BLAC501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 39-0168535

Blackhawk Country Club Inc

Madison, WI · founded 1948
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$4.06M
▼ 1.5% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.10M
▲ 6.2% YoY
Operating Margin
-1.0%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
119
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.1M
▲ 17.7% / 5y
3.54.64.64.14.1
Expenses
$4.1M
▲ 18.2% / 5y
3.53.53.53.94.1
Total Assets
$5.6M
▲ 47.6% / 5y
3.85.05.05.35.6
Total Liabilities
$3.4M
▲ 13.8% / 5y
3.03.03.03.03.4

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.5M$4.6M$4.6M$4.1M$4.1M+17.7%
Expenses$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$3.9M$4.1M+18.2%
Net surplus-$21K$1.1M$1.1M$258K-$42K+98.7%
Total assets$3.8M$5.0M$5.0M$5.3M$5.6M+47.6%
Total liabilities$3.0M$3.0M$3.0M$3.0M$3.4M+13.8%
Net assets$803K$2.0M$2.0M$2.2M$2.2M+172.9%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
DEREK SCHNARR
DIRECTOR OF CLUB OPERATION· 40h/wk
$170,444$21,518
CHAD GRIMM
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$110,950$19,737
TODD WEISENBECK
Executive Chef· 40h/wk
$102,071$2,749

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRENT REED, DARLENE BRODBECK, DR ROB OLSON, +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$2,335,378
GREEN FEES$216,525
CART AND PULL CART RENTALS$149,902
TOURNAMENT FEES$72,686
NETWORKING EVENTS$68,849

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$347K
$256K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$3.0M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
71%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$87K$173K$260K$347KFY20 · $60KFY20FY21 · $60KFY21FY22 · $91KFY22FY23 · $347KFY23

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$76,992
Occupancy$594,858
Depreciation & depletion$273,759
Information technology$76,974
Advertising & promotion$29,685
Office expenses$164,344
Accounting fees$106,006

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
BLACKHAWK COUNTRY CLUB, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
pension · 25 participants · $2.1M 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 1948, Blackhawk Country Club Inc reported $4.06M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -1.0%. Revenue moved down 1.5% 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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IRS FORM 990
PART VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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