FINGER LAKES BOATING MUSUEM INC

EIN: 16-1542277 · Hammondsport, NY · Data spans: TY2018–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 basisCompiled / reviewedAudit committeePart 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.

$492,302

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.

$447,054

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

$2,157,013

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

$1,693,220

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

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2024

$200,215

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

~$13,000 per employee average across 15 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

$6,831

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 $207,046.

Accounting$2,100
Other$4,731

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2024

$447,054total functional expenses

90.1%

Program services

$402,945

9.9%

Management & general

$44,109

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
TY2018Before 2020990$303,808$257,373$46,435$959,227
TY20202020–2021990$505,142$352,749$152,393$1,252,115
TY20212020–2021990$632,589$466,775$165,814$1,417,929
TY20222022+990$518,532$446,287$72,245$1,490,174
TY20232022+990$560,457$418,201$142,256$1,632,430
TY20242022+990$492,302$447,054$45,248$1,693,220

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$492,302
1eGovernment grants (contributions)$79,500
1fAll other contributions, gifts, grants$167,534
1hTotal contributions and grants$247,034
2aMEMBERSHIP DUES$98,089
2bPROGRAM REVENUE$122,413
2fTotal program service revenue$220,502
3Investment income$11,407

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)

$46,380

Ending endowment balance as of TY2024

Ending balance — 5-year trend

TY2020

$25,757

TY2021

$27,993

TY2022

$22,264

TY2023

$27,907

TY2024

$46,380

TY2024 rollforward

Beginning balance$27,907
Investment earnings / losses$18,473
Ending balance$46,380

Allocation

1%

Permanent endowment

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$1,917,810$2,157,013
26Total liabilities$285,380$463,793
33Total net assets or fund balances$1,632,430$1,693,220

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): 28

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
MAGGIE COFFEYTRUSTEE2Volunteer
BERNIE BURNSTRUSTEE2Volunteer
PAM BORNHOLDTMEMBER AT LARGE2Volunteer
ED WIGHTMANTRUSTEE2Volunteer
DUNCAN SPRINGSTEADTRUSTEE2Volunteer
TRUSTEE2Volunteer
BERNIE BURNSTRUSTEE2Volunteer
KATHY VENEMASECRETARY2Volunteer
LAURA CHANDLERTREASURER2Volunteer
JOHN RUDDVICE PRESIDENT2Volunteer
PHIL WALKERTRUSTEE2Volunteer
JIM MOORETRUSTEE2Volunteer
MURRAY HESTLEYTRUSTEE2Volunteer
DAVE BORNHOLDTPRESIDENT2Volunteer

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

Yes

This organization has a written conflict of interest policy requiring officers, directors, and key employees to disclose any personal financial interest in a pending decision — and to step back from that vote. Examples in the sailing world: a board member whose construction company is bidding on a dock renovation, or a director who refers their spouse’s firm for the annual audit. Having a policy doesn’t eliminate conflicts; it creates a documented process for surfacing and managing them. Only 41% of organizations in this corpus report having one.

Whistleblower Protection Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 13

Yes

A formal process exists for employees, volunteers, or members to report suspected misconduct — and formal protection from retaliation for those who do. This creates a safe channel to flag irregular expense reimbursements, undisclosed vendor relationships, or cash handling questions. In a tight-knit club environment where a small officer corps controls both operations and finances, this protection matters more than the formal policy language might suggest. Only 27.5% of organizations in this corpus report having one.

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
KARA CALDEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$75,000
ANDREW TOMPKINSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$36,696
ANDREW TOMPKINSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$35,100
ANDREW TOMPKINSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$34,840
ANDREW TOMPKINSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$27,544
KARA CALDEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$27,126

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.

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

15

Independent Members

15

Total Employees

15

Total Volunteers

98

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 III, Line 1

DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATOIN MISSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINGER LAKES REGION.

Form 990, Part I, Line 1

DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION IN OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINGER LAKES REGION. ALSO, TO RESEARCH, DOCUMENT, AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON BOATS, BOATING AND BOATING HISTORY ORIGINATING IN OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINGER LAKES REGION.

Form 990, Part IV, Section SECTION B, Line 11B

A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. IT IS PROVIDEDELECTRONCIALLY FOR INSPECTION, QUESTIONS AND ANY NECESSARY REVISIONS PRIOR TO FILING.

Form 990, Part VI, Section SECTION B, Line LINE 12C

A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT IS COMPLETED ANNUALLY.

Form 990, Part VI, Section SECTION C, Line LINE 19

DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST WITH A NOMINAL COPYING FEE

Mission

TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET OBJECTS RELATED TO BOATING AND BOATING ORIGINATING IN OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINGER LAKES REGION.

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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