EIN: 36-2046563 · CHICAGO, IL · Data spans: TY2021–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.
$385,697
$336,003
$864,582
$852,880
0 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.
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)
TY2025$14,700
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 $14,700.
Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)
TY2025$336,003total functional expenses
43.4%
Program services
$145,792
56.6%
Management & general
$190,211
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY2021 | 2020–2021 | 990 | $318,732 | $214,377 | $104,355 | $622,468 |
| TY2022 | 2022+ | 990 | $340,520 | $280,968 | $59,552 | $682,020 |
| TY2023 | 2022+ | 990 | $328,654 | $273,396 | $55,258 | $737,278 |
| TY2024 | 2022+ | 990 | $365,251 | $299,343 | $65,908 | $803,186 |
| TY2025 | 2022+ | 990 | $385,697 | $336,003 | $49,694 | $852,880 |
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 | $385,697 |
| 1b | Membership dues | $307,803 |
| 1h | Total contributions and grants | $307,803 |
| 2f | Total program service revenue | $58,511 |
| 3 | Investment income | $19,383 |
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 | $810,453 | $864,582 |
| 26 | Total liabilities | $7,267 | $11,702 |
| 33 | Total net assets or fund balances | $803,186 | $852,880 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATT PERLEY | DIRECTOR | 0 | Volunteer |
| NOEL VAN EYNDE | DIRECTOR | 0 | Volunteer |
| PAUL STREICHER | DIRECTOR | 0 | Volunteer |
| TOM DICKSON | DIRECTOR | 0 | Volunteer |
| BRETT PAULS | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT | 0 | Volunteer |
| DARREN BECK | TREASURER | 0 | Volunteer |
| MEGHAN O'ROURKE | VICE PRESIDENT | 0 | Volunteer |
| PEGGY CARROLL | SECRETARY | 0 | Volunteer |
| ROBERT GERAGHTY | PRESIDENT | 0 | 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
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
No independent compensation consultant reported for the most recent year with Schedule J data (2025). 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
9
Independent Members
9
Total Employees
0
Total Volunteers
200
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.
Pt VI, Line 11b
REVIEWED BY TREASURER AND BOARD MEMBERS
Pt VI, Line 12c
MONITORING BY TREASURER AND BOARD MEMBERS
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e
BANK CHARGES AND CREDIT CARD FEES 9948. 9948.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e
CLUB PARTIES, WORKSHOPS, REGATTAS 6793. 6793.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e
COMMODORES BALL 65761. 65761.
Mission
PROMOTE BOATING ACTIVITIES THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES, SEMINARS, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT BOATING ACTIVITIES
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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