GBAR501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 11-1679626

Gardiners Bay Country Club Inc

Shelter Is Ht, NY · founded 1954
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$6.55M
▲ 3.3% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$6.59M
▲ 30.2% YoY
Operating Margin
-0.7%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
85
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$6.5M
▲ 41.5% / 5y
4.65.75.76.36.5
Expenses
$6.6M
▲ 46.0% / 5y
4.55.35.35.16.6
Total Assets
$25.1M
▲ 6.5% / 5y
23.623.823.822.125.1
Total Liabilities
$11.0M
▼ 2.9% / 5y
11.310.810.87.911.0

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$4.6M$5.7M$5.7M$6.3M$6.5M+41.5%
Expenses$4.5M$5.3M$5.3M$5.1M$6.6M+46.0%
Net surplus$112K$339K$339K$1.3M-$45K-140.0%
Total assets$23.6M$23.8M$23.8M$22.1M$25.1M+6.5%
Total liabilities$11.3M$10.8M$10.8M$7.9M$11.0M-2.9%
Net assets$12.3M$13.0M$13.0M$14.2M$14.2M+15.1%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
CHARLES MARCUS
General Manager· 40h/wk
$241,759$13,555
CHRISTOPHER BRIGGS
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$161,158$8,804
LEIGH NOTLEY
Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk
$143,775$12,319
SEBASTIAN BLISS
EXCUTIVE CHEF· 40h/wk
$138,486$11,919
Adam Johnson
Sous Chef· 40h/wk
$104,775$10,619
JOSE CHAVEZ RODRIGUEZ
MECHANIC· 40h/wk
$100,316$6,156

+ 12 unpaid officers/directors as reported (DOMINICK SABELLA, DONNA WINSTON, DOUGLAS SANDBERG, +9 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
Membership Dues & Assessments$3,912,023
INITIATION FEES$1,150,117

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$9.9M
$2.2M new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$23.6M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
17%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$2.7M$5.3M$8.0M$10.7MFY20 · $10.7MFY20FY21 · $10.7MFY21FY22 · $7.7MFY22FY23 · $9.9MFY23

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
Management fees$0
Insurance$203,606
Occupancy$75,772
Depreciation & depletion$391,195
Information technology$0
Advertising & promotion$0
Office expenses$492,744
Legal fees$9,215
Accounting fees$52,900
Other professional fees$152,167

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
GARDINER'S BAY COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PLAN
pension · 13 participants · $903K 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
RoleWage floor (annualized)WorkersSeason
Waiters and Waitresses
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, NY
$51K13Apr 2025 → Oct 2025
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, NY
$45K12Mar 2025 → Nov 2025
Cooks, Restaurant
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, NY
$42K8Apr 2025 → Oct 2025
Food Preparation Workers
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, NY
$39K8Apr 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 →

GFounded in 1954, Gardiners Bay Country Club Inc reported $6.55M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -0.7%. Revenue moved up 3.3% 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 IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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