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SHAN501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 04-1807755

Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc

Siasconset, MA · founded 1921

13 filings on recordFY 2011–2023medium confidence

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FY23 Total Revenue

$9.03M

▲ 15.4% YoY

FY23 Total Expenses

$9.04M

▲ 9.2% YoY

Operating Margin

-0.0%

revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue

Employees

122

headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed

Revenue

$9.0M

▲ 14.0% / 5y

Expenses

$9.0M

▲ 37.7% / 5y

Total Assets

$20.0M

▲ 6.1% / 5y

Total Liabilities

$1.7M

▲ 8.2% / 5y

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990

Line	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Δ total
Revenue	$7.9M	$7.8M	$8.1M	$7.8M	$9.0M	+14.0%
Expenses	$6.6M	$6.2M	$8.3M	$8.3M	$9.0M	+37.7%
Net surplus	$1.4M	$1.7M	-$190K	-$442K	-$4K	-100.3%
Total assets	$18.8M	$19.7M	$20.2M	$19.2M	$20.0M	+6.1%
Total liabilities	$1.6M	$855K	$1.5M	$986K	$1.7M	+8.2%
Net assets	$17.2M	$18.9M	$18.7M	$18.2M	$18.2M	+5.9%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990

Officer · Employee	Reportable	Other
LORI SNELL General Manager· 40h/wk	$335,038	$44,137
COLEY PENROSE Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk	$293,676	$43,723
DAMIAN GILCHRIST Executive Chef· 40h/wk	$137,679	$17,196
KIM MATTHEWS ASSISTANT GEN MGR· 40h/wk	$133,354	$16,783
JESSE SMITH FACILITIES· 40h/wk	$115,280	$39,348
DIETER WIEDMAYER Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk	$107,500	$28,657
RICH ROSS GROUNDS· 40h/wk	$105,674	$35,137

+ 15 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BONNIE LEVISON, CANDY GRIEG, CRISS TROAST, +12 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

Vendor	Service	Paid
Marcos Rodriguez Painting NANTUCKET, MA	PAINTING	$100,107

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources

Line item	Amount
MEMBERSHIP DUES	$5,295,600
INITIATION FEES	$935,000
CAPITAL FEES	$632,400

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X

Mortgages & notes payable

—

end of year

Net land, buildings & equipment

$15.6M

book value, net of depreciation

Facility age

60%

accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant

Mortgages & notes payable is the club’s reported long-term debt. A year-over-year rise typically signals a capital project being financed; a fall signals deleveraging. A dash marks a line the filing did not report — not a zero.

Operating expenses

FY23 · Form 990, Part IX

Insurance	$323,065
Occupancy	$365,591
Depreciation & depletion	$1,588,320
Information technology	$73,183
Office expenses	$190,241
Legal fees	$25,009
Accounting fees	$27,530
Other professional fees	$63,526

Selected functional-expense lines as itemized on Form 990, Part IX. A reported management-fee line indicates the club pays an outside management company. Lines the filing left blank are omitted.

Retirement & benefit plans

DOL Form 5500 · plan sponsors

SANKATY HEAD GOLF CLUB 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN

pension · 132 participants · $1.7M assets · FY2024

Retirement and welfare plans the club sponsors, from its DOL Form 5500 filing. Listed providers are the recordkeepers, insurers, and advisors paid $5,000 or more (Schedule C) — the incumbent benefits vendors.

Seasonal labor

DOL OFLC · certified H-2B positions

Role	Wage floor (annualized)	Workers	Season
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Siasconset, MA	$50K	7	Apr 2025 → Nov 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Siasconset, MA	$48K	2	May 2025 → Oct 2025
Cooks, Restaurant Siasconset, MA	$42K	8	May 2025 → Oct 2025
Waiters and Waitresses Siasconset, MA	$39K	6	May 2025 → Oct 2025

Positions the club certified through the U.S. Department of Labor’s H-2B program — an independent, government wage floor for rank-and-file roles the Form 990 never itemizes. Decision-maker contact available to members →

SFounded in 1921, Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc reported $9.03M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -0.0%. Revenue moved up 15.4% against the prior posted return. Every figure on this page is drawn from the club’s Form 990 as filed; a dash marks a value the filing did not report.

Source documents

▸ Form 990, FY2023 · period ending Tue Oct 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

▸ Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Mon Oct 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

▸ Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Sun Oct 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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