GHRE501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 43-0300764

Greenbriar Hills Country Club

Saint Louis, MO · founded 1952
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$9.66M
▲ 58.3% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$6.47M
▲ 14.2% YoY
Operating Margin
33.1%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
251
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$9.7M
▲ 87.1% / 5y
5.26.56.56.19.7
Expenses
$6.5M
▲ 29.1% / 5y
5.05.35.35.76.5
Total Assets
$12.7M
▲ 100.7% / 5y
6.37.07.09.612.7
Total Liabilities
$3.7M
▲ 25.5% / 5y
3.01.71.73.83.7

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$5.2M$6.5M$6.5M$6.1M$9.7M+87.1%
Expenses$5.0M$5.3M$5.3M$5.7M$6.5M+29.1%
Net surplus$155K$1.2M$1.2M$445K$3.2M+1956.3%
Total assets$6.3M$7.0M$7.0M$9.6M$12.7M+100.7%
Total liabilities$3.0M$1.7M$1.7M$3.8M$3.7M+25.5%
Net assets$3.3M$5.3M$5.3M$5.7M$8.9M+167.5%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
JOHN LACEFIELD
General Manager· 40h/wk
$212,265$22,125
SHAWN PRENGER
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$150,979$20,286
MATT GINDLER
Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk
$149,624$18,937
WILLIAM R PUES
Chief Financial Officer· 40h/wk
$140,915$16,362
ANTHONY LYONS
Executive Chef· 40h/wk
$140,698$19,905

+ 14 unpaid officers/directors as reported (CHARLES WIEGERS, DAN DRISCOLL, GREG SHOEMAKER, +11 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
PROG.SERV.REVENUE-RELATED-990$1,622,406

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$2.7M
$1.5M new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$10.4M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
63%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$686K$1.4M$2.1M$2.7MFY20 · $1.3MFY20FY21 · $1.3MFY21FY22 · $1.2MFY22FY23 · $2.7MFY23

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$169,070
Depreciation & depletion$1,128,316
Accounting fees$71,420

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
GREENBRIAR HILLS COUNTRY CLUB RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 72 participants · $3.7M 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.

GFounded in 1952, Greenbriar Hills Country Club reported $9.66M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 33.1%. Revenue moved up 58.3% 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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