2026-03-18T15:13:09Z 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 650989382 SARASOTA LAWN BOWLING CLUB INC SARA 6309474774 951 Circus Blvd Sarasota FL 34232 Mary Silverstein Board Treasurer 6309474774 2026-03-18 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X https://www.sarasotalawnbowlingclub.com X X 55929 X 21000 8491 24865 517 0 0 774 774 282 55929 6334 56243 810 13540 76927 -20998 42164 80 21246 42164 21246 0 0 42164 21246 0 42164 21246 The Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club, Inc. (SLBC) welcomes lawn bowlers of all skill levels (beginner to expert) who live in Sarasota full time or visit Sarasota from all over the world during our Winter months. We especially welcome new lawn bowlers and provide formal beginner training as well as ongoing technique instruction. We offer informal 'jitneys" (i.e. games) for players of all skill levels, club tournament opportunities, and open tournament opportunities which include teams from the Southern Gulf Coast region of Florida. Modern Lawn Bowling began in the 1830's in England, but it is truly a 21st century sport. Women compete equally with men, seniors compete equally with younger bowlers, bowlers of different skill levels can play together in the same game at the same time, and handicapped players can play at competitive levels. INTRODUCING THE SPORT TO NEW BOWLERS. In 2025 we conducted 7 formal training classes for beginners, introducing the sport to almost 100 new people (average class size 14). We partnered with Suncoast Technical College, offering our classes through their Adult & Community Enrichment program (ACE), and share in the fees received. We conduct these classes with volunteer experienced members and certified coaches, resulting in zero cost to the Club. In 2025 we had 30 students join as full time members. 0 Our largest expense is MAINTAINING OUR GREEN FOR YEAR-ROUND PLAY. We paid an outside greenskeeper for consultation and heavy maintenance items like mowing, rolling, fertilizer, irrigation, etc., but also utilize volunteer members year-round to help with maintenance of the green and the surrounding areas. Last year 10-20 volunteer members donated picnic tables, plants, benches, and umbrellas to create newly defined picnic and garden areas where we can have lunches after bowling, board meetings and social events. We offer informal 'jitneys" (games) during the day M, W, F, Sat. as well as Tu and Th evening bowling. We ended the year with 63 full time members and have approximately 10 bowlers who consistently pay a daily rate when they choose to play. 49435 With Bowls USA grant money received of $770, we purchased 2 new sets of smaller bowls for new female students with smaller hands at a cost of $1,311. Each set includes 4 bowls. This cost included an unexpected customs/tariff charge of $279. All members can bowl with any set of bowls, but 20% of members are assumed to use these smaller bowls. 770 1311 50746 Sally Mills President 40.00 0 0 0 Ilona Vrba Secretary 30.00 0 0 0 Mary Silverstein Treasurer 30.00 0 0 0 Jeri Spann Education Director 15.00 0 0 0 Jim Sparrow Greens and Surrounds Director 35.00 0 0 0 Hans Peterson Vice President 10.00 0 0 0 Laurie Holder Tournaments Director 10.00 0 0 0 John Garton Membership Director 25.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false FL Mary Silverstein Treasurer 1975 Wisteria St Sarasota FL FL 342393829 4048226589 false false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 20194 29729 10842 30452 30983 122200 4308 5785 1265 424 9265 21047 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24502 35514 12107 30876 40248 143247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143247 2 1 700 870 517 2090 0 0 0 0 2 1 700 870 517 2090 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37977 15164 53141 24504 35515 12807 69723 55929 198478 0.72170 0.72260 0.01050 0.01100 X Part I, Line 8 Other revenue is funds received from merchant service revenue, i.e. our members pay Square, our credit card processor, fees to use their credit card to pay for memberships Part I, Line 16 Other expenses include $11,091 for 2024 carryover remaining preopening expenses for the new venue, $674 to purchase inventory of logo shirts, chalk, grippo, and measuring tapes (sales of these items are in line 7a), $1,311 to purchase 2 new sets of bowls for players to use, $132 for food/snacks for a club event, and $332 merchant service expense (corresponding expense for revenue in line 8). Part I, Line 20 There was a true-up in Jan 2025 of an additional $80 to correctly account for a transfer between bank accounts.