FERN501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 64-0319576

Fernwood Country Club

Fernwood, MS · founded 1970
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$971k
▲ 22.7% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$951k
▲ 1.9% YoY
Operating Margin
2.1%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
41
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$971K
▲ 31.8% / 5y
737737836792971
Expenses
$951K
▲ 42.9% / 5y
666666783933951
Total Assets
$1.2M
▼ 19.3% / 5y
1.41.41.41.21.2
Total Liabilities
$747K
▼ 22.2% / 5y
960960886821747

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$737K$737K$836K$792K$971K+31.8%
Expenses$666K$666K$783K$933K$951K+42.9%
Net surplus$72K$72K$53K-$141K$21K-71.2%
Total assets$1.4M$1.4M$1.4M$1.2M$1.2M-19.3%
Total liabilities$960K$960K$886K$821K$747K-22.2%
Net assets$489K$489K$543K$402K$423K-13.6%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BECK TROUTMAN, CHARLES BEENE, CHUCK PAULK, +6 more)

All 9 listed officers reported $0 compensation — volunteer board.

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$398,762
SALE OF EASEMENT$144,950
GOLF COURSE$72,817
GOLF COURSE$60,581
OTHER$49,838

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$581K
$56K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$997K
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
67%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$186K$373K$559K$745KFY19 · $745KFY19FY20 · $745KFY20FY21 · $691KFY21FY22 · $637KFY22FY23 · $581KFY23

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$83,410
Depreciation & depletion$83,376
Accounting fees$1,500

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.

FFounded in 1970, Fernwood Country Club reported $971k of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 2.1%. Revenue moved up 22.7% 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
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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