SAKO501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 05-0213430

Sakonnet Golf Club

L Compton, RI · founded 1945
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$3.80M
▼ 10.8% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$3.83M
▲ 7.7% YoY
Operating Margin
-0.7%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
108
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$3.8M
▲ 47.2% / 5y
2.63.03.04.33.8
Expenses
$3.8M
▲ 45.4% / 5y
2.63.03.03.63.8
Total Assets
$7.9M
▲ 17.2% / 5y
6.86.76.78.17.9
Total Liabilities
$801K
▲ 242.1% / 5y
234259259949801

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$2.6M$3.0M$3.0M$4.3M$3.8M+47.2%
Expenses$2.6M$3.0M$3.0M$3.6M$3.8M+45.4%
Net surplus-$51K-$47K-$47K$704K-$28K-44.1%
Total assets$6.8M$6.7M$6.7M$8.1M$7.9M+17.2%
Total liabilities$234K$259K$259K$949K$801K+242.1%
Net assets$6.5M$6.4M$6.4M$7.2M$7.1M+9.2%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
MATTHEW ALWIN
Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk
$153,045
MATTHEW CHOUINARD
LINKS SUPERINTENDENT· 40h/wk
$137,174
DENNIS SONNENBURG
General Manager· 40h/wk
$109,007

+ 13 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ADAM SHERER, ALAN M GARDNER, BENJAMIN MCCLEARY, +10 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

No contractors reported.

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INCOME$2,686,099
GOLF REVENUE$770,921
INITIATION FEES$395,298
PADDLE TENNIS REVENUE$108,595
LAND ASSESSMENT$8,429

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$6.2M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
55%
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$132,775
Occupancy$206,822
Depreciation & depletion$495,716
Information technology$23,754
Office expenses$6,817
Legal fees$9,375
Accounting fees$36,080
Other professional fees$28,758

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.

SFounded in 1945, Sakonnet Golf Club reported $3.80M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -0.7%. Revenue moved down 10.8% 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 Sun Dec 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Sat Dec 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Fri Dec 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PART VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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