Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION
TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,355 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($318,855). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $321k
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Tennessee Golf Association does
Mission
The purposes of the tga are to promote the best interests and spirit of the game of golf throughout the state of tennessee.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Competitions - the Tennessee Golf Association (tga) annually conducts amateur golf competitions for the general public. These competitions range from 21 state-level golf championships to various fun and social events. At most of these events the tga provides contestants with a tournament favor.
$628,574 spent$714,463 earned by the program49% of program spendingHandicap service - the Tennessee Golf Association (tga) is the only licensed and authorized golf association in tennessee to issue handicaps under the usga handicap system. Through its 185 member clubs/organizations, the tga annually issues handicaps to over 50,101 amateur golfers across tennessee. These handicaps are updated every day.
$657,799 spent$1,243,172 earned by the program51% of program spendingEducational workshops - the Tennessee Golf Association (tga) organizes and conducts various educational workshops which are open to the general public. Workshop topics include the rules of golf and handicapping. There were 3 educational workshops in 2024.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,286,373.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.8M to $2.7M (+56%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $24k → $52k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $13k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Tennessee Golf Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE 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
TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 91% · 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
TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like TENNESSEE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 TENNESSEE 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 TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,355 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($318,855). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $321,355 in grants to TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $318,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2017–2024), 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