BFIG501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 39-0165735

Big Foot Country Club

Fontana, WI · founded 1947
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$4.34M
▼ 14.5% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$3.83M
▼ 1.6% YoY
Operating Margin
11.8%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
115
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.3M
▲ 40.7% / 5y
3.14.44.45.14.3
Expenses
$3.8M
▲ 32.6% / 5y
2.93.23.23.93.8
Total Assets
$10.4M
▲ 53.1% / 5y
6.89.39.310.310.4
Total Liabilities
$2.6M
▼ 11.8% / 5y
3.03.23.23.02.6

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.1M$4.4M$4.4M$5.1M$4.3M+40.7%
Expenses$2.9M$3.2M$3.2M$3.9M$3.8M+32.6%
Net surplus$197K$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M$511K+159.7%
Total assets$6.8M$9.3M$9.3M$10.3M$10.4M+53.1%
Total liabilities$3.0M$3.2M$3.2M$3.0M$2.6M-11.8%
Net assets$3.9M$6.1M$6.1M$7.3M$7.8M+103.0%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
PAUL KEITH
General Manager· 40h/wk
$151,192
MATTHEW LEINEN
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$113,275$13,388

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BILL AURIEMMA, BILL MITCHELL, DAN BRONGIEL, +8 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported
VendorServicePaid
Dj Hovelstol Construction LLC
ELKORN, WI
Construction & renovation$166,605
Fortune Fish And Gourmet
BENSINVILLE, IL
Food & beverage$134,928
Greco And Sons
OAK CREEK, WI
Food & beverage$109,091

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
MEMBERSHIP DUES$3,494,935
GOLF CART RENTAL$330,588
GREENS FEES$267,331
PRO SHOP SERVICE FEES$106,735
SERVICE CHARGES$100,600

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$1.4M
$382K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$8.1M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
48%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$469K$938K$1.4M$1.9MFY20 · $1.9MFY20FY21 · $1.9MFY21FY22 · $1.8MFY22FY23 · $1.4MFY23

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$94,389
Occupancy$155,923
Depreciation & depletion$897,758
Information technology$56,115
Office expenses$172,870
Legal fees$5,105
Accounting fees$22,850
Other professional fees$67,500

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
BFCC RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 33 participants · $292K 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.

BFounded in 1947, Big Foot Country Club reported $4.34M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 11.8%. Revenue moved down 14.5% 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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