Illinois · Nonprofit
Jackson Park Golf Association
Jackson Park Golf Association (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,928 to it, the largest being World Golf Foundation Inc ($54,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Jackson Park Golf Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,643 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,643 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio match
- The Lpga Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Carolinas Golf Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $12k → $20k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 Jackson Park Golf Association’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
Jackson Park Golf Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 Jackson Park Golf Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 54% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
Jackson Park Golf Association draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio matchFL · backs 126 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Lpga Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchFL · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Carolinas Golf Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNC · backs 11 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchIL · backs 11 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)localportfolio matchIL · funds 174 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Pga Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ncga Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United States Golf Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of Americaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rocket Giving Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Acclivus Incshared fundersIL · backs 7 organizations that share your funders
- Rush University Medical Centershared fundersIL · backs 9 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Jackson Park Golf Association
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 Jackson Park Golf Association: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Jackson Park Golf Association?
- Jackson Park Golf Association (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,928 to it, the largest being World Golf Foundation Inc ($54,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Jackson Park Golf Association have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $86,928 in grants to Jackson Park Golf Association, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jackson Park Golf Association?
- World Golf Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $54,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jackson Park Golf Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 7funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing