HARD501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 71-0081670

Hardscrabble Country Club

Fort Smith, AR · founded 1952
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
FY23 Total Revenue
$4.50M
▼ 0.3% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.07M
▲ 7.6% YoY
Operating Margin
9.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
93
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.5M
▲ 28.7% / 5y
3.53.53.54.54.5
Expenses
$4.1M
▲ 11.9% / 5y
3.63.43.43.84.1
Total Assets
$4.3M
▲ 72.6% / 5y
2.52.42.43.44.3
Total Liabilities
$1.5M
▲ 55.2% / 5y
9937717711.01.5

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$4.5M$4.5M+28.7%
Expenses$3.6M$3.4M$3.4M$3.8M$4.1M+11.9%
Net surplus-$142K$100K$100K$729K$428K-400.9%
Total assets$2.5M$2.4M$2.4M$3.4M$4.3M+72.6%
Total liabilities$993K$771K$771K$1.0M$1.5M+55.2%
Net assets$1.5M$1.7M$1.7M$2.4M$2.8M+84.1%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
JON BURTON
Head Golf Professional· 50h/wk
$469,791
SCOTT HICKEY
DIRECTOR OF AGRONOMY· 50h/wk
$156,829

+ 10 unpaid officers/directors as reported (CHIP PARIS, CHRIS DONELSON, COLE WASINGER, +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$2,563,880
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE$461,843
RENTALS$282,651
TOURNAMENT & GUEST FEES$247,316
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT$21,632

HFounded in 1952, Hardscrabble Country Club reported $4.50M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 9.5%. Revenue moved down 0.3% 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 Sat Sep 30 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Fri Sep 30 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Thu Sep 30 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
+ 10 more · via ProPublica
BLTS $29.2M ▲4.1
STLC $18.4M ▲8.1
ESSX $15.3M ▲11.2
TRDN $17.7M ▼1.4
MRON $17.0M ▲5.2
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