Safe Credit Union

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Folsom, CAMutual-benefit / member-servingSince 1940EIN 94-1179501

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Safe Credit union's purpose statement is building financial freedom. Safe believes in financial freedom. This belief drives our commitment to serving members with knowledge and opportunities to build financial freedom.

Run by 12 volunteers and 796 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 $26.1M a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$7.5M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
20 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 19.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.0B
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
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$243.9M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$215.5M
To programs
0%
Net assets
$396.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$243.9M
FY2025▼ -4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$166.5M
FY2021$162.1M
FY2022$183.1M
FY2023$229.8M
FY2024$254.7M
FY2025$243.9M
Expenses
$215.5M
FY2025▼ -6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$148.8M
FY2021$128.0M
FY2022$149.8M
FY2023$211.6M
FY2024$230.1M
FY2025$215.5M
Net assets
$396.8M
FY2025▲ +15%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$330.5M
FY2021$353.6M
FY2022$289.3M
FY2023$310.1M
FY2024$345.1M
FY2025$396.8M

From the FY2025 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 Sep 1961.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $7.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$1,237,729Pt VII · Sec A
SR Mortgage Officer
$1,035,696Pt VII · Sec A
Former Key Employee (termed 10/10/2024)
$1,020,998Pt VII · Sec A
$751,003Pt VII · Sec A
$722,554Pt VII · Sec A
$667,634Pt VII · Sec A
$634,973Pt VII · Sec A
SVP/Member Services and Operations
$370,853Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Brandi Schaefer—$602,164$1,864,282$1,925,742$1,144,693$1,183,785
Faye Nabhani$1,237,729$1,202,025$968,909$666,860$526,886$655,028
David Roughton——$310,291$1,176,986$953,245$1,005,778
Damian Azimi$1,035,696$1,044,937$1,049,159$592,960—$517,424
Chris Harris$1,020,998$705,227$868,810$439,600$501,014$658,326
William G Erb—$123,012$309,936$979,083$609,337$739,510
Diane Hicks—$250,770$460,051$855,489$554,758$654,957
Justin Mendonca————$814,430$701,954

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 II11 listed

Programs and updates

Helps members improve financial well-being and provides excellent service.

Provided by the organization

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3 program services, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Safe has served the sacramento area since 1940, and now has membership spanning 13 counties in northern california. Safe has 19 branches in three of these counties: sacramento, placer and yolo. Safe serves approximately 374,010 members.

Pt IX · col B
02

Safe offers a variety of deposit products including savings, checking, money market, certificate, retirement, business, and youth accounts. Deposits are federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the united states government. Safe's deposit rates are very competitive with the market.

Pt IX · col B
03

Safe offers a variety of low-rate products to help members with their financing needs. Available loan products include auto loans, real estate mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, visa credit cards, small business loans, commercial real estate, and other secured and unsecured loans.

Pt IX · col B

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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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 113 grants · $1.8M · 2020–2025
Improve Your Tomorrow INCCA · FY2025$22,500
City of Refuge SacramentoCA · FY2025$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$12,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$20,000
Women's EmpowermentCA · FY2024$20,000
Hacker Lab EduCA · FY2024$20,000
Sacramento County Office of EducationFY2024$7,400
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$243.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$206.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$33.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.5M
Money outPt IX
$215.5M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$396.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$354.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.4B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.0B
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A19
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$206.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$33.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$13K
Total revenueLn 12$243.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$152.2M
SavingsLn 2$202.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$354.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$595.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$51.5M
Other assetsLn 15$253.8M
Total assetsLn 16$4.4B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.0B
Net assetsLn 32$396.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5796
VolunteersI 612
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$223.9M$354.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$668.0M$595.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$52.0M$51.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.31B$4.39B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.96B$3.99B
Net assetsLn 32$345.1M$396.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$242K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$12K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$67.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$5.3M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$59.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4.1M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8.1M
Payroll taxesLn 10$5.0M
Legal feesLn 11b$2.1M
Accounting feesLn 11c$345K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.2M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3.4M
Office expensesLn 13$5.6M
Information technologyLn 14$18.3M
OccupancyLn 16$5.6M
TravelLn 17$250K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$356K
InterestLn 20$262K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.1M
InsuranceLn 23$331K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20.4M
All other expensesLn 24e$1.0M
Total functional expensesLn 25$215.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $243.9M$215.5M$28.5M$396.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $254.7M$230.1M$24.6M$345.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $229.8M$211.6M$18.2M$310.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $183.1M$149.8M$33.3M$289.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $162.1M$128.0M$34.1M$353.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $166.5M$148.8M$17.7M$330.5M 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 FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $243,941,706 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,749,891 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $201,284,670 · Unrelated business $362,751 · Excluded from tax $0$201,647,421
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $33,073,161$33,073,161
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $18,870$18,870
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$13,404−$13,404
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,917,427 · Unrelated business $924,925 · Excluded from tax $1,623,415$4,465,767
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $207,905,206 · Unrelated business $1,334,458 · Excluded from tax $34,702,042$243,941,706
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $215,474,450 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$242,099
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$12,000
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$67,118,985
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$5,254,259
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$59,484,060
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$4,072,476
IX-9 Other employee benefits$8,110,685
IX-10 Payroll taxes$4,961,388
IX-11b Legal fees$2,063,243
IX-11c Accounting fees$345,469
IX-11g Other fees for services$4,166,856
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$3,438,431
IX-13 Office expenses$5,598,264
IX-14 Information technology$18,274,558
IX-16 Occupancy$5,571,560
IX-17 Travel$250,495
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$356,497
IX-20 Interest$261,665
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$4,127,077
IX-23 Insurance$330,991
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$20,432,635
IX-24e All other expenses$1,000,757
IX-25 Total functional expenses$215,474,450
Part X · Balance sheet $4,389,837,449 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,121,600,930; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,419,992$152,155,263
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $202,452,240$202,452,240
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $52,004,603$51,511,272
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $668,000,230$595,027,404
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $13,294,414$13,282,009
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $235,136,423$253,808,331
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,305,419,610$4,389,837,449
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $44,978,016$46,430,536
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,911,008,925$3,942,337,846
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,960,352,448$3,993,030,400
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $345,067,162$396,807,049
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,305,419,610$4,389,837,449
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $396,807,049 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$243,941,706
XI-2 Total expenses$215,474,450
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$28,467,256
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$345,067,162
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$23,272,631
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$396,807,049

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