Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,366,183 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($1,108,681). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Tennessee Golf Foundation does
Mission
To promote golf and its life-enhancing values with an emphasis on teaching the youth, veterans and the disadvantaged.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2021 the Tennessee Golf Foundation started operating the simmons bank open tournament. It is a korn ferry tour event. The korn ferry tour identifies & develops players ready to compete & win. It is "the path to the pga tour". The simmons bank open was a 7 day event in 2024 with 563 participants (players, caddies, & volunteers).
$1,789,132 spentof which $100,000 as grants$1,387,849 earned by the program31% of program spendingVarious programs such as golf tournaments are performed each year to promote golf in tn.
$1,845,654 spentof which $55,019 as grants$627,903 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe first tee program started in 2001 in nashville continues to grow. There are now 5 first tee chapters and over 1,700 students participated at the tennessee first tee programs in nashville, chattanooga, memphis, knoxville, and tri-cities. There are 47 first tee locations in tn. Over 1,700 students participated at the tgf's first tee tennessee golf and life skills programs across the state.
$886,338 spentof which $85,250 as grants$404,551 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe junior tour mission is to foster the growth and development of junior golfers of varying ages and ability levels to be the best players, students, and citizens on and off the course. In 2024 the junior tour had 1,980 members. There were 206 events in 100+ days. The 2024 junior golf academy was attended by 256 junior golfers, with 59 given full scholarships by the tgf totaling 25,075. The little course continued to provide affordable, accessible junior and family golf with over 28,000 rounds played in 2024. In addition over 2,000 young golfers participated in programs taught at the little course.
$1,285,216 spentof which $31,013 as grants$2,057,591 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,806,340.
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 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $22M (−11%).
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 6% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Jim Seabury
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 38 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $1.0M.
19 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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: $26k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Tn Section Pga of America). These are real filings, and they are not money TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 funders by total. 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 FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
79% 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 FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 45% · 2019 27% · 2020 17% · 2021 19% · 2022 23% · 2023 24% — 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
64% of TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
57% of TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TENNESSEE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 FOUNDATION: 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 FOUNDATION?
- TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,366,183 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($1,108,681). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $7,366,183 in grants to TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,108,681 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION 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.
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 71 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing