LFAK501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 43-1340237

Lake Forest Golf And Country Club

Lake St Louis, MO · founded 1985
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$2.83M
▲ 16.6% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$2.91M
▲ 19.9% YoY
Operating Margin
-2.8%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
60
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$2.8M
▲ 42.6% / 5y
2.02.52.52.42.8
Expenses
$2.9M
▲ 53.2% / 5y
1.92.12.12.42.9
Total Assets
$1.8M
▼ 4.0% / 5y
1.81.71.71.81.8
Total Liabilities
$1.6M
▼ 25.6% / 5y
2.21.71.71.81.6

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$2.0M$2.5M$2.5M$2.4M$2.8M+42.6%
Expenses$1.9M$2.1M$2.1M$2.4M$2.9M+53.2%
Net surplus$85K$401K$401K$1K-$79K-193.0%
Total assets$1.8M$1.7M$1.7M$1.8M$1.8M-4.0%
Total liabilities$2.2M$1.7M$1.7M$1.8M$1.6M-25.6%
Net assets-$315K$52K$52K$75K$162K-151.2%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther

+ 8 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRIEN SPENSIG, DON HUTCHINSON, JAMES MCCORMICK, +5 more)

All 8 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$2,010,859
GOLF OPERATIONS$617,868
INITIATION FEES$222,715
MISC$21,740

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$1.1M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
88%
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$276,675
Insurance$91,276
Depreciation & depletion$326,805
Other professional fees$141,694

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
LAKE FOREST GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PLAN
pension · 27 participants · $1.1M 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.

LFounded in 1985, Lake Forest Golf And Country Club reported $2.83M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -2.8%. Revenue moved up 16.6% 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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