Prospera Credit Union

Appleton, WIUnknown exempt organizationSince 1934 EIN 39-0744917Revenue $23.8M in FY2024Latest return filed Nov 17, 2025

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A member-owned, not-for-profit, cooperative financial institution.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 39-0744917) · Dispute this line
$2.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.0M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
12.3 mo
of spending, in cash
12.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $21K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$333.8M
91% of total assets
Liabilities are 91% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
9 of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$23.8M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$23.3M
Net assets
$31.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$23.8M
FY2024▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$14.7M
FY2021$15.4M
FY2022$16.9M
FY2023$21.7M
FY2024$23.8M
Expenses
$23.3M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$12.6M
FY2021$12.8M
FY2022$15.6M
FY2023$21.7M
FY2024$23.3M
Net assets
$31.0M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$27.2M
FY2021$30.0M
FY2022$29.9M
FY2023$30.0M
FY2024$31.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $2.0M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$501,977Pt VII · Sec A
$257,954Pt VII · Sec A
$241,532Pt VII · Sec A
$208,605Pt VII · Sec A
$171,622Pt VII · Sec A
VP Commercial Lending
$130,756Pt VII · Sec A
Financial Advisor
$118,282Pt VII · Sec A
VP Digital Services
$117,611Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sheila Schinke$501,977————
Sheila M Schinke—$395,645$363,598$303,040$293,195
Jeff Garrett——$314,268$168,878$201,138
John Schemm—$162,395$276,031$145,129$143,142
Michelle McClelland$257,954$214,831$203,666$179,292$181,109
Todd Thiel$241,532$226,842$106,288——
Kari Christoph$208,605$169,114$163,697$146,926$140,094
Kristina Flores$171,622$169,109$151,061$125,969$122,198

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Provides financial services through a member-owned cooperative.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The organization operates as a financial cooperative serving and owned by its members.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 39-0744917) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$21K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $50K · 2021–2023

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$23.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.8M
Money outPt IX
$23.3M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$31.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23.9M
Total assetsLn 16$364.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$333.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1K
Total revenueLn 12$23.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.2M
SavingsLn 2$18.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$23.9M
Accounts receivableLn 4$2.7M
Loans to officers and key peopleLn 5$1.6M
Notes and loans receivableLn 7$303.8M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$213K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$16.5M
Other assetsLn 15$7.2M
Total assetsLn 16$364.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$333.8M
Net assetsLn 32$31.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5109
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21.4M$23.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.9M$16.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.2M$9.0M
Total assetsLn 16$376.7M$364.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$346.7M$333.8M
Net assetsLn 32$30.0M$31.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$1.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$399K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.0M
Payroll taxesLn 10$484K
Management feesLn 11a$166K
Legal feesLn 11b$36K
Accounting feesLn 11c$80K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$660K
Office expensesLn 13$818K
Information technologyLn 14$1.1M
OccupancyLn 16$561K
TravelLn 17$15K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$500
InterestLn 20$3.4M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$595K
InsuranceLn 23$52K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.3M
All other expensesLn 24e$271K
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 $23.8M$23.3M$552K$31.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 6, 2024 $21.7M$21.7M$56K$30.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $16.9M$15.6M$1.3M$29.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $15.4M$12.8M$2.6M$30.0M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $14.7M$12.6M$2.1M$27.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $23,802,447 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,999,626$20,040,330
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,697,187$3,764,167
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,219−$2,050
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $21,710,032$23,802,447
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,560,280$8,215,891
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $13,093,484$15,034,421
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $21,653,764$23,250,312
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $56,268$552,135
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
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 $23,802,447 across 5 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $20,020,790 · Unrelated business $19,540$20,040,330
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $20,620 · Excluded from tax $3,742,547$3,763,167
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission −$676 · Unrelated business −$1,374−$2,050
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,000$1,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $20,041,734 · Unrelated business $18,166 · Excluded from tax $3,742,547$23,802,447
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,250,312 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$1,381,690
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$4,905,548
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$398,941
IX-9 Other employee benefits$1,045,548
IX-10 Payroll taxes$484,164
IX-11a Management fees$166,173
IX-11b Legal fees$36,478
IX-11c Accounting fees$80,246
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$659,623
IX-13 Office expenses$817,636
IX-14 Information technology$1,063,330
IX-16 Occupancy$561,334
IX-17 Travel$15,483
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$500
IX-20 Interest$3,369,040
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$594,681
IX-23 Insurance$52,026
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$7,346,834
IX-24e All other expenses$271,037
IX-25 Total functional expenses$23,250,312
Part X · Balance sheet $364,845,312 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,385,335$5,237,118
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,022,997$18,663,076
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $230,866$2,655,559
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $1,201,640$1,612,257
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $315,280,847$303,775,244
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $275,683$212,544
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,245,561$8,971,275
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,183,757$10,998,287
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,957,055$119,805
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $5,757,713$5,418,084
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,142,340$7,182,063
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $376,683,794$364,845,312
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,579,940$4,967,862
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$10,986
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $21,500,000$15,000,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $317,630,652$313,852,767
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $346,710,592$333,831,615
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $29,973,202$31,013,697
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $29,973,202$31,013,697
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $376,683,794$364,845,312
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $31,013,697 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$23,802,447
XI-2 Total expenses$23,250,312
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$552,135
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$29,973,202
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$488,360
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$31,013,697

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