EFFI501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 37-0259475

Effingham Country Club

Effingham, IL · founded 1925
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$2.40M
▲ 9.1% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$2.51M
▲ 22.5% YoY
Operating Margin
-4.3%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
76
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$2.4M
▲ 55.1% / 5y
1.52.12.12.22.4
Expenses
$2.5M
▲ 51.2% / 5y
1.71.71.72.02.5
Total Assets
$3.2M
▲ 45.5% / 5y
2.22.92.92.93.2
Total Liabilities
$3.3M
▲ 23.0% / 5y
2.73.13.12.93.3

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$1.5M$2.1M$2.1M$2.2M$2.4M+55.1%
Expenses$1.7M$1.7M$1.7M$2.0M$2.5M+51.2%
Net surplus-$109K$373K$373K$157K-$104K-4.7%
Total assets$2.2M$2.9M$2.9M$2.9M$3.2M+45.5%
Total liabilities$2.7M$3.1M$3.1M$2.9M$3.3M+23.0%
Net assets-$464K-$124K-$124K$33K-$71K-84.7%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther

+ 7 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRANDON WEBER, CHARLES WHITE, DOUG BUENKER, +4 more)

All 7 listed officers reported $0 compensation — volunteer board.

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

No contractors reported.

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
CART FEES$186,012
GREEN FEES$104,238
SHED RENTAL$63,392
MISCELLANEOUS$38,280
TRAIL FEES$17,720

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$3.1M
$246K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$3.0M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
67%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$777K$1.6M$2.3M$3.1MFY20 · $3.0MFY20FY21 · $3.0MFY21FY22 · $2.9MFY22FY23 · $3.1MFY23

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$114,183
Occupancy$90,041
Depreciation & depletion$296,726
Advertising & promotion$3,356
Office expenses$34,638
Legal fees$2,673
Accounting fees$13,033

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.

EFounded in 1925, Effingham Country Club reported $2.40M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -4.3%. Revenue moved up 9.1% 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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PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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