Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,772,444 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC ($1,042,100). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What The First Tee of Greater Washington DC Langston Golf Course does
Mission
The first tee of greater washington dc impacts the lives of young people in the nation's capital by creating affordable and accessible golf facilities and providing golf instruction to serve individuals who have not had exposure to the game and its positive values.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Introduced golf and life skills to young people who would not otherwise learn about or have access to the game; conducted 3 6-week expanded program sessions in the spring, summer, and fall.
$1,071,843 spentof which $89,003 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,071,843.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $3.3M (+36%).
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.
101% of THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 9 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
Anthony P Kavanagh
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $265k → $289k.
15 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 70% · 2019 76% · 2020 65% · 2021 65% · 2022 32% · 2023 52% — 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
44% of THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $814k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE?
- THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,772,444 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC ($1,042,100). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,772,444 in grants to THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE?
- PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,042,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 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