Kentucky · Nonprofit
BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC
BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($72). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $350k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $72
- Net assets
- $35k
What Bluegrass Golf Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Bluegrass Golf Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation") promotes and advances the game of golf as an amateur sport through tournaments and special events. Education about options and expectations for intercollegiate competition is provided publicly. The Foundation supports programs dedicated to youth development promoting golf and its life enhancing values. Planned activities include an extensive schedule of events for junior golfers with education programs available periodically.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Bluegrass Golf Tour conducted the Cullan Brown Invitational to generate contributions to the Cullan Brown Memorial West Kentucky Junior Golf Development Fund. A total of $3,050 in contributions were generated paid to the Memorial Fund with a direct check from the Bluegrass Golf Foundation.
$14,816 spent$14,816 earned by the program6% of program spendingA total of 84 additional tournaments consisting of open or invitational events were conducted in 2025. Each event contributes to expenses based on tournament expenses to host facilities, awards, processing fees, information technology, travel expenses, and other event related expenses.
$219,257 spent$244,803 earned by the program86% of program spendingBluegrass Cup is a Foundation event that takes place at the end of the season supported by donations. The participants earn their spot in the Bluegrass Cup through their placement on the Player of the Year lists in primary age Divisions. A banquet recognizing the Players of the Year and Stewart Gregory Award winners takes place during this event. Proceeds from the event support the Playing for Mason Foundation with a check of $2051 presented to the charity partner.
$20,235 spent$20,235 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,308.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $19k to $35k (+82%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
17% of BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Chris Redle
Executive Director
Board chair
Cole Manion
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8 → $37.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC?
- BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($72). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $72 in grants to BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $72 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUEGRASS GOLF FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing