MESA501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 41-0407365

Mesaba Country Club

Hibbing, MN · founded 1945
12 filings on recordFY 20112022medium confidence
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FY22 Total Revenue
$810k
▲ 17.2% YoY
FY22 Total Expenses
$641k
▲ 5.7% YoY
Operating Margin
20.8%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
45
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2018 — FY2022 · as filed
Revenue
$810K
▲ 39.6% / 5y
580617691691810
Expenses
$641K
▲ 6.5% / 5y
602571607607641
Total Assets
$1.2M
▲ 38.9% / 5y
8739209959951.2
Total Liabilities
$63K
▲ 97.5% / 5y
3233131363

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22Δ total
Revenue$580K$617K$691K$691K$810K+39.6%
Expenses$602K$571K$607K$607K$641K+6.5%
Net surplus-$22K$45K$84K$84K$168K-862.2%
Total assets$873K$920K$995K$995K$1.2M+38.9%
Total liabilities$32K$33K$13K$13K$63K+97.5%
Net assets$841K$886K$981K$981K$1.1M+36.7%

Officer & staff compensation

FY22 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
MIKE SWANGER
Board Vice President· 5h/wk
$18,000

+ 8 unpaid officers/directors as reported (AJ ALLISON, BRUCE ANDERSON, DAN PIERCE, +5 more)

Top contractors

FY22 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

No contractors reported.

Revenue by activity

FY22 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
GREEN FEES$103,732
RAFFLE & GAMES$41,394
NORTHWEST TOURNAMENT$24,535
CART & LOCKER RENT$22,710

Balance sheet & capital

FY22 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$39K
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$640K
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
76%
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

FY22 · Form 990, Part IX
Insurance$38,488
Occupancy$78,099
Depreciation & depletion$59,616
Advertising & promotion$200
Office expenses$7,045
Accounting fees$5,785
Other professional fees$7,078

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.

MFounded in 1945, Mesaba Country Club reported $810k of revenue for FY22, at an operating margin of 20.8%. Revenue moved up 17.2% 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, 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)
Form 990, FY2020 · period ending Thu Dec 31 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PART IX · COMPENSATION
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