Whatcom Educational Credit Union FY2020 filing

Not tax-deductible

Bellingham, WAMutual-benefit / member-servingSince 1936Public & Societal BenefitEIN 91-0712539Revenue $85.9M in FY2020

On file with the IRSwecu.com21 Bellwether Way, 98225-2961 · Bellingham, WATax-exempt since Jul 1954

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Whatcom Educational Credit Union (wecu) is a not-for-profit financial cooperative where members are encouraged to save and borrow responsibly at fair and competitive rates, improving their financial well-being and standard of living. This state-chartered Credit Union is a member of the national Credit Union administration share insurance fund, and is regulated by the national Credit Union association, and the state of washington department of financial institutions - division of Credit unions. Wecu's main products are consumer loans, real estate loans and commercial loans to members, which are primarily funded by deposits from members. Financial education and community service are also an integral part of wecu's operations and spirit of service.

$3.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18.3M a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.6M
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
Cash reserves
94 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 93.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.9B
87% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 87% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$85.9M
Spent
$71.0M
Net assets
$274.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$85.9M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85.9M
FY2021$85.7M
FY2022$98.7M
FY2023$138.1M
FY2024$166.5M
FY2025$184.5M
Expenses
$71.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$71.0M
FY2021$64.1M
FY2022$68.5M
FY2023$119.3M
FY2024$154.3M
FY2025$172.2M
Net assets
$274.0M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$274.0M
FY2021$295.3M
FY2022$316.9M
FY2023$336.0M
FY2024$349.6M
FY2025$366.5M

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 Jul 1954.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $3.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO/Treasurer
$697,277Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President
$340,988Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$320,375Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$278,898Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Human Resources Officer
$256,701Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Retail Delivery
$224,385Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Marketing Officer
$223,144Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Business Banking
$195,500Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Kutcher’s $937K as President & CEO is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 61 <$100K public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jennifer Kutcher$936,965$884,765$836,637———
Jennifer E Kutcher———$750,217$711,876$697,277
Jeffrey Dykstra - Chief$663,150—————
Jack Ingram$504,264$453,215$427,450$379,831$345,261$320,375
Jeffrey Dykstra—$451,454$420,899———
Nicholas Hodson$415,647$383,666$350,972———
Jeffrey R Dykstra———$392,577$365,437$340,988
Cynthia Chase Klein$367,550$332,953$315,903$289,640$285,135$256,701

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Loan portfolio (credit cards, auto, personal and other types):loans to members increased by 1.3%% or $18.93 million from 2019 to 2020. Consumer lending experienced lower production year over year. The highest production months are typically in the summer.

Pt IX · col B
02

Deposits and Liquidity

Deposits increased significantly in 2020. The result of wecu's liquidity picture took a dramatic turn in 2020 as members and business members alike received government aid from the cares act in the form of increased unemployment, stimulus checks, and the paycheck protection loans.

Pt IX · col B
03

Community Involvement

While technically not a chartered service, wecu is committed to community service and provides support to a large number of local educational, health and community CONCERNS.IN march, helping members and the community at large through the pandemic became a primary focus.

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 · 58 grants · $1.3M · 2020–2025
The Whatcom Literacy CouncilWA · FY2025$20,000
Bellingham Arts Academy for YouthWA · FY2025$20,000
FuturesnwWA · FY2025$15,000
Wild WhatcomWA · FY2025$13,750
Skagit Valley CollegeFY2025$8,500
Children of the ValleyWA · FY2024$20,500
The Whatcom Literacy CouncilWA · FY2024$20,000
Bellingham Arts Academy for YouthWA · FY2024$20,000
The Whatcom DreamWA · FY2024$16,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$85.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Money outPt IX
$71.0M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$274.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$553.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9B
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A16
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$5K
Total revenueLn 12$85.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$32.9M
SavingsLn 2$520.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$553.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$35.9M
Other assetsLn 15$23.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9B
Net assetsLn 32$274.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5480
VolunteersI 610
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$141.8M$553.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$20.4M$18.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37.9M$35.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.71B$2.14B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.45B$1.86B
Net assetsLn 32$259.1M$274.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$224K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$118K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$5.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3.2M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$25.0M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.3M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.9M
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.2M
Legal feesLn 11b$90K
Accounting feesLn 11c$176K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.0M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$608K
Office expensesLn 13$2.5M
Information technologyLn 14$4.9M
OccupancyLn 16$2.3M
TravelLn 17$61K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$199K
InterestLn 20$251K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.9M
InsuranceLn 23$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$12.0M
Total functional expensesLn 25$71.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $184.5M$172.2M$12.3M$366.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $166.5M$154.3M$12.2M$349.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $138.1M$119.3M$18.8M$336.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $98.7M$68.5M$30.2M$316.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $85.7M$64.1M$21.7M$295.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $85.9M$71.0M$14.9M$274.0M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $85,917,838 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $83,190,686$82,593,135
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,907,994$1,677,237
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $814,686$1,647,466
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $86,913,366$85,917,838
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $228,842$341,686
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $9,201,355$5,141,607
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $33,821,312$37,477,000
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $28,930,541$28,043,462
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $72,182,050$71,003,755
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $14,731,316$14,914,083
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 $85,917,838 across 6 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $82,560,453 · Unrelated business $32,682$82,593,135
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,682,302$1,682,302
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $39,840$39,840
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$5,065−$5,065
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,607,626$1,607,626
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $82,560,453 · Unrelated business $32,682 · Excluded from tax $3,324,703$85,917,838
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $71,003,755 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$223,686
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$118,000
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$5,141,607
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$3,207,445
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$24,993,820
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$2,260,869
IX-9 Other employee benefits$4,864,795
IX-10 Payroll taxes$2,150,071
IX-11b Legal fees$90,148
IX-11c Accounting fees$176,203
IX-11d Lobbying fees$13,000
IX-11g Other fees for services$2,006,359
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$608,101
IX-13 Office expenses$2,517,212
IX-14 Information technology$4,865,617
IX-16 Occupancy$2,338,333
IX-17 Travel$61,396
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$198,872
IX-20 Interest$251,006
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$2,860,908
IX-23 Insurance$10,926
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$12,045,381
IX-25 Total functional expenses$71,003,755
Part X · Balance sheet $2,136,316,633 assets, 13 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,502,649,557; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $29,765,822$32,886,533
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $112,034,670$520,323,854
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,491,804$3,178,980
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $37,889,498$35,895,343
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,242,721$6,902,982
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $14,167,800$11,111,400
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $21,318,434$23,367,984
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,712,782,397$2,136,316,633
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,539,766$27,664,765
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,427,764,916$1,810,860,247
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,453,723,572$1,862,343,725
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $259,058,825$273,972,908
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,712,782,397$2,136,316,633
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $273,972,908 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$85,917,838
XI-2 Total expenses$71,003,755
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$14,914,083
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$259,058,825
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$273,972,908

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

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