BRLU501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 54-0716490

Blue Ridge Country Club

Galax, VA · founded 1965
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$821k
▲ 1.6% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$817k
▲ 8.6% YoY
Operating Margin
0.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
24
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$821K
▲ 53.8% / 5y
534817817808821
Expenses
$817K
▲ 54.6% / 5y
528728728752817
Total Assets
$1.3M
▲ 79.4% / 5y
7328828829321.3
Total Liabilities
$406K
▲ 590.7% / 5y
59363629406

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$534K$817K$817K$808K$821K+53.8%
Expenses$528K$728K$728K$752K$817K+54.6%
Net surplus$6K$88K$88K$56K$4K-25.5%
Total assets$732K$882K$882K$932K$1.3M+79.4%
Total liabilities$59K$36K$36K$29K$406K+590.7%
Net assets$673K$847K$847K$903K$907K+34.8%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
GRAHAM LAIRD
MANAGER· 50h/wk
$74,930
LARRY CHAMBERS
Board Treasurer· 4h/wk
$2,100

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRAD HAWKS, CURTIS CARRICO JR, JACK GUYNN, +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
Club revenues$490,781
Membership Dues & Assessments$275,669

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$396K
$376K new borrowing
Net land, buildings & equipment
$997K
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
58%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$99K$198K$297K$396KFY20 · $30KFY20FY21 · $30KFY21FY22 · $20KFY22FY23 · $396KFY23

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
Management fees$0
Insurance$13,917
Occupancy$54,627
Depreciation & depletion$105,321
Information technology$0
Advertising & promotion$25
Office expenses$4,694
Legal fees$0
Accounting fees$4,940
Other professional fees$1,145

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.

BFounded in 1965, Blue Ridge Country Club reported $821k of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 0.5%. Revenue moved up 1.6% 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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PART IX · COMPENSATION
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