ELCH501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 22-0880730

Echo Lake Country Club

Westfield, NJ · founded 1935
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$11.17M
▲ 0.5% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$11.24M
▲ 9.0% YoY
Operating Margin
-0.7%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
250
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$11.2M
▲ 31.2% / 5y
8.511.511.511.111.2
Expenses
$11.2M
▲ 42.8% / 5y
7.99.09.010.311.2
Total Assets
$29.3M
▲ 46.8% / 5y
19.928.928.929.329.3
Total Liabilities
$7.3M
▲ 270.7% / 5y
2.07.87.87.37.3

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$8.5M$11.5M$11.5M$11.1M$11.2M+31.2%
Expenses$7.9M$9.0M$9.0M$10.3M$11.2M+42.8%
Net surplus$640K$2.5M$2.5M$794K-$77K-112.0%
Total assets$19.9M$28.9M$28.9M$29.3M$29.3M+46.8%
Total liabilities$2.0M$7.8M$7.8M$7.3M$7.3M+270.7%
Net assets$18.0M$21.1M$21.1M$22.0M$22.0M+22.2%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
PATRICK FILLIAN
COO/ DIRECTOR OF GOLF· 40h/wk
$264,250$34,331
BRIAN KAHL
Director of Grounds· 40h/wk
$164,615$13,221
KATHERINE ROSE
Controller· 40h/wk
$164,250$16,551
WAYNE FREW
FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT MANAGER· 40h/wk
$137,616$21,372
SAMANTHA JOFFE
CLUBHOUSE MANAGER· 40h/wk
$126,653$2,769
RAYMOND FERRARI
Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk
$119,993$20,554

+ 15 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRAD MELVIN, BRAD MILLER, BUDDY ROBINSON, +12 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$6,222,466
INITIATION FEES$740,347

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$4.8M
$347K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$26.8M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
22%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$1.4M$2.7M$4.1M$5.4MFY20 · $5.4MFY20FY21 · $5.4MFY21FY22 · $5.1MFY22FY23 · $4.8MFY23

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$170,741
Occupancy$915,411
Depreciation & depletion$1,258,449
Information technology$11,676
Office expenses$867,093
Accounting fees$26,520
Other professional fees$107,630

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
ECHO LAKE COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PLAN
pension · 106 participants · 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.

EFounded in 1935, Echo Lake Country Club reported $11.17M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -0.7%. Revenue moved up 0.5% 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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