North Carolina · Nonprofit
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being THE JOSEPH M BRYAN FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Professional Golfers Association of Carolinas Pga Section does
Mission
Promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf within the carolinas and to contribute to its growth by providing services to golf professionals and the golf industry within the carolinas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides services to its members in north and south carolina in the form of providing, managing and supervising sanctioned golf tournaments to golf professionals and the general public and sponsors educational programs, conducts pga qualifying schools and promotes the vocation and participation of golf to the professional golfing community, the golfing industry and the general public.
Growth of the game programs: the organization provides golfers of all abilities with fun, non-intimidating golf festivals and events which promote golf as a fun family recreation, increase frequency of play among golfers, reach and attract new and former golfers, help golfers improve their games, educate golfers how and why to get properly fitted golf equipment and promote pga professionals as expert teachers of the game.
Annual merchandise show and annual meeting programs: the organization provides a platform for pga professionals to network with manufactureers, representatives and colleagues and access and test the latest golf equipment, apparel and accessories, map merchandising and golf industry trends and plan programs for the coming year. This event ensures that the attendees will be better equipped as golf professionals, and the manufactuerers and representatives will gain face to face access to professionals for new orders and retail partnering.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $4.2M to $4.9M (+16%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Jeffrey Abbot
Executive director
Board chair
Luke Lovell
Tournament chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION’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
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 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
94% of PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
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
PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION 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 PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pga Reach Carolinas Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION?
- PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being THE JOSEPH M BRYAN FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $32,000 in grants to PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION?
- THE JOSEPH M BRYAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2019–2024), 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