ROIV501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 74-0865200

River Oaks Country Club

Houston, TX · founded 1938
12 filings on recordFY 20112022medium confidence
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FY22 Total Revenue
$30.90M
▲ 4.9% YoY
FY22 Total Expenses
$35.68M
▲ 14.0% YoY
Operating Margin
-15.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
566
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2018 — FY2022 · as filed
Revenue
$30.9M
▼ 8.4% / 5y
33.729.429.529.530.9
Expenses
$35.7M
▲ 10.3% / 5y
32.332.631.331.335.7
Total Assets
$94.4M
▲ 48.4% / 5y
63.676.873.673.694.4
Total Liabilities
$30.8M
▲ 119.4% / 5y
14.017.811.811.830.8

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22Δ total
Revenue$33.7M$29.4M$29.5M$29.5M$30.9M-8.4%
Expenses$32.3M$32.6M$31.3M$31.3M$35.7M+10.3%
Net surplus$1.4M-$3.1M-$1.8M-$1.8M-$4.8M-444.5%
Total assets$63.6M$76.8M$73.6M$73.6M$94.4M+48.4%
Total liabilities$14.0M$17.8M$11.8M$11.8M$30.8M+119.4%
Net assets$49.6M$59.0M$61.8M$61.8M$63.6M+28.2%

Officer & staff compensation

FY22 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
MATTHEW SWARTS
Director of Golf· 50h/wk
$593,245$42,911
CJ BENDY JR
COO/GENERAL MANAGER· 60h/wk
$538,925$62,911
CHARLES M CARROLL
Executive Chef· 50h/wk
$341,317$59,427
CHRISTOPHER GALE
Director of Racquets· 50h/wk
$289,188$36,405
MORRIS JOHNSON
FORMER GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT· 0h/wk
$232,655
BENJAMIN W PECK
Chief Financial Officer· 50h/wk
$212,351$32,848
DAVID ROBERTSON
Golf Course Superintendent· 50h/wk
$150,173$12,405

+ 13 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ANDY GRISEBAUM, BILL PUGH, CYNTHIA ADKINS, +10 more)

Top contractors

FY22 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported

No contractors reported.

Revenue by activity

FY22 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
MEMBER DUES & ASSESSMENTS$13,363,491
TENNIS, SWIMMING AND GOLF$3,985,042
FITNESS/LOCKER ROOM$1,984,599
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME$298,477

Balance sheet & capital

FY22 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$16.0M
end of year
Net land, buildings & equipment
$84.3M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
47%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$4.0M$8.0M$12.0M$16.0MFY20 · $0FY20FY21 · $0FY21FY22 · $16.0MFY22

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

FY22 · Form 990, Part IX
Insurance$680,318
Occupancy$1,672,659
Depreciation & depletion$5,783,029
Information technology$295,841
Advertising & promotion$9,526
Office expenses$1,457,817
Other professional fees$469,584

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
RIVER OAKS COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 418 participants · FY2024
RIVER OAKS COUNTRY CLUB WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN MEDICAL
welfare · 279 participants · FY2024
Service providerPaid
Cambridge Investment Research$37,061
Fidelity Investments Institutional$34,952

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.

RFounded in 1938, River Oaks Country Club reported $30.90M of revenue for FY22, at an operating margin of -15.5%. Revenue moved up 4.9% 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, 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)
Form 990, FY2020 · period ending Thu Dec 31 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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IRS FORM 990
PART VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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