Private clubs reported $1.45 billion in initiation fees and capital contributions on fiscal 2024 Form 990s. In a constant 864-club panel, fee income grew 64.8% in five years, outpacing revenue.
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Private clubs are still booming in 2026, but the peak has passed. NGCOA data shows 58% of private clubs grew membership, while GGA Partners finds waitlists have stopped lengthening and smaller clubs are seeing softer demand. Here is what the sourced numbers say, and what they mean for membership marketing.
Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman and Joe Gebbia open a 4,723-square-foot room on East Third Street on September 10 and call it a club. The word is doing real work — and it is aimed squarely at the discretionary social spend private clubs assume is already theirs.
October decides next year’s budget, this fall’s dues letter, and whether Q4 closes with momentum. Here’s how to run all three calendars at once, with real examples from clubs that got the budget, the letter, and the vote right.
The Laver Cup’s escalating-points scoring solves the exact problem that kills most fall tennis leagues: matches that stop mattering by week six. Here’s how to run a capped, team-format finale on Laver Cup rules — and why the waitlist you generate matters more than the event itself.
The Longevity Investors Conference in Gstaad puts real capital behind the trends your members already chase at hotel spas and standalone clinics. Here’s what the money signals for your club — and which clubs are already acting on it.
Private club membership rosters are secret, but board filings are not. We read the Form 990 of every club that files one — 2,272 clubs, 30,996 names — to find out who actually governs American private clubs.
Rolling Stone looks at how private clubs are booking arena-level artists into rooms of a few hundred people. PCM founder Zack Bates weighs in. Here’s what it means for your club.
Medinah opens Presidents Cup 2026 week on Course No. 3, but the real test isn’t the turf — it’s whether members still feel like the club is theirs. Here’s how Medinah, Bellerive, Quail Hollow, and Hazeltine turned championship disruption into pride, and what any private club can borrow from their playbooks.
The FOMC’s September 15–16 decision lands in the middle of club budget season, right as CMAA’s Leadership/Legislative Conference convenes in Detroit. Here’s how boards should read the rate signal, what Sawgrass, Woodbridge, Centre Hills, Devon Yacht Club and Blue Hill are already doing about capital financing, and the three-scenario playbook to have ready before the vote.