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SPEA501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 57-0894151

Sea Pines Country Club Inc

Okatie, SC · founded 1996

13 filings on recordFY 2011–2023medium confidence

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FY23 Total Revenue

$11.68M

▲ 7.3% YoY

FY23 Total Expenses

$12.78M

▲ 9.7% YoY

Operating Margin

-9.4%

revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue

Employees

159

headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed

Revenue

$11.7M

▲ 21.6% / 5y

Expenses

$12.8M

▲ 41.1% / 5y

Total Assets

$18.9M

▲ 25.5% / 5y

Total Liabilities

$3.5M

▼ 16.4% / 5y

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990

Line	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Δ total
Revenue	$9.6M	$9.2M	$9.2M	$10.9M	$11.7M	+21.6%
Expenses	$9.1M	$9.9M	$9.9M	$11.6M	$12.8M	+41.1%
Net surplus	$544K	-$698K	-$698K	-$766K	-$1.1M	-302.7%
Total assets	$15.1M	$17.5M	$17.5M	$17.9M	$18.9M	+25.5%
Total liabilities	$4.2M	$4.2M	$4.2M	$3.7M	$3.5M	-16.4%
Net assets	$10.8M	$13.2M	$13.2M	$14.2M	$15.4M	+42.0%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990

Officer · Employee	Reportable	Other
ROBBIE AMES CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER· 40h/wk	$317,692	$31,702
THOMAS METZGER Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk	$178,798	$21,670
JAMES SWIFT DIRECTOR OF GOLF OPERATION· 40h/wk	$172,326	$20,853
BRIAN COSEO Executive Chef· 40h/wk	$141,413	$13,140
NICOLE BOOTH DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP DEV· 40h/wk	$134,030	$13,447
MATTHEW WULLER DIRECTOR OF COURT SPORTS· 40h/wk	$123,425	$18,604

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BILL BYRNE, DAVID MOSS, ED PABICH, +6 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

Vendor	Service	Paid
Kenneth Scott Builders Inc BLUFFTON, SC	COMMERCIAL BUILDER	$1,761,515
Chs Services Inc HILTON HEAD, SC	Security & staffing	$307,306
Md Cleaning LLC HILTON HEAD, SC	Security & staffing	$252,162
Phoenix Financial Services LLC OKATIE, SC	Professional services	$180,600
S Wilkins Interior Design HILTON HEAD, SC	INTERIOR DESIGN	$134,217

Revenue by activity

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

Line item	Amount
MEMBERSHIP FEES	$8,595,727
CART AND GREENS FEES	$1,566,964
TENNIS AND FITNESS	$379,640

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X

Mortgages & notes payable

$1.7M

▼ $313K paid down

Net land, buildings & equipment

$14.6M

book value, net of depreciation

Facility age

38%

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

FY23 · Form 990, Part IX

Insurance	$609,615
Depreciation & depletion	$980,271
Advertising & promotion	$123,131

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.

SFounded in 1996, Sea Pines Country Club Inc reported $11.68M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -9.4%. Revenue moved up 7.3% 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 Tue Oct 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

▸ Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Mon Oct 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

▸ Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Sun Oct 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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