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The Professional Golfers Assoc of America

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$8.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$7.6M
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$25MPhilanthropy$7.3MCommunity Improvement$573kEducation$98kHealth$64kYouth Development$13kHousing & Shelter$7k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+2 grants · $7.9M
$35,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$535M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PGA FOUNDATION INC$7,556,761
WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION$350,000
ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN$50,000
GOLF COURSE SUPERINDENDENTS$50,000
BLACK GIRLS GOLF FOUNDATION FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION INC$40,000
UNITED STATES DISABLED GOLF ASSOCIATIONS INC$35,000
ROSS INITIATIVE SPORTS FOR EQUALITY INC$25,000
MARCH OF DIMES INC$25,000
ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR GOLF$10,000
NATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$7,500
WOMEN IN GOLF FOUNDATION INC$6,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBLE GOLF$6,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR GOLF: $10k → 11%SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $40k → 11%MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN: $50k → 17%COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 5%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $7.6M → 8%THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION: $150k → 6%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBLE GOLF: $6k → 11%FAIRWAYS TO LEADERSHIP INC: $100k → 13%MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $13k → 8%WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND: $7k → 15%NATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $8k → 21%GOLF COURSE SUPERINDENDENTS: $50k → 15%FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $7.3M → 10%UNITED STATES DISABLED GOLF ASSOCIATIONS INC: $35k → 20%BLACK GIRLS GOLF FOUNDATION FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION INC: $40k → 9%CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION: $13k → 13%KPMG US FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 7%MARCH OF DIMES INC: $25k → 7%ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR GOLF: $10k → 11%MARCH OF DIMES: $23k → 17%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $3.7M → 8%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $2.2M → 11%FAIRWAYS TO LEADERSHIP INC: $100k → 13%GOLF COURSE SUPERINDENDENTS: $50k → 15%CLEAVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%MARCH OF DIMES: $6k → 17%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $3.0M → 8%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $1.6M → 11%THE ENVIRONMENTAL INST FOR GOLF: $33k → 15%ROSS INITIATIVE SPORTS FOR EQUALITY INC: $25k → 17%NORTHERN TEXAS PGA JUNIOR GOLF FOUN: $2.5M → 8%PGA FOUNDATION INC: $2.0M → 8%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

MN
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
KS
NC
OK
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 7 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$22M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+9%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 & SportsEducationHealthPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementOther
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
    PGA FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $20M · revenue +162% · 47% of their budget
  • FT
    Fairways to Leadership Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +55% · 51% of their budget
  • CL
    CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH
    2× · 2017–2021 · $23k · revenue +380%

Funded once

  • NT
    NORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue -34%
  • KU
    KPMG US FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +9%
  • SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +39%
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
Pga Tour Inc

The principal mission of pga tour, inc. is to promote the sport of professional golf through sanctioning and administering golf tournaments and promoting the common interests of touring golf professionals. this is accomplished by providing…

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2
Usga Foundation

The foundation is dedicated to fulfilling the usga's mission to champion and advance the game of golf, everywhere it is played. its purpose is soley charitable, scientific, and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the…

Recreation & Sports
3
Executive Women's Golf Association Inc

To provide opportunities for women to learn, play and enjoy the game of golf through chapter activities, educational programs, golf and networking events, and leadership development.

Community Improvement
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
The Texas Golf Association

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

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8
Southern Texas Professional Golfers Association Foundation

To introduce and provide youth in south texas broad opportunities to experience the game of golf, develop their talent as players and themselves as individuals and promote scholarship benefits to as many qualified candidates as possible.…

Recreation & Sports
9
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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10
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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11
Southern Nevada Golf Association

To support and promote the game of golf in southern nevada, our mission is to grow participation, provide excellent service, and demonstrate passion in the game of golf while upholding the integrity and traditions of the game.

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12
Golf Association of Philadelphia Foundation
Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pga Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is United States Disabled Golf Association. 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

25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
12/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PGA FOUNDATION INC: $19,964,502 · OtherPGA FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $175,153 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $7,322,244 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLI…+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION: $2,512,500 · Recreation & SportsNORTHERN TEXAS P…WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $2,100,000 · Recreation & SportsWORLD GOLF FOUND…Fairways to Leadership Inc: $200,000 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $126,000 · Recreation & SportsKPMG US FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $40,000 · EducationGCSAA FOUNDATION: $33,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationCLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $22,500 · EducationNATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $7,500 · EducationMARCH OF DIMES INC: $53,500 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$20,139,655Philanthropy$7,342,244Recreation & Sports$4,938,500Public Safety & Disaster$500,000Education$128,000Health$63,500Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetPGA FOUNDATION INC: $19,964,502 over 7y, 47% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $7,322,244 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION: $2,512,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $2,100,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetKPMG US FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFairways to Leadership Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetGOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $53,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK GIRLS GOLF FOUNDATION FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetGCSAA FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $22,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR GOLF: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND: $6,653 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Alliance For Accessible Golf: $6,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

United States Golf As…Pga Tour IncPga Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
United States Golf AssociationNJ19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Golf Association · Pga Tour Inc · Pga Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 The Professional Golfers Assoc of America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Professional Golfers Assoc of America. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    1report 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 25 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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