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← CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,369,776
Total expenses
$8,172,267
Contributions and grants received
$540,421
Grants paid
$61,557
Program service revenue
$7,576,564
Investment income
$252,791
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,747,896
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,683,118
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,064,778
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,152,410
Management and general expenses
$1,759,737
Fundraising expenses
$260,120
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,152,410

Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $540,421

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

    total $4,903,435 · related or exempt $4,903,435

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SOCIAL EVENTS

    total $1,020,474 · related or exempt $1,020,474

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP

    total $780,524 · unrelated business $780,524

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOURNAMENTS

    total $616,654 · related or exempt $616,654

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TURF GRASS RESEARCH

    total $50,350 · related or exempt $50,350

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $205,127 · related or exempt $205,127

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $243,247 · excluded $243,247

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,962,623

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,953,079

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,544

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,544 · excluded $9,544

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,557 · program services $5,557

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $56,000 · program services $56,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $480,174 · program services $91,388 · management and general $388,786

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,240,413 · program services $1,826,377 · management and general $207,708 · fundraising $206,328

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $181,532 · program services $151,109 · management and general $12,352 · fundraising $18,071

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $403,800 · program services $311,096 · management and general $56,983 · fundraising $35,721

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $166,380 · program services $132,788 · management and general $33,592

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,703 · management and general $8,703

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,503 · management and general $42,503

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $28,295 · management and general $28,295

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $148,114 · program services $66,796 · management and general $81,318

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $315,376 · management and general $315,376

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,330 · program services $31,389 · management and general $7,941

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $826,562 · program services $594,438 · management and general $232,124

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,101 · program services $81,538 · management and general $4,563

  • 17 · Travel

    total $146,852 · program services $117,202 · management and general $29,650

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,246 · program services $21,246

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,903 · management and general $25,903

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $56,023 · management and general $56,023

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT EXPENSES

    total $873,158 · program services $873,158

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT MANAGEMENT

    total $565,557 · program services $517,069 · management and general $48,488

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAGAZINE AND NEWSLETTER

    total $525,170 · program services $525,170

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $445,403 · program services $445,403

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $484,115 · program services $304,686 · management and general $179,429

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $77,113 · end of year $42,048

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,142,781 · end of year $290,897

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $205,045 · end of year $330,729

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $153,959 · end of year $225,791

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $537,547

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $484,991

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,156 · end of year $52,556

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,436,105 · end of year $6,818,867

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,400,573 · end of year $5,657,334

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $329,674

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $896,457 · end of year $769,504

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $672,148 · end of year $741,626

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $171,988

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,904,127 · end of year $12,064,778

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN FOSTERING, PROMOTING, AND ADVANCING THE GAME OF GOLF AND ITS ATTENDANT CIVIC, CHARITABLE, AND ATHLETIC ASPECTS AND PURPOSES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF INDIANA, WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION IS THE REGIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR AMATEUR GOLF IN ILLINOIS AND IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES TO GOLF CLUBS INCLUDING USGA RATING AND MEASURING SERVICES, AND TO INDIVIDUAL GOLFERS INCLUDING A USGA HANDICAP AND COMPETITIVE PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF INDIANA, WISCOINSIN AND MICHIGAN.

  • PROVIDES MEMBER BENEFITS TO MEMBER CLUBS AND INDIVIDUAL GOLFERS IN ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF INDIANA, WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 112,000 MEMBER GOLFERS AND 415 MEMBER CLUBS.

    Expenses $4,233,639 · Revenue $4,903,435

  • SPONSORS AND CONDUCT MORE THAN 34 TOURNAMENTS FOR AMATEUR GOLFERS AT MEMBER GOLF COURSES.

    Expenses $619,074 · Revenue $616,654

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDING TURF GRASS RESEARCH, GOLF COURSE RATINGS, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, GOLF TRIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $1,299,697 · Grants $61,557 · Revenue $1,275,951

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Dowdle

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Rathgeber

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Michael Sharkey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Mike Nass

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Bill A Fates

    FIRST VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Debbie Vansistine

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Inglese

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Coldiron

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Childers

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ronnie Oakes

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Brown

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindy Edmund

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwight Erskine

    VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Al Reid

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Thomas Gehr

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Donofrio

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Callahan

    VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Loeb

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin O'Connor

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ward Hamm

    SECOND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Salierno

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward W Mulcahy

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Urbaszewski

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George P Jameson

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Brackett

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Fraser

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hammond

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Gregory J Grygiel

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ravi Dutt

    DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $164,109
    From this org
    $134,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,145
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,093
    Bonus
    $7,871
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,386
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,759
    Filer's total
    $164,109

  • Robert Markionni

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $283,464
    From this org
    $260,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,349
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,815
    Bonus
    $22,300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,390
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,959
    Filer's total
    $283,464

  • Andrew Louthain

    SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR,

    Total calculated
    $145,524
    From this org
    $108,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,144
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

  • Jodi Ciotti

    SR MANAGING DIRECTOR, MEMB

    Total calculated
    $151,218
    From this org
    $114,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,774
    Bonus
    $13,225
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,051
    Filer's total
    $151,218

  • Kevin Blumethal

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION

    Total calculated
    $133,025
    From this org
    $110,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,556
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

  • Derek Settle

    SR DIRECTOR OF TURFGRASS P

    Total calculated
    $142,716
    From this org
    $125,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,990
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Gilligan

    SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMEN

    Total calculated
    $179,295
    From this org
    $139,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,000
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,085
    Bonus
    $10,210
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,366
    Filer's total
    $179,295

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHICAGO OPEN INC

    C · GOLF TOURNAMENT OPERATIONS · IL · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501789349301430

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