Covantage Credit Union

Antigo, WIUnknown exempt organizationSince 1953EIN 39-0945701Revenue $234.4M in FY2024

On file with the IRScovantagecu.org723 6th Avenue Po Box 107 · Antigo, WI

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A cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of Credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide opportunity for its members to improve their economic and social conditions.

$3.8M 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
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FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $24.8M a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.8M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$3.4B
91% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 91% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$234.4M
+23% vs prior year
Spent
$210.1M
Net assets
$327.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$234.4M
FY2024▲ +23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$100.3M
FY2021$105.1M
FY2022$121.7M
FY2023$190.2M
FY2024$234.4M
Expenses
$210.1M
FY2024▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$75.6M
FY2021$71.7M
FY2022$99.0M
FY2023$171.0M
FY2024$210.1M
Net assets
$327.7M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$245.8M
FY2021$274.8M
FY2022$274.2M
FY2023$302.7M
FY2024$327.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $3.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$796,005Pt VII · Sec A
Special Projects Officer
$548,074Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Chief Retail Officer
$374,272Pt VII · Sec A
SVP Chief Risk Str PA Officer
$309,624Pt VII · Sec A
SVP Chief Information Officer
$295,994Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$273,573Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Mortgage Lending Officer
$258,437Pt VII · Sec A
VP Digital Services
$218,636Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Charles Zanayed$796,005$687,017$621,952$558,977$528,716
Sherry Aulik$548,074$356,522$307,378$272,252$258,504
Brett Lee$374,272$330,900$309,514$276,907$255,916
Joan Farrell$309,624$275,984$267,410$253,986$250,576
Sean Van Handel$295,994$246,168$223,515$207,541$197,299
Mary Prunty$273,573$222,957———
Schwan Hardi——$240,084$260,279$232,884
Stacy Bouche$258,437$231,432$208,961$193,300$176,012

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

Programs and updates

Helps members save money, get fair loans, and improve their lives.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Covantage continues to offer cost-friendly products to our members. We not only do this through our competitive rates, but also by going above and beyond to help those in need. We continue to offer cost-friendly options to payday lenders such as kwik cash overdraft protection loans with no service charge or transfer fee, courtesy pay…

Pt IX · col B
02

Covantage has 171,890 members, and passes value back to the membership through higher deposit rates, lower loan rates, and minimal fees. As of december 31, 2024, covantage was paying an annual percentage rate of 2.78% on regular share accounts when many other financials continued to keep their rates lower in an uncertain interest rate…

Pt IX · col B
03

Covantage also strives to support financial literacy, including providing greenpath credit counseling as a free service to our members to assist with budgeting, understanding credit reports, money management, and debt repayment.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

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 · 55 grants · $2.4M · 2020–2024
Covantage Cares Foundation INCWI · FY2024$350,000
Wisconsin Timber RattlersFY2024$15,000
Wausau Events INCWI · FY2024$12,500
St Mary Catholic SchoolsFY2024$10,000
Jo-Vin Baseball LLC DBA Wisconsin Rapids Rafters BaseballFY2024$6,000
Covantage Cares Foundation INCWI · FY2023$150,000
Wisconsin Timber RattlersFY2023$14,000
Taste N Glow Balloon FestWI · FY2023$10,000
St Mary Catholic SchoolFY2023$10,000
Future Neenah INCWI · FY2023$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$234.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$181.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$52.8M
Money outPt IX
$210.1M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$327.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$218.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.4B
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A21
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$181.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$52.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$3.8M
Total revenueLn 12$234.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19.4M
SavingsLn 2$199.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$218.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$444.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$60.4M
Other assetsLn 15$44.1M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.4B
Net assetsLn 32$327.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5515
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$157.9M$218.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$413.1M$444.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$62.7M$60.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.54B$3.73B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.23B$3.40B
Net assetsLn 32$302.7M$327.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$763K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.6M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$27.3M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.0M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.7M
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.3M
Legal feesLn 11b$422K
Accounting feesLn 11c$142K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.6M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.6M
Office expensesLn 13$3.0M
Information technologyLn 14$6.6M
OccupancyLn 16$3.2M
TravelLn 17$514K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$352K
InterestLn 20$31.3M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6.6M
InsuranceLn 23$446K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$111.1M
All other expensesLn 24e$520K
Total functional expensesLn 25$210.1M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $234.4M$210.1M$24.2M$327.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $190.2M$171.0M$19.2M$302.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $121.7M$99.0M$22.7M$274.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $105.1M$71.7M$33.4M$274.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $100.3M$75.6M$24.7M$245.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $234,381,029 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,160,000$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $156,234,450$181,669,244
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $32,806,664$52,772,006
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,489−$60,221
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $190,206,603$234,381,029
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $462,351$762,717
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $39,310,082$39,994,225
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $131,218,783$169,381,983
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $170,991,216$210,138,925
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $19,215,387$24,242,104
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $234,381,029 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $399,800 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $181,183,944 · Unrelated business $85,500$181,269,444
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $48,978,118$48,978,118
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$60,221−$60,221
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $3,793,888$3,793,888
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $181,583,744 · Unrelated business $85,500 · Excluded from tax $52,711,785$234,381,029
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $210,138,925 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$762,717
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$2,645,549
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$27,347,607
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$1,994,701
IX-9 Other employee benefits$5,688,309
IX-10 Payroll taxes$2,318,059
IX-11b Legal fees$422,427
IX-11c Accounting fees$141,998
IX-11g Other fees for services$3,611,428
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$1,562,816
IX-13 Office expenses$3,043,890
IX-14 Information technology$6,589,712
IX-16 Occupancy$3,193,946
IX-17 Travel$514,256
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$351,824
IX-20 Interest$31,257,326
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$6,618,142
IX-23 Insurance$446,341
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$111,108,144
IX-24e All other expenses$519,733
IX-25 Total functional expenses$210,138,925
Part X · Balance sheet $3,725,346,803 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,899,281,072; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,824,348$19,425,647
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $136,042,942$198,961,323
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $10,272,299$11,103,828
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,499,529$4,257,179
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $62,719,264$60,396,538
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $353,314,646$336,868,051
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $59,778,785$107,371,187
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $43,177,889$43,628,423
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $34,673,353$44,053,555
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,537,015,111$3,725,346,803
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $212,320,860$36,367,286
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,018,490,894$3,359,507,947
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,234,345,199$3,397,650,770
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $302,669,912$327,696,033
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,537,015,111$3,725,346,803
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $327,696,033 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$234,381,029
XI-2 Total expenses$210,138,925
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$24,242,104
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$302,669,912
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$537,977
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$246,040
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$327,696,033

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