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Youth on Course

YOUTH ON COURSE provides a continuum of services including subsidized course access, internships for high school/college students, college scholarships and an alumni program.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$3.7M
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, FY2018 to 2022.

Recreation & Sports$1.8MPhilanthropy$53kCrime & Legal$17k
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $10,642,653, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,039,056 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $396,403 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $152k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+9 grants · $9.0M
$188,246
Median grant
21
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NCGA FOUNDATION$3,700,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLF ASSOCIATION$1,744,959
MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION$1,135,928
GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$723,300
GOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA$491,054
COLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION$334,521
JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA$303,184
CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATON$292,275
MASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION$269,529
GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION$237,731
GOLF HOUSE KENTUCKY$216,693
CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION$199,667
VIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$188,246
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$179,274
UTAH GOLF FOUNDATION$130,710
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA: $303k → 11%MASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $270k → 11%MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $1.1M → 11%GOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA: $491k → 10%GENEROUS GAME FOUNDATION: $60k → 7%MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $39k → 12%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $1.7M → 14%ROCHESTER DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION: $75k → 14%GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $40k → 8%ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $87k → 16%WISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $109k → 17%OREGON GOLF ASSOCIATION: $40k → 14%CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATON: $292k → 10%UTAH GOLF FOUNDATION: $131k → 8%GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $41k → 8%GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $723k → 13%COLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION: $335k → 8%WASHINGTON GOLF: $44k → 9%CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION: $200k → 14%VIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $188k → 7%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $179k → 11%GOLF HOUSE KENTUCKY: $217k → 15%MAINE STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $27k → 7%JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA: $46k → 11%MASS GOLF: $63k → 11%GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $37k → 8%ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $30k → 16%WISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $36k → 17%OREGON JUNIOR GOLF: $34k → 14%CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $115k → 10%UTAH GOLF FOUNDATION: $29k → 8%GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $31k → 8%VIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $78k → 7%JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA: $25k → 11%MASS GOLF: $56k → 11%GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $29k → 16%WISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $32k → 17%CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $101k → 10%UTAH GOLF FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $26k → 8%VIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $61k → 7%MASS GOLF: $27k → 11%NCGA FOUNDATION: $3.7M → 12%GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $238k → 8%CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $34k → 10%UTAH GOLF FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $34k → 10%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

WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
NC
SC
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 22 repeat orgs$7.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
12

Total granted

$5.4M
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+23%

Still filing today

91%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’25
Recreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • MG
    MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +47%
  • GS
    GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $841k · revenue +61%
  • CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $576k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • OJ
    OREGON JUNIOR GOLF FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $34k · revenue +130%
  • EM
    Explore Minnesota Golf Alliance
    one grant, 2019 · $22k · revenue -27%
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $22k · revenue +23%
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
Montana State Golf Association

The montana state golf association (msga) is the allied golf association governing amateur golf in montana. the msga administers the world handicap system for clubs in montana and provides course rating evaluations and handicap review for…

Recreation & Sports
2
Southern California Golf Association

Southern california golf association's mission is to promote the game of golf.

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3
International Association of Golf Administrators Inc

The association has been formed and exists for the purpose of promoting and conserving the best interests and the true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions.

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4
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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5
Mississippi Golf Association Inc

To promote and conserve the best interest and true spirit of the game of golf in mississippi.

Recreation & Sports
6
New York State Golf Association Inc

The New York State Golf Association's mission is to promote & conserve the traditions of golf throughout NY State.

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7
Professional Golfers Association of Carolinas Pga Section

Promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf within the carolinas and to contribute to its growth by providing services to golf professionals and the golf industry within the carolinas.

Recreation & Sports
8
Golf Writers Association of America

To represent the interests of its members in obtaining news in the world of golf and improving their working conditions.

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9
The Trans-Mississippi Golf Association

To promote the true spirit of amateur golf and encourage and cultivate spirit of fellowship and friendly competition among members of the association.

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10
Columbus District Golf Association

The primary moving force behind the promotion and betterment of golf in central ohio

Recreation & Sports
11
All Abilities Golf Academy
Recreation & Sports
12
South Carolina Junior Golf Association

To promote, preserve, and serve the game of junior golf

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pga Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Game Givers. 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

53 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/53
Grantees still filing
37/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NCGA FOUNDATION: $3,700,000 · OtherNCGA FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $1,744,959 · OtherSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLF ASSOCIATIONMINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $1,193,020 · OtherMINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION INCGOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA: $491,054 · OtherGOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIAMASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $423,496 · OtherJUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $407,018 · Other+19 more: $938,734 · Other+19 moreGEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $840,568 · Recreation & SportsGEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOC…CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $576,158 · Recreation & SportsCAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATI…COLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION: $334,521 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATIO…VIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $326,669 · Recreation & SportsVIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSO…MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $221,119 · Recreation & SportsMARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSO…ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $168,345 · Recreation & SportsALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION…+8 more: $175,672 · Recreation & Sports+8 moreGOLF ASSOC OF MICH FOUNDATION INC: $359,538 · EducationCHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $199,667 · PhilanthropyMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $53,000 · PhilanthropyWISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,830 · Philanthropy+1 more: $6,241 · PhilanthropyKENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $216,693 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $34,918 · Arts & CultureExplore Minnesota Golf Alliance: $22,153 · Community ImprovementCenters for Equity and Success Inc: $17,436 · Crime & Legal
Other$8,898,281Recreation & Sports$2,643,052Education$359,538Philanthropy$279,738Arts & Culture$251,611Community Improvement$22,153Crime & Legal$17,436

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 budgetMINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $1,193,020 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $840,568 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $576,158 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $423,496 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $407,018 over 8y, 13% of budgetGOLF ASSOC OF MICH FOUNDATION INC: $359,538 over 8y, 39% of budgetCOLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION: $334,521 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetVIRGINIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $326,669 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUTAH GOLF FOUNDATION: $229,958 over 8y, 38% of budgetMARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $221,119 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetCHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $199,667 over 1y, 16% of budgetWISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $188,345 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $168,345 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCENTRAL LINKS GOLF: $76,997 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetOREGON GOLF ASSOCIATION: $75,222 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Golf Foundation: $44,242 over 1y, 21% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF ALLIANCE OF COLORADO: $41,221 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $34,918 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOREGON JUNIOR GOLF FUND INC: $33,930 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetExplore Minnesota Golf Alliance: $22,153 over 1y, 21% of budgetNEW JERSEY STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $21,714 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWISCONSIN STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,830 over 1y, 10% of budgetIOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $20,060 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA GOLF ASSOCIATION: $18,726 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCenters for Equity and Success Inc: $17,436 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA: $14,989 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDELAWARE STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $12,664 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $7,658 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN: $7,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $6,241 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHV3 FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION: $5,068 over 2y, 0.1% 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 Tour First Tee Fo…World Golf Foundation…Dick's Sporting Goods…Pga Foundation IncAmerican Junior Golf …The Ayco Charitable F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Baird Foundation Inc
United States Golf AssociationNJ57.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Golf Association · Pga Tour Inc · Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc · World Golf Foundation Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Pga Foundation Inc · American Junior Golf Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Youth on Course funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Youth on Course. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Youth on Course?

    Find your warmest path to Youth on Course 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 48 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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