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Trans-Mississippi Turf Scholarship at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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Trans-Mississippi Turf Scholarship

To promote the study of horticulture and agronomy as it pertains to golf course management.

$115k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$207kArts & Culture$14kEducation$12kHuman Services$7k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $37,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $115,086 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $77,586 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUB$15,000
FLINT HILLS NATIONAL GOLF CLUB$7,500
EAST POTOMAC GOLF COURSE$7,500
THE OLYMPIC CLUB$7,500
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 (FY17–17, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%THE HIDEAWAY: $7k → 20%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

AK
MN
IN
CA
CO
MO
KY
KS
TN
DC
TX
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$77k · 5 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
22

Total granted

$77k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+61%

Still filing today

100%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KC
    KANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUB
    2× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +79%
  • DC
    DENVER COUNTRY CLUB
    3× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +57%
  • MC
    MEADOW CLUB
    2× · 2019–2021 · $14k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • TT
    TRANS-MISSISSIPPI TURF SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue -2%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO GOLF CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +39%
  • WC
    WICHITA COUNTRY CLUB ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +72%
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
Bakersfield Country Club

Membership - country club.bakersfield country club is a private family club, providing social and recreational activities for the benefit of its members and their guests. the club is committed to maintain its reputation for excellence and…

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2
The Country Club

None

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3
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club

Club organized for pleasure & recreation

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4
Butte Creek Country Club

To embrace the rules of golf & the u.s. golf association handicap system; to foster interest and provide facilities primarily for the game of golf; to provide high quality facilities, programs, and service to our members.

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5
Peninsula Golf & Country Club

To be the premier golf, racquet, athletic, and social club for families on the peninsula

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6
Fresh Meadow Country Club Inc

To operate year round as a private club offering it members exceptional golf conditions and five star food and beverage services. in addition, pool, tennis and health club facilities are available.

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7
Royal Oaks Country Club

Entity is a social club organized for exempt purposes under irc code section 501(c)(7) serving 736 members. as a social club, the club raises revenues primarily from its members through their use of club facilities and in connection with…

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8
The Country Club of Green Valley Inc

Operation of a private golf & social club in green valley, arizona.

Recreation & Sports
9
The Brooklawn Country Club Incorporated

To promote the use of a golf course, tennis courts, a swimming pool and clubhouse, which offers dining for the use and enjoyment of its members.

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10
North Shore Country Club

A private membership country club providing golf, tennis, swimming, racquet sports, clubhouse and dining facilities for the social and recreational benefits of its members.

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11
The Country Club of Florida

The country club of florida is devoted to preserving its rich tradition through the friendship and camaraderie of its members. offering a premier golf course, clubhouse and lifestyle center, warm and professional staff, the club continues…

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12
Des Moines Golf and Country Club

The organization's primary mission is to promote and improve social interaction between its members and provide recreation primarily in the game of golf.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meadow Club; the most unlike its peers is Trans-Mississippi Turf Scholarship. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUB: $20,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUBDENVER COUNTRY CLUB: $18,500 · OtherDENVER COUNTRY CLUBMEADOW CLUB: $13,500 · OtherMEADOW CLUBTHE LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB: $12,500 · OtherTHE LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUBCHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB: $12,500 · OtherCHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUBEAST POTOMAC GOLF COURSE: $7,500 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO GOLF CLUB: $7,500 · OtherWICHITA COUNTRY CLUB ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · OtherFLINT HILLS NATIONAL GOLF CLUB: $7,500 · OtherMinnesota Valley Country Club Inc: $7,500 · OtherMonterey Peninsula Golf Club: $7,500 · OtherVBC ANERA SPORTS LLC: $7,500 · OtherTrinity Forest Golf Club: $7,500 · OtherMARIDOE GOLF CLUB: $7,500 · OtherTHE OLYMPIC CLUB: $7,500 · OtherWindsong Farm Club: $7,500 · OtherLA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB INC: $7,500 · OtherCLUB AT OLDE STONE: $7,500 · OtherBlessings Golf Club: $7,500 · Other+9 more: $42,000 · Other+9 moreTRANS-MISSISSIPPI TURF SCHOLARSHIP: $8,500 · EducationHIDEAWAY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human Services
Other$224,000Education$8,500Human Services$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUB: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER COUNTRY CLUB: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEADOW CLUB: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRANS-MISSISSIPPI TURF SCHOLARSHIP: $8,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GOLF CLUB: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA COUNTRY CLUB ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Valley Country Club Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OLYMPIC CLUB: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIDEAWAY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBELLERIVE COUNTRY CLUB: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOK HOLLOW GOLF CLUB: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINIKAHDA CLUB: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRAIRIE DUNES COUNTRY CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROYAL OAKS COUNTRY CLUB INC: $3,500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Trans-Mississippi Turf Scholarship funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trans-Mississippi Turf Scholarship. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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