How much does United States Golf Association give?

United States Golf Association reported 91 itemized grants totaling $7,927,742, out of $8,818,845 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 125 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does United States Golf Association fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (93%), Education (2%), Environment (2%).

Who are United States Golf Association's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Golf Foundation Inc ($5.9M), The Lpga Foundation ($3.9M), Masters Tournament Foundation Inc ($3.5M).

Does United States Golf Association fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United States Golf Association?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncga Foundation, Pga Tour Inc, The Professional Golfers Assoc of America.

Where is United States Golf Association based?

United States Golf Association is based in NJ.

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New Jersey · Public charity

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 thriving, welcoming and sustainable game.

$8.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 91
Itemized grants FY2024: 89
Organizations funded FY2023: 10%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $7.9M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $60,180
Largest grant, FY2024: $760,660
Organizations funded a year: 89 to 125; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 49
Total assets, FY2024: $806M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations United States Golf Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $781k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	88	$7.9M	9%
FY2023	89	$7.9M	10%
FY2022	90	$8.9M	8%
FY2021	91	$9.5M	7%
FY2020	92	$4.6M	2%
FY2019	99	$6.5M	12%
FY2017	125	$4.5M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$47MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$1.2MFood & Nutrition$451kCommunity Improvement$367kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kYouth Development$6k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
World Golf Foundation Inc	$5,853,143	7	13%
The Lpga Foundation	$3,870,000	7	13%
Masters Tournament Foundation Inc	$3,545,469	7	3%
Rutgers the State University	$1,557,320	7	n/a
The Scga Foundation	$1,269,075	2	39%
Texas A&M Research Foundation	$1,034,136	6	0%
Florida State Golf Association Inc	$1,025,582	7	4%
Oklahoma State University	$920,028	7	n/a
Northern California Golf Association - T	$894,862	7	2%
The Texas Golf Association	$873,317	7	3%

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All grantees of United States Golf Association by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
World Golf Foundation Inc	$5,853,143	7	13%
The Lpga Foundation	$3,870,000	7	13%
Masters Tournament Foundation Inc	$3,545,469	7	3%
Rutgers the State University	$1,557,320	7	n/a
The Scga Foundation	$1,269,075	2	39%
Texas A&M Research Foundation	$1,034,136	6	0%
Florida State Golf Association Inc	$1,025,582	7	4%
Oklahoma State University	$920,028	7	n/a
Northern California Golf Association - T	$894,862	7	2%
The Texas Golf Association	$873,317	7	3%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$829,323	7	n/a
Carolinas Golf Association	$781,143	7	3%
University of Minnesota	$757,104	6	n/a
Massachusetts Golf Association Inc	$708,429	7	2%
Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation	$678,755	6	10%
Golf Association of Philadelphia	$663,672	7	3%
Colorado Golf Association	$604,576	7	3%
Arizona Golf Association	$601,013	7	3%
Southern California Golf Association	$591,280	6	2%
National Turfgrass Federation Inc	$565,750	7	100%
University of Florida	$546,660	7	n/a
Georgia State Golf Association	$481,409	7	3%
Minnesota Golf Association Inc	$462,490	7	3%
Central Links Golf	$454,962	7	6%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$454,668	6	n/a
American Junior Golf Association Inc	$450,000	7	1%
New Mexico State University	$437,063	5	n/a
California Turfgrass and Landscape Foundation	$426,095	7	59%
Virginia State Golf Association	$425,749	7	2%
Trustees of Purdue University	$423,934	7	n/a
Golf Association of Michigan	$413,578	7	4%
Metropolitan Golf Foundation	$400,000	1	38%
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)	$399,213	6	n/a
Washington State Golf Association	$388,765	7	3%
Oregon State University	$387,672	7	n/a
Mississippi Golf Association Inc	$386,876	7	15%
Oregon Golf Association	$385,849	7	4%
Gcsaa Foundation	$349,000	1	17%
Nc State University	$347,242	7	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	$336,675	5	n/a
Utah Golf Association	$326,380	7	4%
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc	$325,000	1	1%
Tennessee Golf Association	$318,855	7	4%
Louisiana Golf Association	$315,433	7	6%
Hawaii State Golf Association	$303,486	7	10%
Connecticut State Golf Association Inc	$300,292	7	4%
New Jersey State Golf Association	$295,301	7	3%
Kansas State University	$291,719	6	n/a
Alabama Golf Association Inc	$287,706	7	4%
Northern Ohio Golf Association	$285,517	7	5%
Nebraska Golf Association	$273,274	7	3%
New York State Golf Association Inc	$272,014	7	4%
Indiana Golf Association Inc	$268,471	7	6%
Iowa Golf Association	$267,801	7	6%
Texas A&M Agrilife Research	$267,383	4	n/a
Wisconsin State Golf Association Inc	$263,077	7	2%
University of Arkansas Fayetteville	$262,587	6	n/a
Maryland State Golf Association	$250,543	7	4%
Kentucky Golf Association Inc	$248,740	7	5%
Idaho Golf Association Inc	$237,295	7	4%
West Virginia Golf Association Limited	$235,892	7	3%
South Dakota Golf Association	$234,901	7	9%
University of Oklahoma	$219,495	5	n/a
Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Inc	$216,776	6	5%
Greater Cincinnati Golf Association	$216,121	7	4%
Arkansas State Golf Association	$204,503	7	4%
Chicago District Golf Association	$202,812	6	1%
Montana State Golf Association	$201,180	7	8%
Western Pennsylvania Golf Association	$200,699	7	5%
Miami Valley Golf Association	$199,964	7	26%
Sun Country Amateur Golf Association	$198,526	4	n/a
New Hampshire Golf Foundation Inc	$197,148	6	n/a
Puerto Rico Golf Association	$192,161	7	n/a
Michigan State University	$182,704	4	n/a
Sandhills Community College	$179,225	2	n/a
The University of Tennessee	$177,413	5	n/a
Rhode Island Golf Association	$173,035	7	3%
Southern Nevada Golf Association	$166,937	4	n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$164,090	3	n/a
Oga Inc Dba Oklahoma Golf Association Inc	$154,532	7	3%
Maine State Golf Association Inc	$153,511	5	10%
EcoAdapt	$150,000	2	7%
Ohio Golf Association	$145,942	7	4%
University of Delaware	$142,277	3	0%
Northern Nevada Golf Association	$141,319	7	6%
University of Massachusetts	$140,745	4	n/a
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America	$127,000	1	1%
National Alliance For Accessible Golf	$125,000	1	76%
North Dakota Golf Association	$120,852	7	7%
Vermont Golf Association	$120,504	7	5%
Regents Univ of California	$120,000	2	n/a
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc	$117,667	4	0%
Auburn University	$115,805	3	n/a
Horry-Georgetown Technical College	$115,375	1	n/a
Wyoming State Golf Association	$109,934	6	5%
Rochester District Golf Association	$103,392	7	3%
Aga Inc	$102,003	7	11%
Metropolitan Golf Association Inc	$90,000	2	1%
Maine State Golf Association Inc	$87,819	2	3%
Loyola University of Chicago	$86,042	3	0%
Washington State University	$83,202	2	n/a
State of Arizona	$78,968	3	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$75,465	1	n/a
Southern Nevada Golf Association	$72,000	3	4%
Sun Country Amateur Golf Association Inc	$72,000	3	5%
Special Olympics Inc	$70,000	2	0%
Utah State University	$65,857	3	n/a
Delaware State Golf Association	$60,000	4	4%
University of Georgia	$60,000	5	n/a
New Hampshire Golf Association Inc	$58,000	1	4%
Texas Tech University System	$55,692	2	n/a
Evans Scholars Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
University of Tennessee	$46,287	1	n/a
Colorado State University	$43,500	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	$40,056	1	n/a
University of Connecticut	$40,000	1	n/a
National Turfgrass Evaluation Program Inc	$40,000	1	6%
Missouri Golf Association	$40,000	1	4%
Mga Golf Foundation	$38,000	2	n/a
University of California Davis	$35,000	2	n/a
New Mexico State University	$33,161	2	n/a
State of Connecticut	$30,000	1	n/a
Clemson University	$26,000	2	n/a
Sandhills Youth Development Inc	$25,000	1	5%
Arizona Alliance for Golf	$25,000	1	12%
Colorado Womens Golf Association	$24,000	1	3%
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association Inc	$24,000	1	n/a
Women's Southern California Golf Association	$24,000	1	2%
Kansas Golf Association	$24,000	1	4%
Hawaii State Junior Golf Association In	$24,000	1	3%
Arizona Women's Golf Association	$24,000	1	2%
North Dakota State University	$21,328	3	n/a
Women's Golf Association of Massachusetts Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Oklahoma State University Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Toledo District Golf Association	$18,000	3	3%
Pacific Womens Golf Association	$18,000	1	8%
American Society of Agronomy	$17,400	1	0%
Colorado State University Foundation	$16,500	1	0%
Pikes Peak Golf Links	$15,000	1	n/a
Florida Golf Course Superintendents	$15,000	1	n/a
Environmental and Turf Services Inc	$12,600	1	n/a
USA Golf Federation Inc	$12,500	1	17%
Oregon Junior Golf Fund Inc	$12,000	1	3%
Dayton District Womens Golf Association	$12,000	1	n/a
International Association of Golf Administrators Inc	$12,000	1	4%
Pennsylvania Golf Association	$10,000	1	2%
Iowa State University	$10,000	1	n/a
Cardinal Newman High School Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Audubon Society of New York State Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Clearview Legacy Foundation for Education Preservation & Research	$10,000	1	1%
The Ohio State University	$10,000	1	n/a
National Golf Course Owners Association	$10,000	1	0%
Guam National Golf Federation	$8,786	1	n/a
Long Island Golf Association Inc	$8,000	1	n/a
Westchester Golf Association Inc	$8,000	1	17%
Nebraska Women's Amateur Golf Association	$8,000	1	7%
Women's Golf Association of Northern California	$8,000	1	2%
Women in Golf Foundation Inc	$7,500	1	3%
Alabama Junior Golf Association	$6,000	1	n/a
Washington Metropolitan Golf Association Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Buffalo District Golf Association Scholarship Fund Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
South Carolina Golf Association	$6,000	1	1%
North Central Pennsylvania Golf Association	$6,000	1	6%
Junior Golf Association of Arizona Inc	$6,000	1	1%
Houston Golf Association Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Anthracite Golf Association	$6,000	1	3%
Button Hole	$6,000	1	1%
Indiana Womens Golf Association Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Middle Atlantic Golf Association Inc	$6,000	1	n/a

United States Golf Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 108.

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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.

Ncga FoundationCA57.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ncga Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · The Professional Golfers Assoc of America · Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation · American Junior Golf Foundation Inc · The Lpga Foundation · Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Amateur Golf Alliance · Golf Course Superintendents Association of America · Pga Foundation Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc

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.

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About United States Golf Association

How much does United States Golf Association give?: United States Golf Association reported 91 itemized grants totaling $7,927,742, out of $8,818,845 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 125 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United States Golf Association fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (93%), Education (2%), Environment (2%).
Who are United States Golf Association's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Golf Foundation Inc ($5.9M), The Lpga Foundation ($3.9M), Masters Tournament Foundation Inc ($3.5M).
Does United States Golf Association fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United States Golf Association?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncga Foundation, Pga Tour Inc, The Professional Golfers Assoc of America.
Where is United States Golf Association based?: United States Golf Association is based in NJ.