Nebraska · Nonprofit
NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION
NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,274 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($273,274). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $285k
- Net assets
- $644k
What Nebraska Golf Association does
Mission
The objective of the Nebraska Golf Association is to foster, promote, and advance the interest and the true spirit of amateur golf throughout the state of nebraska, to lend its cooperation and assistance to the united states golf association to encourage and cultivate a spirit of harmony and cooperation, to sponsor and conduct amateur golf championships, competitions, and other events, to provide and administer a handicap and course rating systems for nebraska golf clubs, and to educate and to communicate with the organization's members and the amateur golfers of the state of nebraska.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Nebraska Golf Association conducted over 20 amateur golf championships, competitions, and other golf events during 2024 in which over 1,000 amateur golfers participated. These events include the nebraska amateur championship, nebraska match play championship, nebraska four-ball championship, nebraska senior amateur championship, nebraska senior match play championship and nebraska mid-amateur championship. On the junior level, events include the nebraska junior amateur, nebraska junior match play, and the kansas-nebraska junior cup. The Nebraska Golf Association also conducts national qualifiers for usga championships and works in conjunction with the nebraska section of the pga to conduct the nebraska cup matches and to present the nebraska junior golf tour. The nebraska junior golf tour offers over 80 competitive golf events for junior golfers beginning at the age of seven continuing through the summer following a golfer's graduation from high school.
$1,002,292 spent$790,038 earned by the program95% of program spendingThe Nebraska Golf Association provides education and communication to its member clubs and golfers by serving as a source for resolving questions regarding the rules of golf, usga handicapping, and amateur status, by holding educational seminars on the golf handicap and information service, rules of golf, and usga procedures and handicapping, and by publishing the nebraska golfer e-magazine which is distributed to nearly 15,000 households across the state of nebraska. This e-magazine contains articles relating to championships and competitions, to the education of amateur golfers, and articles of human interest.
$30,000 spent$732,849 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe Nebraska Golf Association, through sponsorships by the united states golf association, filled three intern positions during 2024 to assist in the promotion of amateur golf in the state of nebraska.
$24,000 spent$24,000 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,056,292.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $35k.
From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA 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
NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
96% 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 NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Nebraska, across 2 states 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
NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION
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In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nebraska Golf Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,274 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($273,274). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $285,274 in grants to NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $273,274 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEBRASKA GOLF ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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