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Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation Inc

Golf is an ancient and honorable game.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.0MRecreation & Sports$999kYouth Development$635kHealth$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $1,235,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,421,253 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $186,253 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$1,000,000
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC$150,000
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$40,000
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE$10,000
NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CITY OF HOPE: $5k → 14%NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $13k → 7%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $534k → 6%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $25k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $10k → 19%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $501k → 14%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $10k → 19%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $10k → 19%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10k → 11%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $150k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $150k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $150k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $100k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $73k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $63k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $58k → 11%THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $55k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $50k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $40k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $40k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $40k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 4 repeat orgs$582k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +150% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
4

Total granted

$4.1M
$562k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+150%
+32%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +130%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $798k · revenue +45%
  • MS
    MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $250k · revenue +188%

Funded once

  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $534k · revenue +31%
  • AJ
    American Junior Golf Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +32%
  • TC
    THE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOL FIRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +100%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Golf Association

The united states golf association champions and advances the game of golf. it serves millions of golfers and thousands of golf courses both within the united states and around the world through programs and services that promote a…

Recreation & Sports
2
Carolinas Golf Association

The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…

Recreation & Sports
3
Golf Association of Philadelphia Foundation
Recreation & Sports
4
Virginia State Golf Association

The mission of the virginia state golf association is to promote the game of golf and serve the needs of golf in virginia.

Recreation & Sports
5
Southern California Golf Association

Southern california golf association's mission is to promote the game of golf.

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6
Junior Cup Golf

Provide developmental opportunities for junior golfers to play and learn the game of golf. activities include forming community based junior golf teams to train and compete together as well as hosting instructional clinics.

Recreation & Sports
7
National Collegiate Athletic Association

Provide a world-class athletics and academic experience for student-athletes that fosters lifelong well-being.

Recreation & Sports
8
National Sporting Goods Association

Nsga supports its members' efforts to grow their business and advocates on their behalf by offering the following: 1) resources for recruiting, training, and development; 2) valuable publications & communications; 3) education and…

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9
The Scga Foundation

The mission of the scga junior golf foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. we believe that every kid in southern california, no matter their circumstance, should have the…

Recreation & Sports
10
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association Inc

To foster women's amateur golf & to encourage the participation of junior girls, while promoting integrity, respect for the game, & good fellowship through individual & team competition.

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11
Colorado Golf Association

The mission of the colorado golf association, inc. ("association") is to make golf and all it offers available to everyone.

Recreation & Sports
12
Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association

To impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland State Golf Association; the most unlike its peers is The Chestnut Ridge Vol Fire Company. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $3,001,000 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $534,250 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $797,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER B…MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · Recreation & SportsMARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCI…+2 more: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOL FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCITY OF HOPE: $5,000 · Health
Education$3,535,250Recreation & Sports$1,070,000Youth Development$30,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Health$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $3,001,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $797,500 over 8y, 18% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $534,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOL FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charities Aid Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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