MIER501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 91-0847419

Mercer Island Country Club

Mercer Island, WA · founded 1983
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$4.19M
▲ 11.7% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$4.05M
▲ 13.0% YoY
Operating Margin
3.2%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
162
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$4.2M
▲ 20.8% / 5y
3.53.83.83.74.2
Expenses
$4.1M
▲ 27.2% / 5y
3.23.13.13.64.1
Total Assets
$6.0M
▼ 0.2% / 5y
6.06.36.36.26.0
Total Liabilities
$1.9M
▼ 32.5% / 5y
2.82.32.32.11.9

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$3.5M$3.8M$3.8M$3.7M$4.2M+20.8%
Expenses$3.2M$3.1M$3.1M$3.6M$4.1M+27.2%
Net surplus$279K$619K$619K$161K$134K-51.8%
Total assets$6.0M$6.3M$6.3M$6.2M$6.0M-0.2%
Total liabilities$2.8M$2.3M$2.3M$2.1M$1.9M-32.5%
Net assets$3.3M$4.0M$4.0M$4.1M$4.2M+26.9%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
JESSE WALTER
Head Tennis Professional· 40h/wk
$181,810
JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN
Director of Racquets· 40h/wk
$161,240

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BERNARD HENSEY, DAN NORDALE, DEBORAH BROWN, +6 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
TENNIS PROGRAM$1,249,313
SWIMMING PROGRAM$155,138
FITNESS PROGRAM$91,587
SOCIAL & DAYCARE$29,757

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$1.6M
$243K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$4.7M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
60%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$526K$1.1M$1.6M$2.1MFY20 · $2.1MFY20FY21 · $2.1MFY21FY22 · $1.9MFY22FY23 · $1.6MFY23

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$96,178
Occupancy$698,723
Depreciation & depletion$376,422
Information technology$77,108
Advertising & promotion$5,634
Office expenses$45,492
Accounting fees$15,820
Other professional fees$25,098

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 1983, Mercer Island Country Club reported $4.19M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 3.2%. Revenue moved up 11.7% 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 VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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