EIN: 27-3276437 · NORWALK, CT · Data spans: TY2018–TY2025
Most recent filing: Tax Year 2025.
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.
$634,195
$684,291
$402,602
$394,149
1 W-2 employees reported (Form W-3, most recent filing — contractors and volunteers excluded) · TY2025 · 990
Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)
TY2025$0
Full cost to employ everyone — wages + employer benefits + payroll taxes. Not officer pay alone.
~$0 per employee ⓘ — average across 1 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)
No professional or consulting fees reported in Part IX for TY2025.
Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)
TY2025$684,291total functional expenses
86.8%
Program services
$594,140
13.2%
Management & general
$90,151
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 Year | Period | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net Revenue | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY2018 | Before 2020 | 990 | $564,221 | $487,839 | $76,382 | $366,031 |
| TY2019 | Before 2020 | 990 | $530,248 | $522,629 | $7,619 | $373,036 |
| TY2021 | 2020–2021 | 990 | $497,116 | $448,575 | $48,541 | $459,829 |
| TY2022 | 2022+ | 990 | $427,119 | $512,506 | -$85,387 | $374,442 |
| TY2023 | 2022+ | 990 | $537,766 | $520,483 | $17,283 | $392,225 |
| TY2024 | 2022+ | 990 | $633,339 | $591,530 | $41,809 | $444,246 |
| TY2025 | 2022+ | 990 | $634,195 | $684,291 | -$50,096 | $394,149 |
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.
| Line | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Total revenue | $634,195 |
| 1f | All other contributions, gifts, grants | $29,440 |
| 1h | Total contributions and grants | $29,440 |
| 2a | PROGRAM REVENUE | $561,928 |
| 2b | SPECIAL EVENT INCOME | $42,827 |
| 2f | Total program service revenue | $604,755 |
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)
TY2025| Line | Description | BOY | EOY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Total assets | $473,488 | $402,602 |
| 26 | Total liabilities | $29,242 | $8,453 |
| 33 | Total net assets or fund balances | $444,246 | $394,149 |
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): 55
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBIN NELSON | DIRECTOR | 1 | Volunteer |
| JIM SWEITZER | DIRECTOR | 10 | Volunteer |
| LIZABETH TROND | HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR | 40 | Volunteer |
| STEVEN BUSBY | TREASURER AND DIRECTOR | 2 | Volunteer |
| SPENCER WENECK | PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR | 1 | Volunteer |
| YAN KHAMISH | DIRECTOR | 1 | Volunteer |
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
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
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
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.
| Name | Title | Comp from Org |
|---|---|---|
| LIZABETH TROND | HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR | $75,000 |
| LIZABETH TROND | HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR | $75,000 |
| LIZABETH TROND | HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR | $74,000 |
| LIZABETH TROND | HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR | $65,826 |
| SUZANNE FERGUSON | FORMER SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR | $12,500 |
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
No independent compensation consultant reported for the most recent year with Schedule J data (2018). Executive pay was set through internal board processes — a compensation committee, comparison to prior years, or board vote — without outside benchmarking. This is common and not inherently concerning for organizations paying market-rate salaries. It becomes more notable as compensation levels rise and the board’s judgment becomes harder to validate externally.
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. If any did, it would immediately raise questions about whether the arrangement is consistent with tax-exempt status.
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
6
Independent Members
5
Total Employees
1
Total Volunteers
50
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
PRIOR TO FILING A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY ARE REQUESTED TO DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL INTERESTS THAT MAY GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT AND ANY ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED EITHER AT MEETINGS OR VIA ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19
UPON REQUEST OF A COPY FROM THE ORGANIZATION
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:
ROUNDING -1.
Mission
THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE,EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE(OR CORRESPONDING SECTION OF ANY FUTURE FEDERAL TAX CODE)INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP AMATEUR ATHLETES FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ROWING COMPETITIONS AND FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE SPORT OF ROWING AT THE REGIONAL,NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
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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Capacity Signals
Auto-detected patterns from this organization's own IRS filing history. Signals are relative to this org's trend only — not peer comparisons, not judgments.
Private clubs are naturally labor-heavy. Always interpret signals against this organization's own context before drawing conclusions.
Revenue per employee rose sharply
Revenue per employee grew 48% over two years (TY2022–TY2024), well above typical inflation. This can reflect genuine revenue growth, reduced staffing relative to revenue, or a one-time revenue event.
Why it matters: High revenue per employee can reflect operational efficiency — or understaffing. The program model and revenue mix should be checked before drawing conclusions.
Operator question: Did the revenue base change (new programs, dues increase, capital campaign receipt), or did staffing fall behind revenue growth?
Phase 2 signals (contractor substitution, benefits share changes) require Part IX line-level data and are not yet available. All computations use IRS-filed data only; no external benchmarks or CPI adjustments beyond a 3% per year inflation proxy.
📡 Filing Signals (3 total)
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