NSOR501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 39-0506432

North Shore Country Club

Mequon, WI · founded 1945
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$8.18M
▲ 11.8% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$7.28M
▲ 9.2% YoY
Operating Margin
11.1%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
302
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$8.2M
▲ 62.9% / 5y
5.07.47.47.38.2
Expenses
$7.3M
▲ 39.5% / 5y
5.26.16.16.77.3
Total Assets
$14.7M
▲ 35.5% / 5y
10.812.412.413.614.7
Total Liabilities
$6.5M
▲ 15.4% / 5y
5.65.85.86.36.5

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$5.0M$7.4M$7.4M$7.3M$8.2M+62.9%
Expenses$5.2M$6.1M$6.1M$6.7M$7.3M+39.5%
Net surplus-$193K$1.3M$1.3M$659K$906K-570.7%
Total assets$10.8M$12.4M$12.4M$13.6M$14.7M+35.5%
Total liabilities$5.6M$5.8M$5.8M$6.3M$6.5M+15.4%
Net assets$5.2M$6.6M$6.6M$7.2M$8.2M+57.4%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
CHERIE LININGER
General Manager· 40h/wk
$338,192

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ANTHONY SILENO, BRAD BUFFONI, CHRIS COWIE, +6 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$5,681,076
GOLF & CART RENTAL$652,711
FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICE$281,734
POOL TENNIS & LOCKERS$236,185

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$3.2M
$68K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$10.7M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
58%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$797K$1.6M$2.4M$3.2MFY20 · $2.7MFY20FY21 · $2.7MFY21FY22 · $3.1MFY22FY23 · $3.2MFY23

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$357,125
Occupancy$316,646
Depreciation & depletion$952,228
Information technology$69,654
Office expenses$171,456
Accounting fees$10,450
Other professional fees$106,574

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.

NFounded in 1945, North Shore Country Club reported $8.18M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 11.1%. Revenue moved up 11.8% 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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