BISCAYNE BAY YACHT CLUB INC

EIN: 59-0165090 · MIAMI, FL · Data spans: TY2020–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.

Accrual basisCompiled / reviewedAudit committeePart XII · TY2025
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.

$3,299,069

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.

$2,819,920

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

$11,442,227

Net Assetsℹ️Form 990, Part X — Total assets minus total liabilities. When positive, assets exceed liabilities; when negative, liabilities exceed assets. Also called 'fund balance.'

$9,807,675

17 W-2 employees reported (Form W-3, most recent filing — contractors and volunteers excluded) · TY2025 · 990

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2025

$1,147,812

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

~$68,000 per employee average across 17W-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.

Named staff org comp sums to $927,355. The remaining $220,457is unlisted staff labor cost — includes benefits & payroll taxes for all employees, not any one person's salary.

Professional & consulting fees (Part IX, line 11)

TY2025

$304,538

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 $1,452,350.

Accounting$152,358
Other$152,180

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2025

$2,819,920total functional expenses

Part IX functional expense detail (program / management / fundraising allocation) was not reported in this filing. This is common for organizations whose filing form does not require the breakout, including many 501(c)(7) recreational clubs.

Historical Trends

Revenue vs. Expenses

Net Revenue / Operating Margin

Net Assets

Revenue Trend

Tax YearPeriodFormRevenueExpensesNet RevenueNet Assets
TY20202020–2021990N/AN/AN/A
TY20202020–2021990$1,804,211$1,683,276$120,935$7,286,837
TY20212020–2021990N/AN/AN/A
TY20212020–2021990$2,033,965$1,676,691$357,274$8,074,801
TY20222022+990N/AN/AN/A
TY20222022+990$2,457,875$2,089,384$368,491$8,093,446
TY20232022+990N/AN/AN/A
TY20232022+990$2,840,719$2,442,970$397,749$8,466,100
TY20242022+990N/AN/AN/A
TY20242022+990$3,048,124$2,669,650$378,474$9,196,307
TY20252022+990$3,299,069$2,819,920$479,149$9,807,675

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
11aMISCELLANEOUS INCOME$27,586
12Total revenue$3,299,069
2aMEMBERSHIP DUES$1,296,270
2bDOCKS AND HARBOR$822,384
2cYACHT AND CLUB ACTIVITIES$124,013
2fTotal program service revenue$2,242,667
3Investment income$276,846

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
LineDescriptionBOYEOY
16Total assets$10,595,543$11,442,227
26Total liabilities$1,399,236$1,634,552
33Total net assets or fund balances$9,196,307$9,807,675

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): 112

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
MICHAEL LINGSWILERDIRECTOR4Volunteer
EZRA CULVERDIRECTOR4Volunteer
SPENCER CROWLEYDIRECTOR4Volunteer
EDUARDO HERNANDEZDIRECTOR4Volunteer
CHARLES KLINEDIRECTOR4Volunteer
CHRIS DAMIANDIRECTOR4Volunteer
THOMAS BYRNE JRDIRECTOR4Volunteer
LOUIS L LAFONTISEE JRDIRECTOR4Volunteer
ERIC THYRREDIRECTOR4Volunteer
WILLIAM MUNROEDIRECTOR4Volunteer
DR WILLIAM CULBERTSON IVDIRECTOR4Volunteer
JON EWINGDIRECTOR4Volunteer
WALTER ORTHDIRECTOR4Volunteer
DAVID BIANCHIREAR COMMODORE10Volunteer
TAIT C KEONTREASURER12Volunteer
JOHN M PENNEKAMPSECRETARY10Volunteer
WIRTH T MUNROEVICE COMMODORE10Volunteer
JOH SIEGELDIRECTOR4Volunteer
CHRISTOPHER WILLITSDIRECTOR4Volunteer
JEFFREY NEHMSCOMMODORE10Volunteer

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

No conflict of interest policy reported. This question is part of Form 990’s Part VI governance disclosures. A written policy documents how the organization identifies and manages situations where a board member, officer, or key employee has a financial interest in a decision — and how those individuals step back from related votes. The IRS does not legally require this policy. Many volunteer-run clubs manage these situations through informal norms rather than written procedure; formal documentation becomes more common as organizations grow in size and operating complexity.

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
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$203,221
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$192,187
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$150,316
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$140,556
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$132,400
NEAL CHANDAGENERAL MANAGER$98,000
JOHN M PENNEKAMPSECRETARY$3,050
BRUCE HARPERDIRECTOR$3,050

Compensation shown is reportable compensation from this organization only, as disclosed in Part VII. The $150,000 individual disclosure threshold provides useful 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 reflects that the organization employs paid management rather than relying entirely on unpaid volunteers. Revenue scale, headcount, and operating complexity all shape what compensation levels are common for an organization of a given size. The filing shows what was paid and to whom; only people with inside knowledge of the organization can explain the context behind those numbers.

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 approach is common among nonprofit organizations. An independent consultant provides external market data and a documented rationale; its presence or absence is one piece of context among several when reading compensation disclosures.

Equity-Based Compensation

Schedule J, Part II — Per-person compensation detail

None reported

No equity-based compensation reported. This is typical for nonprofits, which have no shareholders and cannot issue ownership stakes. In the for-profit world, equity-based instruments align executive incentives with shareholder value; the nonprofit analog uses different mechanisms such as retention bonuses or deferred compensation. None of the organizations in the sailing and yacht club corpus report equity-based compensation.

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

20

Independent Members

20

Total Employees

17

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 A, LINE 6

THE ORGANIZATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, MEMBER-OWNED PRIVATE CLUB. MEMBERSHIP IS COMPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 370 EX-OFFICIO, HONORARY, SENIOR, JUNIOR, AND FLAG MEMBERS. SENIOR MEMBERS ENJOY ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CLUB AND MAY VOTE AT MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS. JUNIOR AND FLAG MEMBERS MAY ENJOY THE FACILITIES AND SERVE ON COMMITTEES OF THE CLUB, BUT THEY DO NOT VOTE OR HOLD OFFICE IN THE CLUB.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A

SENIOR MEMBERS COMPRISE THE ONLY CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS OF THE CLUB MEMBERSHIP AND TO HOLD OFFICE IN THE CLUB.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B

AMENDMENTS TO THE CLUB CONSTITUTION OR BY-LAWS REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE OF A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERSHIP PRESENT AT THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B

THE CLUB DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS EFFECTIVE NOR EFFICIENT FOR THE ENTIRE GOVERNING BOARD TO REVIEW FORM 990 BEFORE FILING. THUS, WHILE EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD RECEIVES A COPY OF THE RETURN PRIOR TO FILING, THE GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATES THE REVIEW OF FORM 990 AND RELATED SCHEDULES TO THE COMMODORE, TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER. THE COMMODORE, TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER REVIEW THE ENTIRE FORM 990 WITH THE CLUB'S OUTSIDE CPA PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS USES SALARY INFORMATION FROM COMPARABLE SOCIAL CLUBS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DURING ITS PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF THE GENERAL MANAGER; COMPENSATION AMOUNTS ARE DETERMINED ACCORDINGLY.

Mission

ENCOURAGEMENT,IMPROVEMENT AND ENJOYMENT OF SAILING & ENJOYMENT OF SOCIAL CONTACT & ENTERTAINMENT.

As stated in the organization's 990 filing.

IRS Source Filings

TY2025 (990)TY2024 (990)TY2024 (990)TY2023 (990)TY2023 (990)TY2022 (990)TY2022 (990)TY2021 (990)TY2021 (990)TY2020 (990)TY2020 (990)

Source filings are IRS e-file records in XML (Extensible Markup Language) format — a structured data standard used by the IRS for electronic filing. If you open one of these links, it will look like code. That's not an error — that's what XML looks like. Harbor Commons processes this raw XML and presents the structured, readable view you see above.

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.

Moderate

Revenue per employee rose sharply

Revenue per employee grew 37% over two years (TY2023–TY2025), 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.

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