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BETH501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 52-0565169

Bethesda Country Club Inc

Bethesda, MD · founded 1958

13 filings on recordFY 2011–2023medium confidence

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FY23 Total Revenue

$17.95M

▼ 0.6% YoY

FY23 Total Expenses

$18.63M

▲ 9.0% YoY

Operating Margin

-3.8%

revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue

Employees

327

headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed

Revenue

$17.9M

▲ 25.2% / 5y

Expenses

$18.6M

▲ 25.0% / 5y

Total Assets

$30.3M

▲ 29.7% / 5y

Total Liabilities

$15.0M

▲ 76.9% / 5y

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990

Line	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Δ total
Revenue	$14.3M	$19.8M	$19.8M	$18.1M	$17.9M	+25.2%
Expenses	$14.9M	$16.1M	$16.1M	$17.1M	$18.6M	+25.0%
Net surplus	-$565K	$3.7M	$3.7M	$956K	-$686K	+21.3%
Total assets	$23.3M	$26.7M	$26.7M	$31.5M	$30.3M	+29.7%
Total liabilities	$8.5M	$11.7M	$11.7M	$15.5M	$15.0M	+76.9%
Net assets	$14.8M	$15.0M	$15.0M	$16.0M	$15.2M	+2.7%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990

Officer · Employee	Reportable	Other
EBAN ROSS General Manager· 60h/wk	$462,673	$25,978
FRANK HATTEN DIRECTOR OF RAQUET SPORTS· 50h/wk	$267,615	$21,253
CHRIS MAYO Executive Chef· 50h/wk	$230,076	$14,958
DANIEL BENGTSON Head Golf Professional· 50h/wk	$223,634	$14,984
IAN PATRICAN GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDANT· 50h/wk	$203,985	$14,039
SAL SALGADO Director of Finance· 50h/wk	$182,791	$7,483
KRIS BUTTERFIELD Membership Director· 40h/wk	$112,248	$13,284

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BALTIMORE HILLARY, BARNELLO MIKE, BERZ DAVID, +8 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

Vendor	Service	Paid
Donhohoe Construction Co BETHESDA, MD	Construction & renovation	$4,141,821
Landscape Supply ROANOKE, VA	Management services	$483,323
Boland CHANTILLY, VA	HVAC VENDOR	$481,095
Abco Corporation ALEXANDRIA, VA	Food & beverage	$441,319
Fells Point Wholesale Meats NEW YORK, NY	MEAT SUPPLIER	$302,587

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources

Line item	Amount
MEMBER DUES AND ASSESSMENTS	$13,057,448
GOLF INCOME	$1,790,985
TENNIS INCOME	$1,191,876
MISCELLANEOUS	$396,744
FITNESS INCOME	$282,372

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X

Mortgages & notes payable

$11.8M

▲ $16K new borrowing

Net land, buildings & equipment

$24.0M

book value, net of depreciation

Facility age

45%

accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant

Debt over time

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	$260,840
Insurance	$195,827
Occupancy	$1,566,686
Depreciation & depletion	$2,784,007
Information technology	$94,720
Advertising & promotion	$417,908
Office expenses	$217,652
Legal fees	$22,386
Other professional fees	$67,730

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

BETHESDA COUNTRY CLUB, INC. 401(K)/ PROFIT SHARING PLAN

pension · 153 participants · $2.8M assets · FY2024

BETHESDA COUNTRY CLUB, INC. GROUP LIFE/AD&D/LTD/STD PLAN

welfare · 111 participants · 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.

Seasonal labor

DOL OFLC · certified H-2B positions

Role	Wage floor (annualized)	Workers	Season
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers BETHESDA, MD	$43K	6	Apr 2025 → Nov 2025

Positions the club certified through the U.S. Department of Labor’s H-2B program — an independent, government wage floor for rank-and-file roles the Form 990 never itemizes. Decision-maker contact available to members →

BFounded in 1958, Bethesda Country Club Inc reported $17.95M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -3.8%. Revenue moved down 0.6% 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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