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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$62,110,372
Total expenses
$52,025,320
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$255,000
Program service revenue
$41,727,734
Investment income
$2,545,866
Other revenue
$17,836,772
Total assets, end of year
$865,286,128
Total liabilities, end of year
$794,140,086
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$71,146,042
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 $41,727,734 · related or exempt $41,727,734

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,682,764 · excluded $1,682,764

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $38,621,498

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

    other assets $37,758,396

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $863,102

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $863,102 · excluded $863,102

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

    total $7,484,873 · related or exempt $7,484,873

  • 11b · Other revenue: INTERCHANGE INCOME

    total $7,465,770 · related or exempt $7,465,770

  • 11c · Other revenue: NSF CHARGES

    total $6,566,949 · related or exempt $6,566,949

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$3,680,820 · related or exempt -$4,479,687 · unrelated business $798,867

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,836,772

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $230,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,217,089

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,055,420

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,035,697

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,209,430

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,161,150

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,218

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $109,853

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,088

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,901,567

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,630,920

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,654,817

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $978,423

  • 17 · Travel

    total $203,730

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $200,232

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,479,399

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $888,552

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $203,562

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBI TAX EXPENSE

    total $12,544

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

    total $6,983,152

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $5,456,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: LOAN SERVICING

    total $1,227,262

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,992,215

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,694,416 · end of year $11,335,027

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $48,896,414 · end of year $45,499,504

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $10,012,186 · end of year $10,203,705

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $590,139,491 · end of year $690,621,953

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,186,187 · end of year $1,287,561

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

    $30,823,025

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

    $8,430,289

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,091,400 · end of year $22,392,736

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $63,895,068 · end of year $63,003,653

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,868,697 · end of year $7,940,776

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,068,573 · end of year $1,038,864

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,766,055 · end of year $11,962,349

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,608,679 · end of year $16,333,542

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $683,679,339 · end of year $747,806,544

  • 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 $69,330,469 · end of year $71,146,042

Mission and programs · 2022

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, 2022, THE CREDIT UNION HAD MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDED SERVICE TO APPROXIMATELY 84,606 MEMBERS.

As filed on the 2022 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
    $640,565
    From this org
    $526,501
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $114,064
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $465,751
    Bonus
    $60,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $79,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,679
    Filer's total
    $640,565
  • BECKY LEE

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $252,355
    From this org
    $198,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,433
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,045
    Bonus
    $19,877
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,851
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,582
    Filer's total
    $252,355
  • NIKITA MCCLAIN

    CCO

    Total calculated
    $324,169
    From this org
    $239,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,800
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,569
    Bonus
    $23,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $50,433
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,367
    Filer's total
    $324,169
  • JOSEPH ROBISON

    VP LENDING

    Total calculated
    $267,287
    From this org
    $189,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,908
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,779
    Bonus
    $18,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,628
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,280
    Filer's total
    $267,287
  • SCOTT ROSEN

    VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $262,901
    From this org
    $186,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,770
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,218
    Bonus
    $17,913
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,957
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,813
    Filer's total
    $262,901
  • DANIEL POST

    VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $267,357
    From this org
    $187,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,803
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,504
    Bonus
    $17,050
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,271
    Filer's total
    $267,357
  • J LINDSEY MCDONALD

    VP HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $215,080
    From this org
    $165,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,331
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,299
    Bonus
    $16,450
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,244
    Filer's total
    $215,080
  • LINDSEY WALTERS

    VP BRANCHES

    Total calculated
    $205,602
    From this org
    $160,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,983
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,481
    Bonus
    $16,138
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,033
    Filer's total
    $205,602

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, NIKITA MCCLAIN, DAN POST, JOSEPH ROBISON, AND SCOTT ROSEN. THE PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE COVERED EMPLOYEES.

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

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 $220,422 · assets $380,803

    Directly controlled by GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349301031

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