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MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $792,037 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($250,543). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $792k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Maryland State Golf Association does
Mission
To serve, grow and advance the game of golf in maryland and the district of columbia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The maryland handicap program is a joint venture with the middle atlantic section of the pga providing handicap services to 167 clubs with over 58,000 members.
$524,368 spent$1,241,721 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe Maryland State Golf Association's tournament program administers and conducts a comprehensive schedule of amateur golf championships and competitive events for maryland golfers of all ages and skill levels. The program is designed to preserve the traditions of amateur golf, provide equitable competitive opportunities, and promote sportsmanship and integrity through the rules of golf. Msga organizes state championships, qualifiers, team competitions, and special events, while providing course setup, rules administration, scoring, and on-site tournament management. Revenues supporting the program are primarily derived from entry fees.
$411,469 spent$518,703 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe msga e-club (eclub) program provides an affordable and accessible pathway for individual golfers who are not members of a traditional club to receive an official usga handicap index and access to msga benefits and services. Through this program, golfers can establish and maintain handicaps, participate in select competitions, receive rules of golf education, and engage with msga initiatives. The program expands access to organized golf, supports inclusion and participation across the state, and advances msga's mission to serve all maryland golfers.
$328,554 spent$621,451 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe msga partnered with youth on course in 2018 to bring access to golf for $5 or less to youth in maryland. Youth on course subsidizes the greens fees to ensure golf courses do not lose money while participating in the program. Youth on course headquarters paid for all subsidies during 2018 and 2019, but starting in 2020, the msga is fully responsible for paying subsidies to participating courses. The subsidies amounted to $146,596 in 2025. Over 6,400 kids ages 6-18 are currently members of youth on course maryland.
$150,552 spent$170,883 earned by the program10% of program spendingSupport for enhancing and improving the game of golf in the state of maryland: -the msga sponsors the emmet gary scholarship which is presented annually to agronomy students at the university of maryland. Since 1969, there have been 166 recipients who have received scholarships totaling over $405,000. Many of the students have gone on to become golf course superintendents in maryland and across the country.-the msga became a co-sponsor of the first tee metro tour in the state of maryland in 2013. The first tee metro tour is a developmental tournament series that is open to the first tee participants from the greater washington, d.c., howard county, baltimore, prince george's county and montgomery county chapters. The participants must be an active first tee participant, at least 12 years of age and a birdie level participant. Msga contributes $5,000 per year.-since 2006, the msga has awarded educational scholarships to individuals employed by msga member clubs and/or their children, and to students having completed their junior year of high school with a bona fide connection to the game of golf. Scholarships to date have totaled $330,625 to more than 83 students.-the msga is…
$67,227 spentof which $67,227 as grants4% of program spendingVarious program services and membership dues
$92,728 spent$48,797 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,574,898.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.5M to $3.2M (+27%).
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 6% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Kellon Newland
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $14k → $111k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 MARYLAND STATE 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
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 38% · 2021 44% · 2022 51% · 2023 49% — 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
67% of MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k 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
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARYLAND STATE 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $792,037 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($250,543). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $792,037 in grants to MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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