GCSAA posts financial information online

LAWRENCE, Kan. - In a move to become more transparent, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s (GCSAA) board of directors has decided to post its pertinent financial documents on as part of the about GCSAA section on its Web site.

The IRS Form 990 for the GCSAA and the Environmental Institute for Golf for the period from June 2001 to July 2002 are available in addition to salary ranges for staff and specific salaries for executive positions.

According to GCSAA communications director Jeff Bollig, the information posted on the Web site has always been available through the association’s service center in paper form, but board members decided that the financial details should be made more easily accessible.

“There has been a lot of talk of financials over the years and the board wanted to put as much as possible on the Web,” he said. “As much as our members like to think that we are not open, we are terribly open.”

In addition to salary information, the association posted IRS forms that reveal the GCSAA lost more than $1 million over the period including investment losses that totaled almost $1 million. The Environmental Institute for Golf posted a loss of $590,931 including investment losses of $581,002.

For more information, visit www.gcsaa.org.
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