BENT501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 61-0608041

Benton Golf And Country Club

Benton, KY · founded 1965
14 filings on recordFY 20102023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$381k
▼ 5.4% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$321k
▼ 15.3% YoY
Operating Margin
15.9%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
22
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$381K
▲ 8.6% / 5y
351350350403381
Expenses
$321K
▼ 1.8% / 5y
326358358379321
Total Assets
$186K
▼ 15.5% / 5y
220140140144186
Total Liabilities
$311K
▼ 22.7% / 5y
403352352331311

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$351K$350K$350K$403K$381K+8.6%
Expenses$326K$358K$358K$379K$321K-1.8%
Net surplus$25K-$8K-$8K$24K$61K+146.2%
Total assets$220K$140K$140K$144K$186K-15.5%
Total liabilities$403K$352K$352K$331K$311K-22.7%
Net assets-$183K-$212K-$212K-$187K-$125K-31.4%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
DAVID MORRIS
Board Member· 0.5h/wk
$21,609

+ 10 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BRANDON MORGAN, CATHY THOMPSON, HUNTER YORK, +7 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$342,465

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$308K
$20K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$109K
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
92%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$87K$174K$260K$347KFY20 · $347KFY20FY21 · $347KFY21FY22 · $328KFY22FY23 · $308KFY23

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$15,338
Occupancy$71,487
Depreciation & depletion$10,419
Information technology$0
Advertising & promotion$0
Office expenses$338
Legal fees$0
Accounting fees$0
Other professional fees$9,799

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, Benton Golf And Country Club reported $381k of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 15.9%. Revenue moved down 5.4% 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 VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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