LMAK501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 94-0615130

Lake Merced Golf & Country Club

Daly City, CA · founded 1945
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
FY23 Total Revenue
$15.41M
▲ 59.3% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$14.00M
▲ 11.5% YoY
Operating Margin
9.2%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
169
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$15.4M
▲ 96.7% / 5y
7.811.411.49.715.4
Expenses
$14.0M
▲ 65.7% / 5y
8.49.59.512.614.0
Total Assets
$32.0M
▲ 120.4% / 5y
14.522.022.032.232.0
Total Liabilities
$17.4M
▲ 1099.1% / 5y
1.56.06.019.117.4

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$7.8M$11.4M$11.4M$9.7M$15.4M+96.7%
Expenses$8.4M$9.5M$9.5M$12.6M$14.0M+65.7%
Net surplus-$612K$1.8M$1.8M-$2.9M$1.4M-330.9%
Total assets$14.5M$22.0M$22.0M$32.2M$32.0M+120.4%
Total liabilities$1.5M$6.0M$6.0M$19.1M$17.4M+1099.1%
Net assets$13.0M$16.0M$16.0M$13.1M$14.5M+11.4%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
NICK BAILEY
General Manager· 40h/wk
$382,459$24,197
MATTHEW DACHOWSKI
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$286,893$15,147
PATRICK STEFFES
Head Golf Professional· 40h/wk
$261,478$13,074
KIMBERLY WILCOX
Controller· 40h/wk
$166,334$2,938
JOSHUA POKORNEY
Executive Chef· 40h/wk
$150,514$7,396
ROBERT MAZER
Food & Beverage Director· 40h/wk
$138,110$8,154

+ 9 unpaid officers/directors as reported (BILL MAZZETTI, CLIFFORD LAI, JARED POTTER, +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
MEMBER DUES & ASSESSMENTS$6,439,042
CAPITAL DUES$2,635,034
INITIATION AND TRANSFER FEES$2,623,000
GOLF OPERATION$1,118,525
CLUBHOUSE RENOVATION$625,000

LFounded in 1945, Lake Merced Golf & Country Club reported $15.41M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 9.2%. Revenue moved up 59.3% 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 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)
+ 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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