South Carolina · Nonprofit
CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS
CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,753 to it, the largest being CAROLINAS CHAPTER - CMAA ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $867k
What Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents As does
Mission
The carolinas gcsa is committed to providing its members the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization holds and annual conference to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge relating to the care of golf courses and turfgrass operations.
$429,877 spent$942,243 earned by the program30% of program spendingNewsletter/magazine: the organization prints a bi-monthly magazine, carolinas green, that is distributed to all members and all golf courses in the states of north carolina and south carolina. The magazine provides the latest information on the maintenance of fine turfgrass and general information on the members and activities of the association.
$144,143 spent10% of program spendingMembership services: the organization provides a vast array of membership services including maintenance of member records; membership meeting administration; a benevolence fund for deceased members; administration of member continuing education; and administration of legislative and regulatory oversight.
$113,846 spent$2,500 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$759,555 spent$201,891 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,447,421.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $1.3M (+25%).
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.
16% of CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Timothy Kreger
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS's revenue grew 17% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS: 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 CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS?
- CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,753 to it, the largest being CAROLINAS CHAPTER - CMAA ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $67,753 in grants to CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS?
- CAROLINAS CHAPTER - CMAA is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS AS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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