PBLU501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 34-4330332

Plum Brook Country Club

Sandusky, OH · founded 1945
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$3.02M
▲ 7.7% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$2.73M
▲ 3.2% YoY
Operating Margin
9.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
84
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$3.0M
▲ 35.6% / 5y
2.22.82.82.83.0
Expenses
$2.7M
▲ 26.2% / 5y
2.22.42.42.62.7
Total Assets
$2.5M
▲ 19.4% / 5y
2.12.32.32.42.5
Total Liabilities
$226K
▼ 70.0% / 5y
753431431419226

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$2.2M$2.8M$2.8M$2.8M$3.0M+35.6%
Expenses$2.2M$2.4M$2.4M$2.6M$2.7M+26.2%
Net surplus$61K$402K$402K$156K$285K+369.3%
Total assets$2.1M$2.3M$2.3M$2.4M$2.5M+19.4%
Total liabilities$753K$431K$431K$419K$226K-70.0%
Net assets$1.4M$1.9M$1.9M$2.0M$2.3M+68.6%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
TOM SMERILLO
General Manager· 45h/wk
$86,324
MELISSA ERDMAN
OFFICE MANAG· 45h/wk
$52,072$3,065

+ 12 unpaid officers/directors as reported (AIDAN MCDONNELL, CHRIS PRICE, CRAIG HARTMAN, +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
FOOD & BEVERAGE$877,058
DUES$794,363
MEMBERSHIP DUES/ASSESSMENTS$425,660
GOLF ACTIVITES$325,355
MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT$169,340

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$10K
$14K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$2.0M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
73%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$9K$19K$28K$38KFY20 · $38KFY20FY21 · $38KFY21FY22 · $24KFY22FY23 · $10KFY23

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
Occupancy$207,767
Depreciation & depletion$227,524
Information technology$27,135
Advertising & promotion$8,531
Office expenses$138,164
Accounting fees$14,833

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
PLUM BROOK COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 28 participants · $278K 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.

PFounded in 1945, Plum Brook Country Club reported $3.02M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 9.5%. Revenue moved up 7.7% 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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PART IX · COMPENSATION
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