BIRD KEY YACHT CLUB INC

EIN: 59-0906195 · SARASOTA, 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 basisAuditedAudit 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.

$4,775,425

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.

$4,110,832

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

$10,639,605

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

$7,480,618

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

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2025

$2,277,203

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

~$31,000 per employee average across 74W-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 $823,178. The remaining $1,454,025is 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

$22,835

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 $2,300,038.

Legal$1,973
Accounting$18,788
Other$2,074

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2025

$4,110,832total 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$2,644,953$2,965,918-$320,965$3,630,490
TY20212020–2021990N/AN/AN/A
TY20212020–2021990$2,931,374$2,924,329$7,045$3,924,006
TY20222022+990N/AN/AN/A
TY20222022+990$4,036,782$3,600,741$436,041$4,624,982
TY20232022+990N/AN/AN/A
TY20232022+990$4,074,827$4,045,548$29,279$6,000,357
TY20242022+990$3,676,585$3,988,826-$312,241$6,247,491
TY20252022+990$4,775,425$4,110,832$664,593$7,480,618

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
12Total revenue$4,775,425
2aMEMBER DUES AND INITIATION FEES$3,685,656
2bOTHER REVENUES$91,633
2fTotal program service revenue$3,777,289
3Investment income$67,057

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$9,354,571$10,639,605
26Total liabilities$3,107,080$3,158,987
33Total net assets or fund balances$6,247,491$7,480,618

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): 18

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
DEDE MOOREGOVERNOR2Volunteer
PATTI LOWEGOVERNOR2Volunteer
JOHN FALKGOVERNOR2Volunteer
COLIN WOODTREASURER2Volunteer
GARY FISCHMANSECRETARY2Volunteer
LYNN PETTIGREWREAR COMMODORE2Volunteer
SAUL LANDESBERGVICE COMMODORE2Volunteer
TONY BRITTCOMMODORE2Volunteer
MICHAEL HUNTERGOVERNOR2Volunteer

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

No

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.

NameTitleComp from Org
TAMMY HACKNEYGENERAL MANAGER$172,307
TAMMY HACKNEYGENERAL MANAGER$169,596
TAMMY HACKNEYGENERAL MANAGER$144,615
SCOTT BRYNSKIGENERAL MANAGER$134,250
SCOTT BRYNSKIGENERAL MANAGER$127,748
SCOTT BRYNSKIGENERAL MANAGER$74,662

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

9

Independent Members

9

Total Employees

74

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 CORPORATION IS A PRIVATE YACHT AND SOCIAL CLUB THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS TO USE ITS FACILITIES BY PAYING DUES.

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

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ARE ELECTED BY A VOTE OF EQUITY MEMBERS.

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

MEMBERS MUST APPROVE ANY ASSESSMENT LEVIED UPON OR COLLETED FROM CLUB MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, OR AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

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

THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CONTROLLER AND GENERAL MANAGER, COMPARED TO THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INTERNAL REPORTS, THEN PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR SUBSEQUENT REVIEW.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C

THE BOARD AND THE CLUB MANAGEMENT EDUCATES ITS KEY EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND/OR GOVERNORS ABOUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REVIEWS ALL KNOWN RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

Mission

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

As stated in the organization's 990 filing.

IRS Source Filings

TY2025 (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 38% 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?

Minor

Capacity squeeze

Revenue grew 17% over two years (TY2023–TY2025) while inflation-adjusted labor costs grew less than 5% and headcount held steady — the organization is doing significantly more with the same team.

Why it matters: Sustained capacity squeeze can signal volunteer or staff burnout, deferred investment in people, or a gradual outsourcing of work to contractors not visible in Part IX.

Operator question: Did volunteers absorb the additional workload, or did program scope and service hours actually grow proportionally?

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 (5 total)

Trends and shifts computed from this organization's own public filings across all available years. Signals highlight where numbers changed — not whether those changes are good or bad. Only people with inside knowledge of this organization can interpret what these signals mean.

Signals describe filing history, not the club's live operating state. The newest filing may still lag current reality by many months.

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