CHIK501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 38-0417920

Chikaming Country Club

Lakeside, MI · founded 1942
12 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$3.40M
▲ 18.4% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$3.11M
▲ 10.5% YoY
Operating Margin
8.6%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
89
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$3.4M
▲ 34.2% / 5y
2.53.13.12.93.4
Expenses
$3.1M
▲ 33.8% / 5y
2.32.52.52.83.1
Total Assets
$7.0M
▲ 47.8% / 5y
4.75.55.56.67.0
Total Liabilities
$1.4M
▲ 251.6% / 5y
3851581581.31.4

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$2.5M$3.1M$3.1M$2.9M$3.4M+34.2%
Expenses$2.3M$2.5M$2.5M$2.8M$3.1M+33.8%
Net surplus$209K$644K$644K$59K$292K+39.7%
Total assets$4.7M$5.5M$5.5M$6.6M$7.0M+47.8%
Total liabilities$385K$158K$158K$1.3M$1.4M+251.6%
Net assets$4.4M$5.3M$5.3M$5.4M$5.7M+29.8%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
Richard Dewling
General Manager· 40h/wk
$137,404
Eric Rank
Golf Course Superi· 40h/wk
$114,509

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ANNE SIDRYS, BEN SHAPIRO, HENRY LANG, +6 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported
VendorServicePaid
John Phillips
Harbert, MI
Management services$162,476

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
Greens Fees$171,881
Service Charges$109,264
Minimum Charges$16,016
Miscellaneous Income$9,969

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$463K
$392K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$4.9M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
52%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$116K$231K$347K$463KFY20 · $105KFY20FY21 · $105KFY21FY22 · $71KFY22FY23 · $463KFY23

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
Management fees$0
Insurance$45,515
Occupancy$83,645
Depreciation & depletion$303,540
Information technology$18,920
Advertising & promotion$0
Office expenses$4,442
Legal fees$18,283
Accounting fees$8,775
Other professional fees$88,000

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.

CFounded in 1942, Chikaming Country Club reported $3.40M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 8.6%. Revenue moved up 18.4% 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
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