Form 990 Part VII data on 4,120 club staff at 1,062 clubs: the median general manager reported $236,299, and pay at $20M-plus clubs runs 3.5 times the under-$5M median.
Tag: Country Clubs
November runs three calendars at once: the 60 days after the dues letter, the Thanksgiving-to-December event season and the year-end membership close. A dated week-by-week plan, with six club examples.
1,447 member-owned clubs added $7.66 billion in assets between fiscal 2019 and 2024. Net assets, not liabilities, carried most of it. What the filings show, and what boards should take into 2027.
Florida’s ten highest-revenue member-owned clubs, ranked from their own Form 990 filings. Boca West leads at $95.1 million, and the top ten grew 60 percent from fiscal 2019 to 2024.
Form 990 filings from 1,382 clubs show expenses up 38.1% since 2019. Revenue kept pace, but costs outgrew revenue at nearly half of clubs last year.
Private clubs run on two ledgers: dues carry daily operations, while initiation fees and assessments fund buildings and courses. Here is how each revenue stream works, with sourced industry data and examples from Boca West, Jacksonville Golf & Country Club, Carolina Golf Club, and The Club at Forest Ridge.
Whether a private club is worth it depends on usage, life stage, and fit; here is a cost-per-use framework and a trial checklist to decide.
How reciprocal privileges at private clubs work, what you can use, the etiquette that keeps the door open, and why club leaders should treat them as a sales and retention lever.
Most private clubs are proposer-required, not invitation-only, and many will help you meet members even if you know no one. Here is how the process works and how to approach it.
What a country club membership really costs: initiation, dues, minimums, assessments, and the under-40 tier most clubs don’t advertise.