The Country Club of Scranton

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
240554050
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Clarks Summit, PA, USA
Phone
5705862311
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,119,955
Expenses
$6,772,293
Assets
$10,061,466
Liabilities
$3,054,441

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ATTY JAMES SCANLON (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN BELL JR (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AARON GIORDANO (GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT): $212,774 total reported compensation
  • RYAN JANESKO (GENERAL MANAGER): $206,058 total reported compensation
  • JOHN ROGERS (PGA HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL): $165,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The country club of scranton is a private club for the exclusive use of its members and their guests. It is a club that is rich in traditions and family oriented in its values. It is a country club in the true sense of its name in that it is a golf club, a social and dining club, and a swimming club. The club's goal is to pursue and preserve excellence in all of these interests.

What it reported doing in 2025

All expense incurred in providing social and recreational activities for members in accordance with the club's tax exempt purpose. The club has 785 members and hosted 30,084 rounds of golf.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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: 60
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 41
  • 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: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 17 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.