Tennessee · Public charity
Tennessee Golf Foundation
To promote golf and its life-enhancing values with an emphasis on teaching the youth, veterans and the disadvantaged.
- $271k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $207k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Tennessee Golf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $492k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $207k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $560k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $104k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $125k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Warner Parks Inc | $353,758 | 1 | 8% |
| The Snedeker Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Knoxville Area Junior Golf Association | $192,805 | 8 | 24% |
| University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tn Section Pga of America | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nashville Sports Council Inc | $28,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Knox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce | $25,646 | 2 | n/a |
| Nashville Christian Schools Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milligan University | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Warner Parks Inc | $353,758 | 1 | 8% |
| The Snedeker Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Knoxville Area Junior Golf Association | $192,805 | 8 | 24% |
| University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tn Section Pga of America | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nashville Sports Council Inc | $28,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Knox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce | $25,646 | 2 | n/a |
| Nashville Christian Schools Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milligan University | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Golf Association | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Buy Sod USA | $10,910 | 1 | n/a |
| The Honors Course | $8,561 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Murfreesboro | $8,524 | 1 | n/a |
| Williams Creek Youth Foundation | $6,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Tshawstrong | $5,043 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tennessee Golf Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Tennessee Golf Foundation
- How much does Tennessee Golf Foundation give?
- Tennessee Golf Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $207,247, out of $271,282 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Tennessee Golf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (71%), Education (24%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Tennessee Golf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Friends of the Warner Parks Inc ($354k), The Snedeker Foundation ($200k), Knoxville Area Junior Golf Association ($193k).
- Does Tennessee Golf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tennessee Golf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Tennessee Golf Foundation based?
- Tennessee Golf Foundation is based in TN.
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