BUTL501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 25-0382420

Butler Country Club

Butler, PA · founded 1934
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$6.52M
▼ 1.3% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$5.92M
▲ 18.0% YoY
Operating Margin
9.3%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
201
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$6.5M
▲ 31.1% / 5y
5.05.35.36.66.5
Expenses
$5.9M
▲ 23.4% / 5y
4.84.64.65.05.9
Total Assets
$10.9M
▲ 25.4% / 5y
8.78.98.910.410.9
Total Liabilities
$2.5M
▼ 27.5% / 5y
3.52.92.92.72.5

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$5.0M$5.3M$5.3M$6.6M$6.5M+31.1%
Expenses$4.8M$4.6M$4.6M$5.0M$5.9M+23.4%
Net surplus$176K$746K$746K$1.6M$605K+243.1%
Total assets$8.7M$8.9M$8.9M$10.4M$10.9M+25.4%
Total liabilities$3.5M$2.9M$2.9M$2.7M$2.5M-27.5%
Net assets$5.2M$6.0M$6.0M$7.7M$8.3M+60.9%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
MICAH LOWELL
GROUNDS SUPE· 40h/wk
$137,854
MICHELE RUTH
GENERAL MANA· 40h/wk
$137,146
JOHN BRAUTIGAM
GOLF PROFESS· 40h/wk
$128,722
DOUGLAS FERNANDES
FINANCIAL DI· 40h/wk
$113,080

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ALAN MONTGOMERY, CRAIG TILLOTSON, DICKSON FORBES, +6 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
ORDINARY DUES$2,429,860
CAPITAL DUES$1,187,253
GOLF MEMBERS$256,801
INITIATION FESS$226,782
GOLF-NON MEMBER$170,973

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$6.8M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
62%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$146K$293K$439K$585KFY20 · $585KFY20FY21 · $585KFY21FY22 · $285KFY22

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$90,221
Occupancy$510,829
Depreciation & depletion$791,837
Office expenses$51,587
Legal fees$824
Accounting fees$17,003
Other professional fees$26,270

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
BUTLER COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
pension · 44 participants · $1.2M 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.

BFounded in 1934, Butler Country Club reported $6.52M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 9.3%. Revenue moved down 1.3% 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 Tue Feb 28 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Mon Feb 28 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Sun Feb 28 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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