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The Generous Game Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$173k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$98k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$91kPublic Benefit$71kHealth$68kRecreation & Sports$27kHuman Services$22kYouth Development$18kAnimals$16kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $98k
$2,400
Median grant
11
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PGA TOUR FIRST TEEFOUNDATION INC$98,000
THE PATRIOT FUND$20,000
NCGA FOUNDATION DBA YOUTH ONCOURSE$20,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$10,000
JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF AZ$5,000
DEC MY ROOM$4,800
SCOTTSDALE CHARROS$3,600
FIRST TEE GREATER PHILADELPHIA (BIG STAKE AUCTION)$2,400
PINE CREST SCHOOL FOUNDATION (BIG STAKE AUCTION)$2,250
PECONIC HOCKEY FOUNDATION INC$1,500
OXALOSIS & HYPEROXALUNIA FOUNDATION$1,500
BANNER HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND (BIG STAKE AUCTION)$880
JOHN TATHAM CHARITY FUND$750
MANNA FOOD CENTER (BIG STAKE AUCTION)$600
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOMEWARD BOUND INC: $782 → 11%SAMARITANS INNS: $703 → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 6%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $1k → 14%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

ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
AZ
AR
SC
DC
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$273k · 13 repeat orgs$244k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
35

Total granted

$273k
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
0%

Still filing today

85%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic 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

  • PF
    PATRIOT FUND INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $90k · revenue +51%
  • DM
    Dec My Room Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $24k · revenue +35%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $14k · revenue +990%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RELEASE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue +41%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue +78%
  • HH
    HAVEN HOMES
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
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
2
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
3
Children's Golf Foundation Inc

To positvely impact the lives of young people, including those with special needs and veterans by providing educational programs that build character, instill life enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

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4
Usaga United States Adaptive Golf Alliance

Serving individuals with disabilities through their inclusion in the game of golf, including but not limited to access, instruction and competition at all levels.

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5
Usa Golf Federation Inc

To foster national or international amateur golf competition.

Recreation & Sports
6
Golf Fights Cancer Inc

Golf fights cancer (gfc) taps into the passion and generosity of all golfers to raise much needed funds for cancer related organizations and families living with the disease. specifically, gfc makes targeted donations for equipment,…

Philanthropy
7
Junior Golf Foundation of Greater St Louis

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

Recreation & Sports
8
College World Golf Championships Foundation Inc

Our mission is to preserve the integrity of college golf, recognizing that our student-athletes not only excel in the sport but also become significant contributors to society. by hosting exceptional ncaa di golf championships, we honor…

Recreation & Sports
9
The Texas Golf Association

To promote the playing and advancement of the royal and ancient game of golf in texas.

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10
Golf Fore Life Skills the First Tee of Orange County

Golf fore life skills operates as the first tee of orange county and provides youth with character building and life skills lessons using golf as a platform

Human Services
11
Golf Gives Inc

The charity's mission is to provide scholarships and hardship grants to needy individuals and families within the golf community.

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12
The Aloha Section of the Pga Inc

See schedule oto 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 aloha section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arizona Golf and Life Skills Inc Dba First Tee - Phoenix; the most unlike its peers is Patriot 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

37 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. 37 of the 60 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
16/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $62,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $25,069 · OtherGOLF FORE AFRICA INCNCGA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherNCGA FOUNDATIONWATERSPRINGS RANCH INC: $15,900 · OtherWATERSPRINGS RANCH INCSOUTHERN PET SANCTUARY CORPORATION: $12,768 · OtherSOUTHERN PET SANCTUARY CORPORATIONHAVEN HOMES: $9,543 · Other+29 more: $61,738 · Other+29 morePGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $98,000 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDA…THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $14,307 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER …+2 more: $1,766 · Recreation & SportsPATRIOT FUND INC: $89,521 · PhilanthropyPATRIOT FUND INCSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $4,200 · Philanthropy+2 more: $3,738 · PhilanthropyTHE RELEASE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $14,231 · HealthTHE RELEAS…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $13,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'…ADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,963 · HealthADVOCATE C…WINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $3,623 · HealthWINTERS CE…THE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $3,479 · HealthTHE PETER …NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,062 · HealthNATIONAL M…HELPHOPELIVE INC: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $3,258 · Health+3 moreDec My Room Inc: $23,832 · Youth DevelopmentTRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $6,908 · EducationTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $6,477 · EducationPACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $6,022 · EducationCHARLESTON DAY SCHOOLINC: $1,223 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $918 · EducationTHE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC: $4,940 · International
Other$207,018Recreation & Sports$114,073Philanthropy$97,459Health$47,616Youth Development$23,832Education$21,548International$4,940

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPATRIOT FUND INC: $89,521 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $25,069 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDec My Room Inc: $23,832 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERSPRINGS RANCH INC: $15,900 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $14,307 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RELEASE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $14,231 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $6,908 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $6,477 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $6,022 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,963 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC: $4,940 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $4,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $3,623 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCOTTSDALE CHARROS INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $3,479 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,062 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $2,918 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC HOCKEY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $2,038 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,958 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $1,404 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLESTON DAY SCHOOLINC: $1,223 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $1,158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $918 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SERGIO AND ANGELA GARCIA FOUNDATION: $903 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA GOLF AND LIFE SKILLS INC DBA FIRST TEE - PHOENIX: $863 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND INC: $782 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle Finger to Cancer Inc: $758 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAMARITAN INNS INC: $703 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Equitable Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Greater Houston Commu…National Philanthropi…The US Charitable Gif…American Endowment Fo…Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 The Generous Game Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Generous Game Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Generous Game Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Generous Game Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 60 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-PF 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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