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FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY
FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,344,320 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($2,636,320). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County does
Mission
To deliver a targeted curriculum of golf and character development, life skills, academic support, higher education, mentorship and career development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
First tee - monterey county (ftmc): ftmc is a chapter of first tee and situs under the pga tour foundation. First tee is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. We're building game-changers through our junior golf programs. Ftmc provides its programs at its twin creeks golf campus located in salinas, california and king city golf course located in king city, california. As of october 2023, ftmc delivers the first tees golf and life skills experience curriculum from january through december during school time, after school, on weekends and on school vacations. Since 2004, over 110,000 active participants between the ages of 7 and 18 years of age have been impacted throughout monterey county. Ftmc also includes programs that promote healthy habits and nutrition, as well as offering homework help and tutoring assistance. During school vacations (spring, summer, and…
$3,121,513 spent$85,293 earned by the program71% of program spendingPay it forward scholarship and mentoring program: on february 2, 2013, the california state university monterey bay, through its university corporation (ucorp), transferred to fcf all rights, title or interest in the pay it forward scholarship and mentoring program (pif). This included all rights in names or styles relating to the program, it being the intent of the parties that fcf shall own outright the interest, rights and assets belonging to the program. Additionally, for a period of four years after the transfer date, and thereafter, subject to termination upon the giving of one years prior written notice, ucorp agrees to continue to provide funding for administrative services for the program, consistent with the current level of funding, but not to exceed $110,000 per year. This permits all funds raised by fcf for the program to be granted 100 percent to student scholarships. Each student receives a $20,000 pif scholarship at $5,000 per year for four years and is required to stay on a four-year graduation track, maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, meet personally with his/her community mentor at least once a month, participate in each of 10 monthly…
$296,250 spentof which $296,250 as grants7% of program spendingThe taylor farms center for learning (tfcfl): in february 2014, our board of directors approved funds to construct a 5,000 square foot learning center on the campus in salinas. Construction of the tfcfl began in march 2016 and fcf took occupancy in september 2016, with program operations commencing in march 2017. The cfl was constructed at a cost of $1.2m and was completed on time and under budget. The cfl provides a powerful curriculum of academic and educational support as well as a continuation of life skills and character development. The continuum touches each part of their life from elementary school through college. To support the vision of offering young people of monterey county opportunities for a brighter future, the cfl offers programs in three primary focus areas: academia, science, technology, engineering, and math (steam); plus life exploration and preparation (leap). The cfl serves ages 7-22 from specific groups including first tee - monterey county participants, the pay it forward scholarship and mentoring program scholars and their mentees, and alumni of first tee - monterey county that may not be college-ready or still exploring life options. The cfl provides…
$298,338 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$685,774 spent$474,475 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,401,875.
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 $5.4M to $8.2M (+53%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 7% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Nicholas Nelson
CEO/secretary
Board chair
Daniel Lynch
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $850k → $1.7M.
11 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. 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
FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
90% 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 FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 20% · 2019 29% · 2020 19% · 2021 22% · 2022 47% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
36% of FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states 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
FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY's funding base is broadening — from 18 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY?
- FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,344,320 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($2,636,320). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $8,344,320 in grants to FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY?
- MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,636,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 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