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Ken Duke and Friends Inc

Support well-deserving local and national organizations, through an annual celebrity pro-am golf tournament.

$276k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$400kYouth Development$321kHealth$306kPhilanthropy$111kRecreation & Sports$108kHuman Services$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $210,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $276,221 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $66,221 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.
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$156k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES$42,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$30,000
FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION$30,000
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$30,000
PROJECT LIFT$30,000
ADVENTURES IN MOVEMENT$18,000
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 (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 35% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FIRST TEE - GREATER SAN ANTONIO: $18k → 16%HEART OF A LION: $40k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION: $110k → 14%HSU GOLF TEAMS: $10k → 20%PROJECT LIFT: $50k → 10%NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOU: $100k → 11%ATHLETES & CAUSES FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%PROJECT LIFT: $30k → 13%ADVENTURES IN MOVEMENT: $18k → 14%HEART OF A LION: $21k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%OPERATION 300: $10k → 10%ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $80k → 11%HEART OF A LION: $20k → 16%FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST: $56k → 10%THE MICHELLE MCGANN FUND: $30k → 11%FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST: $50k → 10%SOUTH FL PGA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST: $50k → 10%BOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES: $42k → 11%FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST: $45k → 10%FIRST TEE TREASURE COAST: $30k → 10%VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $30k → 10%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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$810k · 7 repeat orgs$480k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$810k
$390k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $170k · revenue +48%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $140k · revenue +25%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $90k · revenue +221%

Funded once

  • NC
    Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +32%
  • EF
    ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $80k · revenue +3%
  • PO
    PLACE OF HOPE
    one grant, 2019 · $46k
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
Usa Golf Federation Inc

To foster national or international amateur golf competition.

Recreation & Sports
2
The Ben Hogan Foundation

The ben hogan foundation is dedicated to honor, celebrate, and preserve the legacy and character of ben hogan through support of organizations that promote the game of golf and charities that reflect mr. hogan's core values.

Philanthropy
3
American Golf Foundation

American Golf Foundation is dedicated to the enhancement and enrichment of communities by promoting the enjoyment of the game of golf and its ideals through charity, education and community service.

Employment
4
Professional Golfers Association of South Florida Section

To promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to the growth of the golf professional and the golf industry. the south florida section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf…

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5
Caddies for Kids

Our mission is to transform junior golf by providing a platform for junior players to gain access to exceptional high school caddies that provide youth mentorship for the future of the game.

Recreation & Sports
6
Children's Healthcare Charity Inc

Provide charitable support for activities that enhance children's health, growth, and well-being through medical, educational, and social programs.

Philanthropy
7
Victory Junior Tour Corporation

To provide an amateur junior golf association where the best junior golfers in the country could compete on some of the best courses and to bring awareness and support other organizations in the fight against pediatric diseases.

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8
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
9
Revelation Golf Inc

Improve the quality of life for children and adults.

—
10
Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc

To use the game of golf and the classrooms in our clubhouse to attract kids to a learning environment and learn a game that will help develop character as they grow up.

Recreation & Sports
11
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
12
Wpga Junior Foundation Inc

To provide positive opportunities, enjoyment, and education to juniors in the game of golf. the mission will be accomplished through tournaments, clinics, camps, academies, scholarships, and grants.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Golf Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Michelle McGann Fund Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $231,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S GOLF FOUNDATION INCPLACE OF HOPE: $46,000 · OtherPLACE OF HOPEFIRST TEE OF THE TREASURE COAST: $45,000 · OtherFIRST TEE OF THE TREASURE COASTJAKE OWEN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherJAKE OWEN FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $18,000 · OtherAIM INC DBA AIM FOR THE HANDICAPPED: $18,000 · Other+3 more: $21,145 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $170,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION …SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDAT…ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthELS FOR AUTIS…BOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC: $42,000 · HealthBOCA RATON CH…VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC INC: $30,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN…Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyNicklaus Chi…The Michelle McGann Fund Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropyThe Michelle…SOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH FLORID…PROJECT LIFT INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPERATION 300 INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentHEART OF A LION: $81,330 · Public BenefitANGELS AND CAUSES INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$409,145Education$400,000Health$152,000Philanthropy$140,000Youth Development$90,000Public Benefit$81,330Recreation & Sports$38,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $231,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEART OF A LION: $81,330 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC: $80,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC: $42,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Michelle McGann Fund Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetANGELS AND CAUSES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTIN COUNTY NORTH LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION 300 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Community Foundation …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Ken Duke and Friends Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ken Duke and Friends Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Children's Golf Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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