BELL501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 91-0141980

Bellingham Golf & Country Club

Bellingham, WA · founded 1941
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$4.26M
▲ 1.5% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.19M
▲ 12.2% YoY
Operating Margin
1.6%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
178
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.3M
▲ 43.7% / 5y
3.03.33.34.24.3
Expenses
$4.2M
▲ 47.9% / 5y
2.82.62.63.74.2
Total Assets
$6.7M
▲ 13.9% / 5y
5.96.96.96.76.7
Total Liabilities
$4.5M
▼ 10.2% / 5y
5.05.35.34.64.5

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.0M$3.3M$3.3M$4.2M$4.3M+43.7%
Expenses$2.8M$2.6M$2.6M$3.7M$4.2M+47.9%
Net surplus$131K$651K$651K$464K$70K-46.8%
Total assets$5.9M$6.9M$6.9M$6.7M$6.7M+13.9%
Total liabilities$5.0M$5.3M$5.3M$4.6M$4.5M-10.2%
Net assets$877K$1.5M$1.5M$2.1M$2.2M+152.1%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther

+ 13 unpaid officers/directors as reported (DAVE JARRATT, DEREK BUSE, DREW OREM, +10 more)

All 13 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
MEMBER DUES & ASSESSMENTS$2,882,531
GREENS FEES$306,629
SWIM LESSONS$261,552
GOLF CART REVENUE$150,331
POOL FEES$79,910

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$3.9M
$179K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$3.9M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
63%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$1.2M$2.4M$3.6M$4.7MFY20 · $4.7MFY20FY21 · $4.7MFY21FY22 · $4.1MFY22FY23 · $3.9MFY23

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
Depreciation & depletion$342,417
Advertising & promotion$9,402
Accounting fees$42,568
Other professional fees$69,232

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
BGCC RETIREMENT PLAN
pension · 23 participants · $1.8M assets · FY2024

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.

BFounded in 1941, Bellingham Golf & Country Club reported $4.26M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 1.6%. Revenue moved up 1.5% 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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