SEQU501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 94-0854550

Sequoyah Country Club

Oakland, CA · founded 1944
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$10.54M
▲ 11.8% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$10.17M
▲ 11.2% YoY
Operating Margin
3.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
159
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$10.5M
▲ 40.8% / 5y
7.58.68.69.410.5
Expenses
$10.2M
▲ 32.1% / 5y
7.77.57.59.110.2
Total Assets
$12.7M
▲ 11.4% / 5y
11.413.113.113.112.7
Total Liabilities
$4.5M
▼ 12.1% / 5y
5.15.55.55.34.5

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$7.5M$8.6M$8.6M$9.4M$10.5M+40.8%
Expenses$7.7M$7.5M$7.5M$9.1M$10.2M+32.1%
Net surplus-$208K$1.0M$1.0M$288K$373K-279.1%
Total assets$11.4M$13.1M$13.1M$13.1M$12.7M+11.4%
Total liabilities$5.1M$5.5M$5.5M$5.3M$4.5M-12.1%
Net assets$6.3M$7.6M$7.6M$7.9M$8.2M+30.3%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
BRIAN RICHARDSON
GENERAL MANAGER/SECRETARY· 40h/wk
$267,656$18,932
KATIE HALL
Membership Director· 40h/wk
$219,059$5,498
SARA OTSUKA
F&B MANAGER· 40h/wk
$176,936$4,234
ROGER SMIDSTRA
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$160,897$16,525
JEREMY HIRSCHMAN
Director of Golf· 40h/wk
$124,597$5,617
AMANDA PRESTON
TEACHING/FITNESS PROFESSIO· 40h/wk
$120,060$3,876
DAVID RUSSO
Controller· 40h/wk
$101,974$14,203

+ 10 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ANDREW BACKER, DAVID HARDTKE, DAVID STEIN, +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
MEMBERSHIP DUES & FEES$5,821,162
GREEN FEES & CART$625,628
SWIMMING AND TENNIS$211,275
LOCKER ROOM$102,227

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$1.6M
$268K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$8.5M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
55%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$530K$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$382,980
Depreciation & depletion$647,409

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
SEQUOYAH COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE 401(K) PLAN
pension · 83 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.

SFounded in 1944, Sequoyah Country Club reported $10.54M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 3.5%. Revenue moved up 11.8% 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 Thu Aug 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Wed Aug 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Tue Aug 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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