WBES501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 39-0698065

West Bend Country Club

West Bend, WI · founded 1935
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$4.05M
▼ 7.1% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$3.86M
▲ 10.0% YoY
Operating Margin
4.7%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
41
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.1M
▲ 40.8% / 5y
2.94.24.24.44.1
Expenses
$3.9M
▲ 30.5% / 5y
3.03.33.33.53.9
Total Assets
$6.3M
▲ 41.9% / 5y
4.55.05.06.06.3
Total Liabilities
$678K
▼ 7.3% / 5y
732371371500678

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$2.9M$4.2M$4.2M$4.4M$4.1M+40.8%
Expenses$3.0M$3.3M$3.3M$3.5M$3.9M+30.5%
Net surplus-$79K$907K$907K$853K$192K-343.6%
Total assets$4.5M$5.0M$5.0M$6.0M$6.3M+41.9%
Total liabilities$732K$371K$371K$500K$678K-7.3%
Net assets$3.7M$4.6M$4.6M$5.5M$5.7M+51.5%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRIAN SPRINKMAN, HEATHER DUNN, JAMES SPELLA, +8 more)

All 11 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
DUES$2,576,640
GOLF OPERATIONS$257,015
GOLF OPERATIONS (NONMEMBER)$96,543
LOCKER ROOM OPERATIONS$26,575

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$4.1M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
68%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant

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

Professionally managedFY23 · Form 990, Part IX
Management fees$21,159
Insurance$63,896
Occupancy$121,013
Depreciation & depletion$467,089
Office expenses$4,466
Legal fees$1,888
Accounting fees$6,800

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
WEST BEND COUNTRY CLUB SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 25 participants · $1.6M 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.

WFounded in 1935, West Bend Country Club reported $4.05M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 4.7%. Revenue moved down 7.1% 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 Tue Oct 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Mon Oct 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Sun Oct 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PART VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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