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Pga Foundation Inc

As the charitable foundation of the pga of america, the foundation's mission is focused to positively impact the lives of youth, military, and diverse populations by enabling access to pga of america golf professionals, pga sections, and the game of golf.

$8.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
31
States reached
$1.2M
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 2025.

Recreation & Sports$14MPhilanthropy$876kHealth$408kPublic Benefit$331kYouth Development$327kCivil Rights$79kArts & Culture$47kPublic Safety & Disaster$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 55 grants below total $7,766,652, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,022,093 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $255,441 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $393k
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.6M
$107,235
Median grant
31
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$1,182,711
PGA REACH CAROLINAS$410,329
SOUTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION$338,676
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION$318,153
MAPGA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC$276,985
FIRST TEE - LOUISVILLE$275,000
COLORADO PGA FOUNDATION$274,095
SCPGA FOUNDATION INC$259,693
GREATER METRO PARKS FOUNDATION$250,000
GEORGIA PGA FOUNDATION$246,622
NORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION$210,420
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MICHIGAN SECTION JR GOLF FUND I$206,944
NORTH FLORIDA PGA FOUNDATION INC$192,689
SOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION$176,593
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION FOUNDATION$159,074
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $609k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $128k → 11%HOGANS JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION: $19k → 12%NEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $131k → 13%SOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $177k → 11%NEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $82k → 13%TRI STATE PGA FOUNDATION: $22k → 11%THE LUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 15%THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 49 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
19

Total granted

$11M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+29%

Still filing today

92%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • PR
    PGA REACH CAROLINAS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2025 · $938k · revenue +315%
  • TM
    THE MAPGA FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $552k · revenue +77%
  • SS
    SOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $305k · revenue +49% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • EL
    EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $426k · revenue +57%
  • CF
    CITYSWING FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $350k · revenue +149%
  • THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +115%
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
Professional Golfers Association Mn 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 minnesota section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf professionals…

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2
Professional Golfers Association of Carolinas Pga Section

Promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf within the carolinas and to contribute to its growth by providing services to golf professionals and the golf industry within the carolinas.

Recreation & Sports
3
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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4
Georgia Section Pga of America Inc

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

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5
Southwest Section of the Pga

See schedule o.to grow the game of golf in the southwestern united states. its boundaries include the state of arizona and clark county in southern nevada. there are three chapters within the southwest pga - the southern chapter, metro…

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6
Wisconsin Section of the Pga of America Inc

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 wisconsin section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf professionals…

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7
Alabama-Northwest Florida Section Pga of America

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 alabama-northwest florida section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf…

Youth Development
8
Indianapolis Junior Golf Foundation
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9
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
10
Professional Golfers Assoc of America Southern Texas 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 southern texas section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf…

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11
Colorado Section of the Professional Golfers Association

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 colorado section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf professionals…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midwest Section Pga Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Surf Club Foundation 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

72 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. 72 of the 81 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
28/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHERN TEXAS PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $588,756 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHERN TEXAS PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS …THE MAPGA FOUNDATION INC: $551,781 · Recreation & SportsTHE MAPGA FOUNDATION INCThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $411,006 · Recreation & SportsThe New Jersey Golf Foundation IncCITYSWING FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · Recreation & SportsCITYSWING FOUNDATION INCNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION: $347,743 · Recreation & SportsNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATIONYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $300,000 · Recreation & SportsYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The Fir…Northern Ohio PGA Section Foundation: $275,604 · Recreation & SportsNorthern Ohio PGA Section FoundationWESTERN NEW YORK SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $272,420 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN NEW YORK SECTION PGA FOUNDAT…PGA REACH PHILADELPHIA: $244,623 · Recreation & SportsINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $229,452 · Recreation & SportsSUN COUNTRY GOLF FOUNDATION II: $202,385 · Recreation & SportsWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Recreation & Sports+13 more: $1,133,144 · Recreation & Sports+13 moreTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOC OF AMERICA: $1,182,711 · OtherTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS AS…GEORGIA PGA FOUNDATION INC: $465,638 · OtherGEORGIA PGA FOUNDATION INCTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSN OF AMERICA MICHIGAN SECTION FOUNDATION: $331,103 · OtherTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS AS…Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $250,000 · OtherGreater Metro Parks Foundat…COUNTY OF MONROE: $250,000 · OtherCOUNTY OF MONROEMETROPOLITAN SECTION PGA FOUNDATION INC: $182,725 · OtherTHE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE PGA OF AMERICA: $129,712 · OtherGULF STATES PGA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $196,337 · Other+18 more: $819,815 · Other+18 moreNORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION: $647,558 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN CALIFORN…EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $425,604 · PhilanthropyEAT LEARN PLAY FO…CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CHARITY INC: $307,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HEALTH…TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUNITY F…SOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $264,911 · PhilanthropySOUTH FLORIDA PRO…NEW ENGLAND PGA FOUNDATION INC: $240,227 · PhilanthropyNEW ENGLAND PGA F…BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyBERRIEN COMMUNITY…+3 more: $84,399 · PhilanthropySCPGA FOUNDATION INC: $489,856 · EducationSCPGA FOUNDATION…COLORADO PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' FOUNDATION INC: $464,893 · EducationCOLORADO PROFESS…NORTH FLORIDA PGA FOUNDATION INC: $347,654 · EducationNORTH FLORIDA PG…SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $275,605 · EducationSOUTH CENTRAL SE…CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $250,000 · EducationCLEARVIEW LEGACY…SOUTHERN OHIO PGA GOLF FOUNDATION: $215,080 · EducationSOUTHERN OHIO PG…MINNESOTA SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $151,121 · EducationMINNESOTA SECTIO…THE LPGA FOUNDATION: $134,025 · EducationTHE LPGA FOUNDAT…PGA REACH CAROLINAS FOUNDATION: $937,815 · Youth DevelopmentPGA REACH …THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MIDNIG…GATEWAY PGA REACH FOUNDATION: $188,115 · Youth DevelopmentGATEWAY PG…+2 more: $51,767 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $304,988 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $212,777 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTRI STATE PGA FOUNDATION: $22,495 · Human Services+1 more: $18,750 · Human ServicesKENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $207,897 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $24,816 · Arts & Culture
Recreation & Sports$5,106,914Other$3,808,041Philanthropy$2,420,199Education$2,328,234Youth Development$1,427,697Human Services$609,010Arts & Culture$232,713

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 budgetTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOC OF AMERICA: $1,182,711 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPGA REACH CAROLINAS FOUNDATION: $937,815 over 4y, 23% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION: $647,558 over 2y, 45% of budgetSOUTHERN TEXAS PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $588,756 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetTHE MAPGA FOUNDATION INC: $551,781 over 4y, 16% of budgetSCPGA FOUNDATION INC: $489,856 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetGEORGIA PGA FOUNDATION INC: $465,638 over 2y, 18% of budgetCOLORADO PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' FOUNDATION INC: $464,893 over 2y, 11% of budgetEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $425,604 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $411,006 over 2y, 18% of budgetNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION: $347,743 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA PGA FOUNDATION INC: $347,654 over 2y, 63% of budgetTHE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSN OF AMERICA MICHIGAN SECTION FOUNDATION: $331,103 over 2y, 35% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CHARITY INC: $307,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $304,988 over 2y, 32% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $300,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $275,605 over 3y, 37% of budgetNorthern Ohio PGA Section Foundation: $275,604 over 2y, 27% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $272,420 over 3y, 34% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $264,911 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $250,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPGA REACH PHILADELPHIA: $244,623 over 2y, 18% of budgetNEW ENGLAND PGA FOUNDATION INC: $240,227 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $229,452 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSOUTHERN OHIO PGA GOLF FOUNDATION: $215,080 over 2y, 16% of budgetNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $212,777 over 2y, 14% of budgetKENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $207,897 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetSUN COUNTRY GOLF FOUNDATION II: $202,385 over 2y, 28% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGULF STATES PGA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $196,337 over 2y, 33% of budgetGATEWAY PGA REACH FOUNDATION: $188,115 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetMETROPOLITAN SECTION PGA FOUNDATION INC: $182,725 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWPGA JUNIOR FOUNDATION INC: $165,136 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $152,466 over 2y, 30% of budgetMINNESOTA SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $151,121 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LPGA FOUNDATION: $134,025 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT SECTION PGA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $133,900 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE PGA OF AMERICA: $129,712 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNENY PGA SECTION FOUNDATION INC: $112,791 over 2y, 15% of budgetALABAMA-NORTHWEST FLORIDA GOLF FOUNDATION: $110,376 over 2y, 58% of budgetMIDWEST SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $105,187 over 2y, 19% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATES PRO TOUR: $72,216 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetILLINOIS PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $63,038 over 2y, 6.9% 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.

Dick's Sporting Goods…Pga Tour IncAmerican Junior Golf …World Golf Foundation…Ncga FoundationUnited States Golf As…Pga Tour First Tee Fo…Wasserman FoundationThe Professional Golf…Wadsworth Golf Charit…Baird Foundation IncThe Ayco Charitable F…
Dick's Sporting Goods FoundationPA27.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · American Junior Golf Foundation Inc · World Golf Foundation Inc · Ncga Foundation · United States Golf Association · Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc · Wasserman Foundation · The Professional Golfers Assoc of America · Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable 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 Pga Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pga Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Connecticut Section Pga Golf Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get 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 · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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 81 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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