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LVAU501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 25-1064041

Laurel Valley Golf Club

Ligonier, PA · founded 1965

13 filings on recordFY 2011–2023medium confidence

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FY23 Total Revenue

$14.76M

▲ 8.3% YoY

FY23 Total Expenses

$12.19M

▲ 9.1% YoY

Operating Margin

17.4%

revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue

Employees

110

headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed

Revenue

$14.8M

▲ 48.6% / 5y

Expenses

$12.2M

▲ 41.8% / 5y

Total Assets

$59.6M

▲ 23.2% / 5y

Total Liabilities

$13.1M

▲ 26.3% / 5y

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990

Line	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Δ total
Revenue	$9.9M	$12.6M	$12.6M	$13.6M	$14.8M	+48.6%
Expenses	$8.6M	$9.9M	$9.9M	$11.2M	$12.2M	+41.8%
Net surplus	$1.3M	$2.7M	$2.7M	$2.5M	$2.6M	+92.3%
Total assets	$48.4M	$52.3M	$52.3M	$58.0M	$59.6M	+23.2%
Total liabilities	$10.4M	$11.0M	$11.0M	$14.2M	$13.1M	+26.3%
Net assets	$38.0M	$41.3M	$41.3M	$43.8M	$46.5M	+22.4%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990

Officer · Employee	Reportable	Other
BRETT BENTLEY DIRECTOR OF· 60h/wk	$266,814	$158,076
CHRISTOPHER MCKNIGHT HEAD GOLF PR· 40h/wk	$224,709	$105,578
DYLAN T PETRICK GENERAL MANA· 50h/wk	$215,394	$126,151
NANCY RODERICK EVENTS COORD· 40h/wk	$145,841	$45,739
SHANE R BATTISTONI GOLF PROFESS· 40h/wk	$125,630	$18,839
DYLAN E MARSHALL Controller· 40h/wk	$124,688	$42,688
CONNOR G MOSER GOLF SUPERIN· 40h/wk	$104,651	$45,758
CHRISTOPHER SOLESKY HCE· 40h/wk	$100,944	$43,796

+ 18 unpaid officers/directors as reported (CHARLES J QUEENAN JR, CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE, CLIFFORD R ROWE JR, +15 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

Vendor	Service	Paid
Frontier Golf JONE MILLS, PA	Construction & renovation	$3,746,398
Caddiemaster Enterprises PONTE VEDRA, FL	CADDIE SERVICES	$1,611,391
Bruce Robinson CHAMPION, PA	MANAGMENT	$250,006
Pa Blakley Contracting Inc SAXONBURG, PA	Construction & renovation	$164,494
Display Wright LLC OXFORD, CT	SERVICE	$156,471

Revenue by activity

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

Line item	Amount
GREEN FEES	$2,837,668
ROOMS	$1,532,105
CADDIES	$1,501,682
GREEN FEES	$422,125
GOLF CARTS	$319,193

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X

Mortgages & notes payable

—

end of year

Net land, buildings & equipment

$45.5M

book value, net of depreciation

Facility age

38%

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	$276,440
Depreciation & depletion	$1,428,518
Office expenses	$23,584
Accounting fees	$19,000
Other professional fees	$356,432

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

LAUREL VALLEY GOLF CLUB 401K SAVINGS PLAN

pension · 102 participants · $7.3M 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 LIGONIER, PA	$37K	4	Apr 2025 → Oct 2025
Waiters and Waitresses LIGONIER, PA	$34K	2	Apr 2025 → Oct 2025
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners LIGONIER, PA	$33K	8	Apr 2025 → Oct 2025
Cooks, Restaurant LIGONIER, PA	$32K	5	Apr 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 →

LFounded in 1965, Laurel Valley Golf Club reported $14.76M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 17.4%. Revenue moved up 8.3% 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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