EIN: 20-4130169 · CHICAGO, IL · Data spans: TY2020–TY2020
Most recent filing: Tax Year 2020.
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.
$3,002,017
$4,833,651
$0
$0
0 W-2 employees reported (Form W-3, most recent filing — contractors and volunteers excluded) · TY2020 · 990
Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)
TY2020$20,704
Full cost to employ everyone — wages + employer benefits + payroll taxes. Not officer pay alone.
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)
TY2020$260,840
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 $281,544.
Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)
TY2020$4,833,651total functional expenses
Source: Form 990, Part IX, line 25. Functional allocation percentages are not itemized in this filing data for the selected year.
Financial Health Snapshot
Derived from IRS 990 filings. Figures are as reported — they reflect a single point in time and should be read alongside the full filing history and program context above. No benchmark is a verdict.
Operating Margin
Net revenue as a share of total revenue. Positive = surplus; negative = deficit.
Sector context: sailing organizations typically run thin margins by design. A small surplus signals structural balance; a deficit is not automatically a warning without multi-year trend context.
Cash reserve (months)
Cash and short-term investments divided by average monthly expense.
A common practitioner benchmark: 3–6 months of unrestricted reserves provides a buffer for seasonal revenue gaps or unexpected costs. This figure is not a compliance threshold.
Revenue Change (YoY)
Requires at least two consecutive years of filings to compute.
A single year of revenue change is a data point, not a trend. See the historical trends above for multi-year pattern context.
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.
| Line | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 11a | OTHER REVENUE | $280,813 |
| 11b | TRANSFER OF NET DEFICI | $114,567 |
| 12 | Total revenue | $3,002,017 |
| 1d | Related organizations | $2,596,947 |
| 1h | Total contributions and grants | $2,596,947 |
| 3 | Investment income | $9,690 |
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)
TY2020| Line | Description | BOY | EOY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Total assets | $2,911,258 | $0 |
| 26 | Total liabilities | $1,077,546 | $0 |
| 33 | Total net assets or fund balances | $1,833,712 | $0 |
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.
| Name | Title | Hours/Week | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No volunteer officers found for this selection. | ||||
Top Independent Contractors (Part VII-B)
$7,957,669across 2 contractors
| Contractor | Services | Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| — | MULTI MEDIA PRODUCTION | $7,647,907 |
| — | PUBLIC RELATIONS | $309,762 |
Source: Form 990, Part VII, Section B. Lists each independent contractor paid more than $100,000.
Programs (Part III — most recent year)
Form 990, Part III — Statement of Program Service Accomplishments. These are the activities that directly further the organization's exempt purpose. Expenses, grants, and revenue are as reported in the organization's own sworn filing.
GBI INVESTS IN RESEARCH, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF AN ANNUAL BOATING PARTICIPATION SURVEY.
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 written conflict of interest policy was reported on the filing. This means Part VI does not document a formal recusal process in this return. The IRS does not require a policy in every case, but this line is included so readers can see whether the filing itself records one.
Whistleblower Protection Policy
Form 990, Part VI — Line 13
No whistleblower protection policy reported. The IRS added this question in 2008 following Sarbanes-Oxley. Absence does not imply wrongdoing; many smaller organizations have not formalized this in writing.
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.
Most volunteer-run sailing clubs report $0 officer compensation. Part VII still exists in the filing — it lists officers and directors with $0 reportable compensation, meaning this club is led by unpaid volunteers. When compensation appears in other filings, it marks a transition: the organization has grown to the point where professional management was engaged.
Independent Compensation Consultant
Schedule J, Part I — Organizations filing when comp exceeds $150K
No independent compensation consultant reported for the most recent year with Schedule J data (2020). Executive pay was set through internal board processes — a compensation committee, comparison to prior years, or board vote — without outside benchmarking. This filing line records the process used, rather than evaluating whether that process is right or wrong.
Equity-Based Compensation
Schedule J, Part II — Per-person compensation detail
No equity-based compensation reported — expected for a nonprofit. Nonprofits cannot issue ownership stakes because they have no shareholders. In the for-profit world, equity aligns executive incentives with long-term value creation; the nonprofit analog takes different forms (retention bonuses, deferred comp) but not equity. Zero percent of organizations in the sailing and yacht club corpus report this. This section reports whether the filing includes that disclosure.
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
0
Independent Members
0
Total Employees
0
Total Volunteers
0
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 B, LINE 11B
THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 UNDERGOES A NUMBER OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REVIEWS BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. THE RETURN IS PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, BAKER TILLY US LLP, AND THE ORGANIZATION'S VICE PRESIDENT REVIEWS AND SIGNS THE TAX RETURN.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15
ALL COMPENSATION DISCLOSED ON THIS RETURN RELATES SOLELY TO COMPENSATION INCURRED BY THE NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION. THERE WAS NO COMPENSATION PAID BY GROW BOATING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19
THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:
CUMULATIVE TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENT -2,078.
Mission
TO MANAGE, DIRECT, GOVERN, & FUND THE GROW BOATING INITIATIVE. THE GROW BOATING (SEE SCH O) INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO FORMULATE & IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL INCREASE BOATING PARTICIPATION.
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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