ESSENTIAL CREDIT UNION

2023 · Form 990 · revenue $25.1M · expenses $24.3M · assets $386.7M

EIN

72-0719172

Address

2370 TOWNE CENTER BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806-8172

Website

HTTPS://ESSENTIALCU.ORG

NTEE code

W60

Subsection

501(c)(14)

Ruling year

2026

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Mission

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY WITH FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS AND OPTIMAL SERVICE THAT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS WHILE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE SERVE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

18 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.