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← GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$79,832,389
Total expenses
$69,635,277
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$332,820
Program service revenue
$54,163,869
Investment income
$2,716,089
Other revenue
$22,952,431
Total assets, end of year
$1,018,202,202
Total liabilities, end of year
$935,845,298
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$82,356,904
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 $54,163,869 · related or exempt $54,163,869

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,716,089 · excluded $2,716,089

  • 11a · Other revenue: SERVICE FEE AND OTHER INCOME

    total $8,878,080 · related or exempt $8,878,080

  • 11b · Other revenue: INTERCHANGE INCOME

    total $7,796,658 · related or exempt $7,796,658

  • 11c · Other revenue: COURTESY PAY AND OVERDRAFT CHARGE

    total $6,693,124 · related or exempt $6,693,124

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$415,431 · related or exempt -$1,283,571 · unrelated business $868,140

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22,952,431

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $307,820

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,111,898

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,821,545

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,114,915

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,305,078

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,254,630

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $173,034

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $127,764

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $178,425

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,903,980

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,490,568

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,261,354

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $948,882

  • 17 · Travel

    total $143,612

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $289,747

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,986,669

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,004,445

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $212,328

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBI TAX EXPENSE

    total $12,970

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $8,607,291

  • 24c · Other expenses: ATM AND DEBIT CARD EXPE

    total $7,501,571

  • 24d · Other expenses: LOAN SERVICING

    total $1,393,391

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,458,360

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,335,027 · end of year $10,250,111

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $45,499,504 · end of year $44,966,398

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $10,203,705 · end of year $10,435,210

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $690,621,953 · end of year $831,246,153

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,287,561 · end of year $2,466,425

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

    $40,975,662

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

    $9,407,583

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,392,736 · end of year $31,568,079

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $63,003,653 · end of year $63,054,719

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,940,776 · end of year $9,090,014

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,038,864 · end of year $1,037,468

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,962,349 · end of year $14,087,625

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,333,542 · end of year $17,377,058

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $30,000,000 · end of year $68,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $747,806,544 · end of year $850,468,240

  • 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 $71,146,042 · end of year $82,356,904

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COOPERATIVE SOCIETY INCORPORATED FOR THE TWO-FOLD PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THRIFT AMONG ITS MEMBERS AND CREATING A SOURCE OF CREDIT FOR THEM AT LEGITIMATE RATES OF INTEREST.

  • ALABAMA BANKING CODE, SECTION, 5-17-1, STATES THAT A CREDIT UNION IS A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY INCORPORATED FOR THE TWO-FOLD PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THRIFT AMONG ITS MEMBERS AND CREATING A SOURCE OF CREDIT FOR THEM AT LEGITIMATE RATES OF INTEREST. GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION, AN ALABAMA STATE-CHARTERED CREDIT UNION, PROVIDES THESE SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS WHO ARE PRIMARILY MEMBERS/EMPLOYEES AND THEIR RELATIVES OF THE ALABAMA ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THE CREDIT UNION'S FIELD OF MEMBERSHIP ALSO INCLUDES SELECTED EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND IS OPEN TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK, WORSHIP, ATTEND SCHOOL OR RESIDE IN AUTAUGA, BUTLER, CHILTON, COOSA, COVINGTON, CRENSHAW, ELMORE, LEE, LOWNDES, MACON, MONTGOMERY, PIKE, RUSSELL, AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023, THE CREDIT UNION HAD MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDED SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 88,681 MEMBERS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Kramer

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Therman Dennis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Roney

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Henry

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Belcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greta Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pam Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heath Harrell

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $682,220
    From this org
    $574,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,985
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $508,085
    Bonus
    $66,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $73,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,600
    Filer's total
    $682,220
  • Nikita McClain

    CCO

    Total calculated
    $283,086
    From this org
    $238,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,295
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,658
    Bonus
    $25,133
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,935
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,360
    Filer's total
    $283,086
  • Joseph Robison

    CLO

    Total calculated
    $323,289
    From this org
    $239,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,790
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,605
    Bonus
    $20,894
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,497
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,293
    Filer's total
    $323,289
  • Scott Rosen

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $295,204
    From this org
    $214,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,783
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,106
    Bonus
    $20,315
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,994
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,789
    Filer's total
    $295,204
  • Daniel Post

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $327,061
    From this org
    $236,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,662
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,979
    Bonus
    $20,420
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $56,376
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,286
    Filer's total
    $327,061
  • Rachel Stewart

    CXP

    Total calculated
    $236,443
    From this org
    $184,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,146
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,833
    Bonus
    $17,464
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,937
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,209
    Filer's total
    $236,443
  • Greg Gray

    CSO

    Total calculated
    $35,405
    From this org
    $35,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Becky Lee

    VP RISK

    Total calculated
    $199,498
    From this org
    $139,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,934
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,774
    Bonus
    $21,790
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,021
    Filer's total
    $199,498
  • J Lindsey McDonald

    VP HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $231,278
    From this org
    $179,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,037
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,524
    Bonus
    $18,717
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,864
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,173
    Filer's total
    $231,278
  • Melodie Wright

    VP BRANCH OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $186,378
    From this org
    $155,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,908
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,379
    Bonus
    $11,091
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,681
    Filer's total
    $186,378
  • Blake Carter

    HOME LOANS OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $164,848
    From this org
    $136,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,934
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,289
    Bonus
    $39,625
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,054
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,880
    Filer's total
    $164,848
  • Jeremi Scoggins

    AVP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $164,814
    From this org
    $136,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,107
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,854
    Bonus
    $10,853
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,905
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,202
    Filer's total
    $164,814

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
IN 2016, THE CREDIT UNION ENTERED INTO A SECURED SPLIT-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE ARRANGEMENT WITH HEATH HARRELL, CEO. THE PREMIUMS ON THE POLICY WERE FUNDED BY THE CREDIT UNION THROUGH LOANS TO THE CEO AND EVP. INTEREST ACCRUES TO THE LOANS MONTHLY. IN 2021, THE CREDIT UNION ENTERED INTO A SECURED SPLIT-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE ARRANGEMENT WITH HEATH HARRELL, CEO. THE PREMIUMS ON THE POLICIES WERE FUNDED BY THE CREDIT UNION THROUGH LOANS TO THE CEO AND EVP. INTEREST ACCRUES TO THE LOANS MONTHLY. THE CREDIT UNION HAS SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH HEATH HARRELL, BECKY LEE, DAN POST, JOSEPH ROBISON, AND SCOTT ROSEN. THE PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CASH BENEFITS UPON SPECIFIC VESTING SCHEDULES.

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

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.

  • G ADVERTISING LLC

    ADVERTISING AGENCY SERVICES · AL · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION

  • GUARDIAN INSURANCE SERVICES

    PROVIDE INSURANCE SERVICES TO MEMBERS · AL · income $253,045 · assets $620,878

    Directly controlled by GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349308131

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