SAUGATUCK YACHT CLUB SAILING

EIN: 38-3139879 · SAUGATUCK, MI · 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 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.

$178,114

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.

$204,276

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

$1,290,707

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

$1,231,527

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

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2024

$76,266

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

~$5,000 per employee average across 14 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

$10,147

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 $86,413.

Accounting$4,835
Other$5,312

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2024

$204,276total functional expenses

96.5%

Program services

$197,146

3.2%

Management & general

$6,437

0.3%

Fundraising

$693

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$95,413$142,821-$47,408$1,279,357
TY2019Before 2020990$118,448$147,750-$29,302$1,250,055
TY20202020–2021990$210,416$149,296$61,120$1,311,175
TY20212020–2021990$155,644$171,243-$15,599$1,295,576
TY20222022+990$170,313$170,443-$130$1,300,725
TY20232022+990$181,242$209,001-$27,759$1,257,687
TY20242022+990$178,114$204,276-$26,162$1,231,527

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
11aMISC INCOME$98
12Total revenue$178,114
1cFundraising events$15,509
1dRelated organizations$20,000
1fAll other contributions, gifts, grants$24,603
1hTotal contributions and grants$60,112
2aPROGRAM$100,054
2bTSHIRT SALE$3,450
2fTotal program service revenue$103,504
6cNet rental income or (loss)$14,400

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$1,322,447$1,290,707
26Total liabilities$64,760$59,180
33Total net assets or fund balances$1,257,687$1,231,527

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.

NameTitleHours/WeekStatus
LINDSAY KENZINGERPRESIDENTVolunteer
TOM JUNTENENVICE PRESIDEVolunteer
TRAVIS GRAYTREASURERVolunteer
ERIC HOUTKOOPERSECRETARYVolunteer
ERIKA LACERDADIRECTORVolunteer
MOLLY AYERSDIRECTORVolunteer
DAVE IHLEDIRECTORVolunteer
JESSICA RUTHSATZDIRECTORVolunteer

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.

N/A

N/A

INSTRUCTION ON THE SAFE USE AND OPERATION OF BOATS

Expenses: $197,146

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

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

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

8

Independent Members

8

Total Employees

14

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, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D

INSTRUCTION ON THE SAFE USE AND OPERATION OF BOATS

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B

TAX PREPARER, TREASURER, AND BOARD REVIEWED.

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C

MEMBER REVIEWED AND MONITORED

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A

BOARD DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19

AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Mission

INSTRUCTION ON THE SAFE USE AND OPERATION OF BOATS

As stated in the organization's 990 filing.

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