MAKE501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 31-0308478

Maketewah Country Club

Cincinnati, OH · founded 1942
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$6.84M
▲ 19.5% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$7.07M
▲ 21.1% YoY
Operating Margin
-3.4%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
164
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$6.8M
▲ 35.5% / 5y
5.07.37.35.76.8
Expenses
$7.1M
▲ 44.2% / 5y
4.95.45.45.87.1
Total Assets
$11.9M
▲ 125.1% / 5y
5.37.67.610.611.9
Total Liabilities
$11.0M
▲ 74.7% / 5y
6.36.36.39.511.0

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$5.0M$7.3M$7.3M$5.7M$6.8M+35.5%
Expenses$4.9M$5.4M$5.4M$5.8M$7.1M+44.2%
Net surplus$141K$1.9M$1.9M-$118K-$233K-265.2%
Total assets$5.3M$7.6M$7.6M$10.6M$11.9M+125.1%
Total liabilities$6.3M$6.3M$6.3M$9.5M$11.0M+74.7%
Net assets-$1.0M$1.2M$1.2M$1.1M$868K-184.7%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
TED WHITE
Golf Course Superintendent· 50h/wk
$202,213
DAVE BAHR
Head Golf Professional· 50h/wk
$186,378
MARK BECHTEL
General Manager· 50h/wk
$167,631
GARY FREDERICK
Controller· 50h/wk
$116,993

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ALEX RODGER, ANTHONY BREEN, BILL TOERNER, +8 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$4,509,422
GREEN FEES$701,435
GOLF CART RENTALS$274,164
BOWLING SWIM AND TENNIS$19,103

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$5.1M
$48K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$9.7M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
58%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$1.3M$2.6M$3.8M$5.1MFY20 · $2.6MFY20FY21 · $2.6MFY21FY22 · $5.1MFY22FY23 · $5.1MFY23

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$97,460
Occupancy$489,417
Depreciation & depletion$825,000
Office expenses$315,930
Other professional fees$46,218

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
MAKETEWAH COUNTRY CLUB 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN
pension · 67 participants · $677K 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
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
CINCINNATI, OH
$37K12Apr 2025 → Nov 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 →

MFounded in 1942, Maketewah Country Club reported $6.84M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -3.4%. Revenue moved up 19.5% 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 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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