COTTAGE PARK YACHT CLUB INC

EIN: 04-1212036 · WINTHROP, MA · 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.

Accrual basisNo audit disclosedPart XII · TY2024
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.

$1,348,620

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.

$1,201,040

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

$2,491,757

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

$1,754,809

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

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2024

$517,462

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

~$10,000 per employee average across 53 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.

Named staff org comp sums to $16,806. The remaining $500,656 is unlisted staff labor cost — includes benefits & payroll taxes for all employees, not any one person's salary.

Professional & consulting fees (Part IX, line 11)

No professional or consulting fees reported in Part IX for TY2024.

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2024

$1,201,040total functional expenses

0.0%

Program services

$0

0.0%

Management & general

$0

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$655,541$657,131-$1,590$985,806
TY20212020–2021990$1,050,733$841,371$209,362$1,234,768
TY20222022+990$1,036,858$873,626$163,232$1,377,500
TY20232022+990$1,410,015$1,180,286$229,729$1,607,229
TY20242022+990$1,348,620$1,201,040$147,580$1,754,809

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$1,348,620
1bMembership dues$411,044
1hTotal contributions and grants$411,044
2aMARINA SERVICES$378,176
2bSOCIAL$151,326
2fTotal program service revenue$529,502
3Investment income$23,629
6cNet rental income or (loss)$176

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

Balance Sheet (Part X)

TY2024
LineDescriptionBOYEOY
16Total assets$2,434,969$2,491,757
26Total liabilities$827,740$736,948
33Total net assets or fund balances$1,607,229$1,754,809

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): 70

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
DAVID REYNOLDSCOMMODORE10Volunteer
AL POWELLVICE COMMODORE10Volunteer
ERIC KIRTONTREASURER20Volunteer
MICHELLE LENTZDIRECTOR5Volunteer
DEVON FIELDSDIRECTOR5Volunteer
JANINE STANTONDIRECTOR5Volunteer
CHARLES NEWMANREAR COMMODORE10Volunteer
NORMAN HYETTDIRECTOR5Volunteer

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

Governance data not available for this organization’s most recent filing year. This can occur for newly filed returns not yet in the corpus, or for organizations whose XML filing did not include Part VI.

Whistleblower Protection Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 13

Governance data not available for this organization’s most recent filing year.

Officer & Key Employee Compensation (Part VII)

Form 990, Part VII — Named individuals with reportable compensation

Part VII requires individual disclosure of all officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and the five highest-compensated employees earning above the reporting threshold. The individuals listed here are from the most recent available filing.

NameTitleComp from Org
JHOSMAR CASTELLANOSECRETARY$2,500
RAYMOND MAGNANSECRETARY$2,500
RAYMOND MAGNANSECRETARY$2,500
RAYMOND MAGNANSECRETARY$2,500
LOUISE GUILLOTTETREASURER$2,500
RAY MAGNANSECRETARY$2,500
DAVID REYNOLDSVICE COMMODORE$1,806

Compensation shown is reportable compensation from this organization only, as disclosed in Part VII. The $150,000 threshold is significant context: most volunteer-run sailing clubs report $0 for all officers. When professional staff — a General Manager, Executive Director, or Harbor Master — earns above that level, it signals an org operating more like a business than a volunteer collective. That’s not inherently good or bad: a $12M club with 45 full-time employees may well need a $200K GM. But a $400K club paying its Commodore $180K warrants scrutiny.

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.

126 transactions found across all available filing years. Sorted largest to most recent.

Person / EntityRelationshipTypeAmountYear
JOEL AND NANCY GREENFIELDMEMBERloan$45,0002024
DAVID AND PATRICIA ALOISEMEMBERloan$25,2002024
JEFFREY D COOKMEMBERloan$22,5002024
WILLIAM J HALLMEMBERloan$22,5002024
ERIC F KIRTON AND LORETTA A BESSEMEMBERloan$22,5002024
JAMES AND JULIE MARCOTTEMEMBERloan$22,5002024
JOHN F MESKELLMEMBERloan$22,5002024
JAMES AND JULIE MARCOTTEMEMBERloan$22,5002024
PETER W MARKSMEMBERloan$18,0002024
BRIAN W MARKSMEMBERloan$18,0002024
JONATHAN MARKSMEMBERloan$18,0002024
SANDRA L BRADLEYMEMBERloan$18,0002024

Showing 12 of 126 total transactions.

📋 Context note. Where available, transactional context may be supplemented by audited financial statements or other independent disclosures that are not derived from 990 XML data alone. When an independent audit confirms the terms, repayment schedule, and arm's-length pricing of a related-party loan, the transaction carries a materially different risk profile than the 990 alone would suggest.

Member capital loans are the most common Schedule L pattern in the sailing corpus. When a club needs dock repairs, marina upgrades, or clubhouse renovations, it sometimes turns to its own members as lenders rather than commercial banks — effectively, members financing their own infrastructure. These can be legitimate and transparent. What to look for: Are the loans repaid? Are interest rates reasonable? Are new loans replacing old ones, or is the balance growing?

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 COTTAGE PARK YACHT CLUB IS MADE UP OF 400 REGULAR MEMBERS AND 16 LIFE MEMBERS. ALL MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY MATTER THAT COMES BEFORE THEM. THERE IS ALSO 124 SOCIAL MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS TO VOTE.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A

AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ORGANIZATION, ELECTIONS ARE HELD FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. ONLY MEMBERS PRESENT WITH VOTING RIGHTS CAST A VOTE.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12

THIS POLICY IS MONITORED BY THE BOARD AS WELL AS OFFICERS AND IS REVIEWED ONCE A YEAR DURING A BOARD MEETING.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19

THE ORGANIZATION IS A CLUB. THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIALS STATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION UPON REQUEST.

FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E

SUPPLIES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 20,559. COMMODORES BALL: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 20,244. DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 18,155. ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXP…

Mission

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CLUB IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCORAGE SAILING, ROWING, YACHTING, NAUTICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL MEETINGS.

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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📡 Filing Signals (9 total)

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