FARG501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 45-0129400

Fargo Country Club Inc

Fargo, ND · founded 1942
14 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$5.10M
▲ 11.4% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.48M
▲ 5.4% YoY
Operating Margin
12.0%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
180
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$5.1M
▲ 33.9% / 5y
3.84.44.44.65.1
Expenses
$4.5M
▲ 19.3% / 5y
3.84.04.04.34.5
Total Assets
$10.9M
▲ 54.0% / 5y
7.16.66.610.010.9
Total Liabilities
$6.3M
▲ 60.6% / 5y
3.92.82.85.96.3

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.8M$4.4M$4.4M$4.6M$5.1M+33.9%
Expenses$3.8M$4.0M$4.0M$4.3M$4.5M+19.3%
Net surplus$47K$412K$412K$323K$613K+1195.0%
Total assets$7.1M$6.6M$6.6M$10.0M$10.9M+54.0%
Total liabilities$3.9M$2.8M$2.8M$5.9M$6.3M+60.6%
Net assets$3.2M$3.8M$3.8M$4.1M$4.6M+46.0%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
DAVID SCHULTZ
GENERAL MANAGER (STARTED 03/2023)· 40h/wk
$148,485$9,198
DAVID LORENTZ JR
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$101,475$6,981

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (DAN DOEDEN, IAN MCLEAN, JESS MCLAUGHLIN, +8 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 & ASSESSMENTS$4,579,102

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$5.0M
$147K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$8.7M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
49%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$1.2M$2.5M$3.7M$5.0MFY20 · $2.2MFY20FY21 · $2.2MFY21FY22 · $4.8MFY22FY23 · $5.0MFY23

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$120,000
Insurance$66,423
Occupancy$315,039
Depreciation & depletion$469,873
Information technology$34,862
Advertising & promotion$195,615
Office expenses$201,302
Accounting fees$25,394
Other professional fees$35,751

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.

FFounded in 1942, Fargo Country Club Inc reported $5.10M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 12.0%. Revenue moved up 11.4% 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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PART IX · COMPENSATION
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