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SAWG501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 59-2853571

Sawgrass Country Club Inc

Ponte Vedra, FL · founded 1999

13 filings on recordFY 2011–2023medium confidence

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FY23 Total Revenue

$19.31M

▼ 1.2% YoY

FY23 Total Expenses

$23.74M

▲ 8.5% YoY

Operating Margin

-23.0%

revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue

Employees

391

headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed

Revenue

$19.3M

▲ 39.1% / 5y

Expenses

$23.7M

▲ 37.5% / 5y

Total Assets

$53.1M

▲ 62.1% / 5y

Total Liabilities

$19.7M

▲ 192.6% / 5y

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990

Line	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Δ total
Revenue	$13.9M	$17.2M	$17.2M	$19.5M	$19.3M	+39.1%
Expenses	$17.3M	$19.1M	$19.1M	$21.9M	$23.7M	+37.5%
Net surplus	-$3.4M	-$1.9M	-$1.9M	-$2.3M	-$4.4M	+30.9%
Total assets	$32.8M	$52.1M	$52.1M	$52.9M	$53.1M	+62.1%
Total liabilities	$6.7M	$23.4M	$23.4M	$21.4M	$19.7M	+192.6%
Net assets	$26.1M	$28.6M	$28.6M	$31.5M	$33.5M	+28.5%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990

Officer · Employee	Reportable	Other
CW COOK General Manager· 55h/wk	$386,462	$16,794
WAYNE M DURKEE Golf Course Superintendent· 55h/wk	$323,659	$18,324
LISA ROBBINS Chief Financial Officer· 55h/wk	$234,754	$12,539
STEFAN BRUNT Director of Golf· 55h/wk	$220,182	$20,057
KEN VENEY Director of Racquets· 55h/wk	$186,654	$22,475
MIKE MEUSE Executive Chef· 55h/wk	$176,568	$19,219

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (AJ RUVANE, ANDY DYKSTRA, BILL EDGE, +6 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

No contractors reported.

Revenue by activity

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

Line item	Amount
MEMBERSHIP DUES - OPERATING	$12,121,036
GOLF ACTIVITIES	$1,478,154
FITNESS,RECREATION & AQUATIC	$591,213
MINIMUM SPENDING	$30,654

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X

Mortgages & notes payable

—

end of year

Net land, buildings & equipment

$40.7M

book value, net of depreciation

Facility age

40%

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

FY23 · Form 990, Part IX

Insurance	$477,196
Occupancy	$1,153,122
Depreciation & depletion	$3,262,135

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

SAWGRASS COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE HEALTH & BENEFITS PLAN

welfare · 33 participants · FY2024

SAWGRASS COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PLAN

pension · 188 participants · FY2024

Service provider	Paid
Principal Life Insurance Company	$32,340

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.

SFounded in 1999, Sawgrass Country Club Inc reported $19.31M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of -23.0%. Revenue moved down 1.2% 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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