Updated October 2026
Could your club or association license its records to AI?
Mode's company data program takes nonprofits as well as businesses, with most needing 20+ full-time US office employees.1
Clubs and associations share this page because both run on members, and both write constantly. A country club's office answers dues, tee time and dining questions, supports a board and half a dozen committees, keeps minutes, bylaws and the membership waitlist, and the general manager reports to the board every month. A trade or professional association drafts policy comments and position papers, writes newsletters and conference programs, builds certification courses and answers member questions by email all year.
Those are exactly the jobs O*NET rates as email-heavy: fundraisers and entertainment and recreation managers score 100 out of 100, executive assistants 99 and meeting planners 97. No buyer we track names clubs or associations as a target, but Polyshares has a Nonprofit category on its intake and Mode takes nonprofits. On Troveo's estimator a country club would most likely pick hospitality, tier 4 of 4, and an association would pick Something else, tier 3, by our reading.
In our reading, the best fit is an association with a real staff or a club with a full office team. Member records are the part to handle with care, so lead with governance, policy and program files, and take the quiz to see which buyers take an organization like yours.
Worth
What a club's data may be worth
Set for a typical club, 25 staff and 12 years of records. Move the sliders to match yours. Our estimate, not an offer.
Buyers
Which buyers want this data
Buyers whose own published rules fit country clubs, private clubs and member associations. We can introduce you to the ones we work with.
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Asks for knowledge bases, templates and internal communications, which an association builds for its members and committees.11
- $100K to $2M+, micro1 says8
Watch out for: Says it removes personal details only "when relevant", so ask exactly how.12
Polyshares
Has a Nonprofit category on its intake and states no headcount minimum, judging the record rather than the staff count.13,14
- $100K to $2M+, Polyshares says9
- None, Polyshares says15
- An offer in 1 to 2 weeks, then paid in 30 to 60 days16
Watch out for: Exclusive by default, and every deal it lists is exclusive with no end date.17,18
Mode
Takes nonprofits as well as businesses, most with 20+ full-time US office staff, and buys email, documents, chat and CRM records.1,19
Watch out for: The program launched in October 2026 and has no deal record yet.23
Grepped
States no size minimum and lets you leave out any system or record type, so the member directory can stay home.24,25
Watch out for: Its own site code calls its estimator "deliberately optimistic", so treat any estimate as an indication.26,27
Who wants this
Do buyers want country clubs, private clubs and member associations?
No buyer publishes prices by industry, but their own intake forms show which industries they rate higher.
- Troveo puts something else (clubs and associations are not listed) in its third of four demand tiers: "Standard buyer demand for your industry."28
- Polyshares takes nonprofit (our closest match), without marking it premium.29
Which buyers take a club your size
Shown for 25 staff, a typical club. Ask whether contractors and part-time staff count.
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Polyshares
No headcount rule; the length and texture of the record matter more14
Mode
20+ full-time US office staff (accounting firms 10+, law firms 6+)1
Pewter
20+ staff and 3+ years; by industry, from 10+ (healthcare) to 50+ (manufacturing, finance)32,33,34
Grepped
No headcount minimum stated24
Ventra
30+ US employees and 3+ years of records35
Mercor
None stated36
Troveo
No minimum stated; its estimator starts at 2037
Nyne
20+ US W-2 employees and 3+ years38
Endless
Roughly 30+ employees39
Supersoniq
50+ employees and 5+ years40
What buyers value
What in a club's records buyers value
What buyers look for in your records, and what to talk through with your buyer before anything leaves your systems.
| Data | Where it lives | Why a buyer values it | Raise with the buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board and committee minutes and packets | Board portal, SharePoint or Drive | Decisions recorded with the discussion behind them, year after year, in a consistent format. | Closed-session items, personnel matters and member discipline. |
| Member service inbox | Outlook or Gmail, the association management system | Renewal, dues, continuing education and booking questions answered by staff, with the outcome of each. | Member names, contact details and account balances. |
| Policy comments, position papers and advocacy letters | Word, Google Drive | Long-form reasoning on an industry's problems, drafted, argued over by committee and revised. | Nothing specific |
| Conference programs and speaker files | Event platform, Drive, email | Calls for proposals, session scoring, schedules and the speaker correspondence that built each program. | Rights to session recordings and speakers' slide decks. |
| Certification courses and education content | Learning management system, Drive | Structured teaching material written by practitioners, often updated every year. | Live exam questions you keep secure. |
| Club operations reports and department procedures | Club management software, Drive | The GM's monthly report, golf and dining procedures, and event planning files for member functions. | Nothing specific |
A week of records
A week of data at a club
- Monday: the club GM's monthly report and financial notes go out in the board packet.
- Tuesday: member services works through renewal and dues questions in the shared inbox.
- Wednesday: a comment letter on a proposed rule circulates to the policy committee for edits.
- Thursday: the education team scores session proposals for the annual conference.
- Friday: the member newsletter is drafted, reviewed and scheduled.
Process
How it works with each buyer
In each buyer's own words. Where a buyer publishes nothing, we say so.
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- Internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, task histories11
- 30 to 200 employees31
- $100K-$2M+ per data package; over $1M for unique data8
- PII removed "when relevant"12
- The company keeps ownership of its data and reviews samples before release41
- Not published
Selling or closing
Selling or closing your club? License its data first
Clubs are bought by management companies and associations merge with larger ones, and in our reading the records go with whoever continues the organization. If a merger, a sale or a dissolution is coming, raise the records early with the buyer you're working with, before the change, and note that Pewter takes companies that are winding down or closed.2
FAQ
Clubs and member associations: questions, answered
Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.
Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.
Before you sign
Questions to talk through with your buyer
Every business is different, so these are best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over them with you before anything is signed.
Questions for this kind of business
- Does the board need to approve a license, and should it be minuted?
- Which records were written by staff, and which by volunteer committee members or outside speakers?
- How are member names, dues balances and discipline records removed?
- How do CCPA, GDPR, UK GDPR and state privacy laws apply, and is de-identified data still personal information?
- Do customer, vendor or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?
- How is the payment taxed?
Questions for any buyer
- Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
- Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
- Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
- How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
- What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
- Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
- Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?