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Lowell, MAMutual-benefit / member-servingSince 1922Mutual / membership EIN 04-1680140Revenue $28.7M in FY2020

On file with the IRSaligncu.org87 Hale St, 01851-3340 · Lowell, MATax-exempt since Oct 1938

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65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2.5M a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Fine: 65% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
60 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $143.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 59.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$610.7M
88% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 88% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$28.7M
Spent
$27.0M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$81.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$28.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$28.7M
FY2021$24.2M
FY2022$24.4M
FY2023$27.9M
FY2024$29.5M
FY2025$30.4M
Expenses
$27.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$27.0M
FY2021$23.8M
FY2022$24.0M
FY2023$31.4M
FY2024$38.2M
FY2025$35.6M
Net assets
$81.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$81.9M
FY2021$74.6M
FY2022$35.3M
FY2023$37.7M
FY2024$33.4M
FY2025$38.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1938.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $17.6M Management & general 35% · $9.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$510,558Pt VII · Sec A
$280,235Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Lending Officer
$214,516Pt VII · Sec A
Mortgage Originator
$203,979Pt VII · Sec A
Mortgage Originator
$200,549Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
2nd Vice-Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kenneth M Del Rossi—$331,228$1,826,749$1,840,349$522,798$510,558
Lydia Vazquez$527,945$424,563$276,295$163,564$159,616—
Gary Abrams—$521,553————
Thomas Hammond——$307,230$283,479$276,544$280,235
Caleb Schultz$268,255$166,419————
Brian Bacci————$255,973$214,516
Joanne McCarthy$173,447$206,704$184,230$166,017$163,787—
Abby Decoster$204,629—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $17.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Granting credit to members with various loan products.

$13.6Mprogram expense
02

Dividends and interest paid on members deposits.

$3.8Mprogram expense
03

Member services including debit and credit cards.

$168Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 10 grants · $109K · 2021–2022
Lowell Plan INCMA · FY2022$22,500
Lowell Management Grouplowell Memorial AuditoriumFY2022$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$28.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$5.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.7M
Money outPt IX
$27.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$17.6M
Managementcol C$9.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$81.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$134.3M
Total assetsLn 16$692.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$610.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$5.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.4M
Total revenueLn 12$28.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$25.4M
SavingsLn 2$108.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$134.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$143.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.3M
Other assetsLn 15$10.7M
Total assetsLn 16$692.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$610.7M
Net assetsLn 32$81.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5186
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$27.3M$134.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$178.5M$143.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.5M$9.3M
Total assetsLn 16$641.1M$692.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$566.0M$610.7M
Net assetsLn 32$75.0M$81.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$3.8M$3.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$204K$1.2M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.6M$7.6M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$572K$383K$189K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.5M$1.0M$496K
Payroll taxesLn 10$687K$460K$227K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$666K$666K
OccupancyLn 16$1.3M$1.3M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$5K$3K
InterestLn 20$1.5M$1.5M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.1M$1.1M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.7M$2.6M$4.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$128K$128K
Total functional expensesLn 25$27.0M$17.6M$9.4M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $30.4M$35.6M−$5.2M$38.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $29.5M$38.2M−$8.7M$33.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $27.9M$31.4M−$3.5M$37.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $24.4M$24.0M$410K$35.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $24.2M$23.8M$410K$74.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $28.7M$27.0M$1.7M$81.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $28,709,871 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,899,335$17,206,350
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,652,338$5,733,297
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,777,588$5,770,224
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $27,329,261$28,709,871
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $3,354,894$3,817,024
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $10,711,653$11,733,210
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,346,578$11,440,281
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,413,125$26,990,515
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,916,136$1,719,356
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $28,709,871 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $599,813 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,206,350$17,206,350
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $4,332,023$4,332,023
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,401,274$1,401,274
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,170,411$5,170,411
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,261,748 · Unrelated business $46,849 · Excluded from tax $1,401,274$28,709,871
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $26,990,515 across 14 lines filed
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $3,817,024$3,817,024
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $203,979 · Management $1,205,858$1,409,837
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,560,158$7,560,158
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $383,398 · Management $188,838$572,236
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,007,760 · Management $496,360$1,504,120
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $460,196 · Management $226,663$686,859
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $13,161$13,161
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $665,985$665,985
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $1,264,869$1,264,869
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,228 · Management $2,614$7,842
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,548,781$1,548,781
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,068,886$1,068,886
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,590,985 · Management $4,152,137$6,743,122
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $127,635$127,635
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $17,577,509 · Management $9,413,006 · Fundraising $0$26,990,515
Part X · Balance sheet $692,602,330 assets, 12 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $394,577,055; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $10,460,496$25,409,750
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,833,795$108,932,464
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,470,611$9,255,232
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $173,896,973$140,866,046
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $4,636,000$2,880,200
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,316,142$10,681,583
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $641,056,129$692,602,330
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $696,838$652,066
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $565,347,779$610,089,324
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $566,044,617$610,741,390
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $75,011,512$81,860,940
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $641,056,129$692,602,330
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $81,860,940 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$28,709,871
XI-2 Total expenses$26,990,515
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,719,356
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$75,011,512
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,130,072
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$81,860,940

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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