Bellevue Country Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
150242620
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3154755151
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,510,327
Expenses
$3,530,591
Assets
$6,961,293
Liabilities
$6,301,360

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL HARPER (PRESIDENT)
  • ARMAND CIANCIOSI (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GREG FRENCH (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL STEINSDOERFER (HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL): $128,789 total reported compensation
  • PAUL ENO (DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE): $116,074 total reported compensation
  • HEATHER SCHIRTZ (BANQUET MANAGER): $109,261 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bellevue country club is a membership-sponsored organization committed to providing its members, their families and guests access to a quality recreational and social environment, which contributes significantly to the overall well being of individuals and our community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bellevue country club is one of the premier clubs in central New York, with a convenient location and some of the best facilities for social and golf members to be found anywhere. The bellevue clubhouse features all the upscale amenities that are expected of a premier private club. The clubhouse overlooks our historically renowned 18-hole championship golf course, designed by donald ross in 1918. The course, ranked as one of the most challenging in New York state, serves as a true test of ability and leaves you yearning for the next opportunity to play. A new state of the art facility, a great golf course, and a down to earth membership puts bellevue country club at the top of everyone's list here in syracuse. Our members enjoy excellent recreational facilities and a variety of pleasant environments -- for family outings, recreation, fine dining, business meetings, or for a relaxing drink with friends. The club occupies 160 beautiful acres and is just a few minutes drive from downtown syracuse. Our facilities include a full size swimming pool, a state of the art fitness center, ballroom, formal dining room, outside patio, several private meeting rooms, card rooms, lounge, member's grille -- a surprising variety of places to be yourself, with your family, friends, and business associates.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.91; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.