MLEA501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 81-0229744

Meadow Lark Country Club Inc

Great Falls, MT · founded 1960
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$5.70M
▲ 28.7% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.71M
▲ 12.6% YoY
Operating Margin
17.3%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
182
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$5.7M
▲ 45.3% / 5y
3.94.44.44.45.7
Expenses
$4.7M
▲ 28.3% / 5y
3.73.93.94.24.7
Total Assets
$4.7M
▲ 43.9% / 5y
3.33.43.43.84.7
Total Liabilities
$1.3M
▼ 16.8% / 5y
1.61.21.21.51.3

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.9M$4.4M$4.4M$4.4M$5.7M+45.3%
Expenses$3.7M$3.9M$3.9M$4.2M$4.7M+28.3%
Net surplus$249K$484K$484K$243K$988K+296.3%
Total assets$3.3M$3.4M$3.4M$3.8M$4.7M+43.9%
Total liabilities$1.6M$1.2M$1.2M$1.5M$1.3M-16.8%
Net assets$1.7M$2.3M$2.3M$2.4M$3.4M+102.1%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
MICHAEL BOWMAN
General Manager· 40h/wk
$110,642

+ 10 unpaid officers/directors as reported (CHERYL NELSON, DEVIN GRAY, DREW BLEWETT, +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
ANNUAL RENTAL$164,352
GOLF TOURNAMENT FEES$145,077
GREEN FEES$133,152
CART RENTAL$71,009
TENNIS LESSON FEES$63,405

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$656K
$224K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$3.1M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
74%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$220K$440K$660K$880KFY20 · $856KFY20FY21 · $856KFY21FY22 · $880KFY22FY23 · $656KFY23

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$115,734
Occupancy$434,472
Depreciation & depletion$301,817
Advertising & promotion$62,549
Office expenses$93,555
Legal fees$6,972
Accounting fees$160,065
Other professional fees$35,316

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.

MFounded in 1960, Meadow Lark Country Club Inc reported $5.70M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 17.3%. Revenue moved up 28.7% 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
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