294,253,997 · end of year $284,448,187

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $3,502,117 · end of year $31,420,422

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,868,901 · end of year $28,723,840

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,048,898 · end of year $5,325,926

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $621,763,355 · end of year $635,824,430

  • 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 $62,108,984 · end of year $74,613,062

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE PHILOSOPHY OF PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE. STRIVING TO BE THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TO OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL SECURITY AND WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO MEMBER OWNERS WITH A COMMON BOND.

  • PROVIDE 55,192 MEMBERS WITH SAVINGS, SHARE DRAFTS, CLUB, MONEY MARKET, BUSINESS, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT, AND CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS WITH AGGREGATE DEPOSIT BALANCES THAT APPROXIMATED $635,824,000 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023.

  • PROVIDE 15,530 NEW AND USED AUTO, UNSECURED, OVERDRAFT, COMMERCIAL, REAL ESTATE, HOME EQUITY, STUDENT AND CREDIT CARD LOANS WITH AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCES THAT APPROXIMATED $354,662,000 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023.

  • OFFER ATM, ON-LINE BANKING, AUDIO RESPONSE, ACH, SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, OVERDRAFT PROTECTION, CHECK CASHING, TRAVEL CARDS, MOBILE BANKING, MOBILE DEPOSIT CAPTURE AND VARIOUS INSURANCE PROGRAMS TO ALL ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Spohr

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Lane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Troy Bevier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Egli

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Murphy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Bruggeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Francis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Brehmer

    EVP-CFO/CEO

    Total calculated
    $411,246
    From this org
    $308,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,133
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $38,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,197
    Filer's total
    $411,246
  • Randall Smith

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $223,205
    From this org
    $181,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,786
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $95,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $85,572
    Deferred
    $14,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,682
    Filer's total
    $223,205
  • Jennifer Frost

    SR VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $113,895
    From this org
    $104,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,965
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Zarnecki

    SVP OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $173,720
    From this org
    $138,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,015
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,425
    Filer's total
    $173,720
  • Paul Corazzol

    SVP INFORMATION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $197,093
    From this org
    $156,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,572
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $19,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,037
    Filer's total
    $197,093
  • Lorie Easton

    SVP CONSUMER LENDING

    Total calculated
    $165,292
    From this org
    $147,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,144
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,124
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,024
    Deferred
    $17,482
    Nontaxable benefits
    $662
    Filer's total
    $165,292
  • Alycia Nichols

    EVP-OPERATIONS & LENDING

    Total calculated
    $219,457
    From this org
    $172,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,741
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,596
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $120
    Deferred
    $22,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,941
    Filer's total
    $219,457
  • Linda Tomford

    VP HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $119,380
    From this org
    $106,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,088
    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

  • 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
RANDALL SMITH'S W-2 COMPENSATION REPORTED IN COLUMN B(III) OF SCH J INCLUDES A 457(B) BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION. THE EXECUTIVE'S ANNUAL 457(B) DEFERRALS WERE REPORTED AS A COMPONENT OF BOX 5 COMPENSATION WITHIN PRIOR YEARS' FORMS W-2. SINCE BOX 5 HAS HISTORICALLY EXCEEDED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT REPORTED IN BOX 1, THE COMPENSATION RELATIVE TO THE 457(B) DISTRIBUTION $85,343 INCLUDED IN 2023 COMPENSATION, HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AS W-2 COMPENSATION IN PRIOR YEARS' FORMS 990. IN 2023, THE COMPENSATION AMOUNT REPORTED IN FORM 990 REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN BOX 1 OF FORM W-2. THAT IS, BOX 1 COMPENSATION EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN BOX 5 FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS A RESULT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF RANDALL SMITH'S 457(B) BENEFIT. THE CREDIT UNION MAINTAINS A CREDIT UNION OWNED LIFE INSURANCE PLAN FOR THE BELOW-LISTED EMPLOYEES. AS THE OWNER OF THE POLICIES, THE CREDIT UNION IS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE CORRESPONDING DEATH BENEFITS. THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE OF EACH POLICY IS ALSO PROVIDED. RANDALL SMITH - $1,416,459 JEFF BREHMER - $4,188,576 ALYCIA NICHOLS - $4,183,812 PAUL CORAZZOL - $4,188,200 MICHAEL ZARNECKI - $4,184,189 THE CREDIT UNION ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO A POST RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN FOR RANDALL SMITH AND JEFF BREHMER. THE BENEFIT LIABILITY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023, WAS $229,761 AND $42,160, RESPECTIVELY.

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
2023
Filed
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422999349301952

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