Grindstone Association

EIN: 01-0202445 · Winter Harbor, ME · Data spans: TY2020–TY2024

Most recent filing: Tax Year 2024.

A more recent filing may not yet be published.

Sailing's public record, made legible. All numbers come directly from this organization's own sworn 990 filing. Patterns are computed from years of filings — not assessments or judgments.

Read trends in context: compare like with like, note the filing year, and treat major disruptions (like 2020–2021) as discontinuities rather than a continuous baseline.

Missing or N/A does not always mean absent. It can mean the item was not disclosed on that form, not collected on that filing type, or not available for that year.

Total Revenueℹ️Form 990, Part VIII — Statement of Revenue. Includes contributions, grants, member dues, program service revenue, and investment income. Does NOT include borrowed funds or asset sales proceeds.

$918,919

Total Expensesℹ️Form 990, Part IX (full 990) or Part I Line 17 (990-EZ) — Total functional expenses. Includes program service expenses, management and general, and fundraising. The gap between revenue and expenses is the operating surplus or deficit for the year.

$689,078

Total Assetsℹ️Form 990, Part X — Balance Sheet, end of year. Includes cash, receivables, investments, land, buildings, and equipment.

$6,738,121

Net Assetsℹ️Form 990, Part X — Total assets minus total liabilities. Positive = financially solvent. Negative = liabilities exceed assets. Also called 'fund balance.'

$6,704,649

22 W-2 employees reported (Form W-3, most recent filing — contractors and volunteers excluded) · TY2024 · 990

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2024

$245,545

Full cost to employ everyone — wages + employer benefits + payroll taxes. Not officer pay alone.

~$11,000 per employee average across 22 W-2 employees; includes benefits & payroll taxes; part-time and seasonal staff counted at full weight.

Named officers/key employees (Part VII‑A) show reportable compensation only and are already included in the Part IX total above. They are not additive.

Professional & consulting fees (Part IX, line 11)

TY2024

$43,311

Payments to outside firms and independent contractors — not included in the Part IX labor total above. Combined with the labor total, full people cost is $288,856.

Legal$22,278
Accounting$13,115
Other$7,918

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2024

$689,078total functional expenses

88.5%

Program services

$610,086

11.5%

Management & general

$78,992

0.0%

Fundraising

$0

Source: Form 990, Part IX, line 25. A higher program-service percentage generally indicates more mission-directed spending.

Historical Trends

Revenue vs. Expenses

Net Revenue / Operating Margin

Net Assets

Revenue Trend

Tax YearPeriodFormRevenueExpensesNet RevenueNet Assets
TY20202020–2021990$384,294$400,564-$16,270$4,340,769
TY20212020–2021990$677,119$475,516$201,603$4,922,214
TY20222022+990$673,810$522,456$151,354$4,289,373
TY20232022+990$1,416,740$499,086$917,654$5,826,777
TY20242022+990$918,919$689,078$229,841$6,704,649

Revenue trend is a filing-history view. It helps you compare operating periods, not infer the club's live condition today.

Revenue Breakdown (Part VIII — most recent year)

Form 990, Part VIII — Statement of Revenue. Includes, but is not limited to: Line 1 = contributions and grants (including member dues reported as contributions). Lines 2a–2f = program service revenue (activities that directly further the organization's exempt purpose). Line 3 = investment income. The specific mix varies by organization type. Source: the organization's own sworn filing.

LineDescriptionAmount
12Total revenue$918,919
1fAll other contributions, gifts, grants$201,150
1hTotal contributions and grants$201,150
2aGreens/Pool/Tennis Fees$103,673
2bInitiation Fees$21,533
2cMembership Dues & Assessments$376,975
2dOther Income$15,810
2fTotal program service revenue$517,991
3Investment income$93,307

Most revenue is reported in a single category this year. That can be normal for some org types; see the source filing for detail.

Endowment (Schedule D, Part V)

$4,475,790

Ending endowment balance as of TY2024

Ending balance — 5-year trend

TY2020

$3,657,913

TY2021

$4,193,701

TY2022

$3,461,653

TY2023

$4,136,127

TY2024

$4,475,790

TY2024 rollforward

Beginning balance$4,136,127
Investment earnings / losses$840,663
Ending balance$4,475,790

Source: Form 990, Schedule D, Part V. Endowment funds reflect the organization's long-term investment reserves.

Balance Sheet (Part X)

TY2024
LineDescriptionBOYEOY
16Total assets$5,832,293$6,738,121
26Total liabilities$5,516$33,472
33Total net assets or fund balances$5,826,777$6,704,649

Source: Form 990, Part X, Balance Sheet.

Officers & Key Staff (Part VII)

How to read this section

This is not a full staff directory. It is the subset of people the organization had to disclose in Form 990, Part VII (the officer, director, trustee, key employee, and highest-compensated employee section of the filing). Why this matters: a missing name does not mean a person was not employed or involved.

Total Volunteer Board Hours/Week (Selected Year): 0

Hours per week are self-reported by each officer on Form 990, Part VII. They are not verified.

Officers and directors as reported on Form 990, Part VII. These are typically unpaid, elected positions. If an officer receives compensation, it will appear in the Paid Staff tab.

Operationally, this section is most useful for understanding disclosed leadership structure, compensation visibility, and board labor — not for reconstructing the full staffing model of a club.

NameTitleHours/WeekStatus
Ellin MillerPresident0Volunteer
Chandler WilliamsVice President0Volunteer
Stephen MyersTreasurer0Volunteer
Marian IdeSecretary0Volunteer
Nathaniel ReedDirector0Volunteer
Amanda NicholsDirector0Volunteer
Suzanne MurphyDirector0Volunteer
Robert HatcherDirector0Volunteer
Christine DickDirector0Volunteer
Greg HodgesDirector0Volunteer
Jack SwopeDirector0Volunteer
Priscilla LukensDirector0Volunteer
Nicole Kirchoff SargentDirector0Volunteer

Governance & Transparency Signals

The IRS Form 990 is a sworn disclosure document — not just a tax return. Beyond financials, it captures governance policies, compensation practices, and relationships between insiders and the organization. Every category below comes directly from that filing. When a field is blank, it is often because this form type doesn’t require it, or the org doesn’t meet the threshold that triggers disclosure. That context is itself worth knowing.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 12a

⚠️ No

No conflict of interest policy reported. Without one, there is no documented mechanism for identifying when a board member has a personal financial stake in a decision — or for recusing them when they do. The IRS doesn’t legally require this policy, but its absence is a factor they weigh when scrutinizing excess benefit transactions. Most volunteer-run clubs handle conflicts informally; a formal policy matters most when the stakes — contract size, executive pay, vendor selection — get larger.

Whistleblower Protection Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 13

⚠️ No

No whistleblower protection policy reported. Without a documented process, a staff member or volunteer who notices irregular transactions has no protected channel to report it — and no written assurance they won’t face consequences for raising the issue. The IRS added this question in 2008 following Sarbanes-Oxley. Absence does not imply wrongdoing; many small clubs haven’t formalized this in writing even when informal norms are healthy.

Officer & Key Employee Compensation (Part VII)

Form 990, Part VII — Named individuals with reportable compensation

No individual compensation reported for this organization in the most recent filing.

This is the norm for volunteer-run sailing clubs. Part VII still exists in the filing — it simply shows $0 compensation for all listed officers and directors, meaning this club is led entirely by unpaid volunteers. When you see compensation appear here in other organizations, it marks a meaningful transition: the club has grown to the point where professional management was hired. The largest clubs in this corpus — those above $3M in revenue — are the most likely to have paid executive staff.

Independent Compensation Consultant

Schedule J, Part I — Organizations filing when comp exceeds $150K

Schedule J not required for this organization.

Schedule J is only filed when at least one individual in Part VII received more than $150,000 in total compensation. This organization doesn’t meet that threshold, so this schedule is not required. Among the 35.7% of organizations in this corpus that do file Schedule J, 35.7% used an independent compensation consultant. When Schedule J IS required, this question asks whether the board hired an outside firm — unconnected to the organization — to benchmark executive pay against market rates. It reduces the risk that a board approves whatever the ED requests rather than what comparable organizations actually pay.

Equity-Based Compensation

Schedule J, Part II — Per-person compensation detail

Schedule J not required for this organization.

Related-Party Transactions (Schedule L)

Schedule L — Transactions with Interested Persons (officers, directors, their families, controlled entities)

Schedule L requires disclosure of loans, grants, and business transactions between the organization and its own insiders — board members, officers, key employees, and their family members or entities they control. Nonprofits are not prohibited from transacting with insiders, but they must disclose it, follow fair-market-value standards, and document that the transaction benefited the organization, not just the insider. These disclosures exist because self-dealing is the most direct way nonprofit assets can flow to those in control.

No related-party transactions found in our data for this organization. Schedule L is only required when transactions occur — absence means none were reported, not necessarily that none occurred.

Voting Board Members

13

Independent Members

0

Total Employees

22

Schedule O — Supplemental Information (most recent year)

Organizations use Schedule O to provide additional explanation for answers given on the main 990 form. These are direct excerpts from the filed document.

Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6

The members represent people from the State of Maine and across the country vacationing in the Winter Harbor, Maine area that pay membership dues in order to help maintain and upkeep the Association's facilities. As a result of paying those membership dues, the members are allowed to use the Association's facilities for the purpose of social interaction and fellowship.

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b

The President and Treasurer review the 990 before it is signed and filed. The governing body members are spread throughout the United States, making it difficult to have them review the 990 before it is filed. The Association makes every attempt to get the 990 filed timely. Once the 990 is completed, a copy is sent to all officers for their review. If they have any questions, they contact the Treasurer, who in turns answers the question or gets an answer to the question.

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19

Upon request, copies of the documents will be supplied to the public

Mission

Social club

As stated in the organization's 990 filing.

IRS Source Filings

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Why this matters: the XML is the receipt. Harbor Commons is the reading layer on top of that receipt. If you ever need to verify a number, wording choice, or disclosure, the source filing is where to check.

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