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GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON
GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $833,386 to it, the largest being NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC ($191,750). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $952k
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $833k
- Net assets
- $540k
What Greater Akron Fore Youth Development Inc Formerly the First Tee of Akron does
Mission
To impact the lives of kids in greater akron by providing educational programs that build character and instill life-enhancing values through the game of golf.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
First tee - greater akron is one of 150 first tee chapters across the u.s. And select international locations. First tee is a youth development organization that uses the game of golf to teach kids/teens life skills. 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. Our work at first tee is not about improving your golf score it's about strengthening what you bring to everything you do, including golf!we believe every kid deserves the chance to build inner strength before the world demands it, to find the joy that comes with feeling confident in their own skin before the world makes it feel impossible, and to access experiences and spaces where personal growth happens. We exist to enable kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges.kids become a better version of themselves when they have the space to be who they are, surrounded by passionate people who guide them to see what they are capable of. In summit county we build these opportunities and experiences through 7…
$403,553 spent$80,728 earned by the program50% of program spendingMud run - operation of mud run golf course, operational costs associated with facility usage. The facilities provide us with a location to educate our youth.
$406,201 spent$461,992 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $809,754.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $483k to $598k (+24%).
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 8% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Jeff O'Brien
Executive director
Board chair
Victoria Ferrise
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $106k → $97k.
2 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
29% 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 GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 37% · 2019 74% · 2020 23% · 2021 19% · 2022 38% · 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
41% of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
84% of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON's revenue grew 31% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON
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 Ohio
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
62%
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 GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON?
- GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $833,386 to it, the largest being NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC ($191,750). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $833,386 in grants to GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON?
- NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $191,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 34 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