New York · Nonprofit
PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION
PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,500 to it, the largest being POWER FOR GOOD FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $54k
What Playground Golf Foundation does
Mission
The Playground Golf Foundations mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provide free instruction in primary schools in order to introduce children to the game of golf as well as teach core values associated with the sport - honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgement.
$60,166 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $60,166.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION’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
PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside New York, 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
PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION?
- PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,500 to it, the largest being POWER FOR GOOD FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $41,500 in grants to PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION?
- POWER FOR GOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLAYGROUND GOLF FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2 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