Nevada · Nonprofit
THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA
THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,199,296 to it, the largest being The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc ($625,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What The First Tee of Northern Nevada does
Mission
To impact the lives of young people in northern nevada by providing educational programs that build character, instill life enhancingvalues and promote healthly choices through the game of golf.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The First Tee of Northern Nevada enhances northern nevada and the eastern sierras through community awareness and by building a reputation for guiding our youth utilizing the nine core values. The organization focuses on providing leadership in education, life skills and a safe environment to encourage our youth to excel in life through the game of golf. To achieve their dreams, the organization assists our youth in thriving socially, excelling academically, athletically and becoming a successful adult with integrity, strong family values and a commitment to our community. The First Tee of Northern Nevada has served over 30,000 children and of those 1,155 for the current year in our green grass program. 72% of our youth are on financial scholarship.
$250,459 spentof which $5,000 as grants$108,865 earned by the program93% of program spendingThe First Tee of Northern Nevada supports the fred alexander memorial golf clinic (famgc) that was held in carson city and reno, nevada. Approximately 400 children from northern nevada and the eastern sierras attended the event held at two golf courses, eagle valley and sierra sage. The children receive instruction from sncpga professionals to improve their long and short game, and rule and etiquette cliinc. The famgc provides a club to children who are without golf equipment and other golf gear to all children.
$18,394 spent7% of program spendingDuring 2022, to further the mission and programming of the northern nevada youth golf foundation, dba, The First Tee of Northern Nevada (nnygf), the county of washoe, state of nevada (washoe county) contributed the wildcreek golf course (property) to nnygf. Nnygf is operating the golf course through a golf management company at no cost to first tee of northern nevada for charitable and affordable golf purposes as follows:(I) the operation of the entire property as a golf course, including operating, managing and supervising regular play, golf shop, food and beverage services for golfers and golf-related events, driving range and putting practice greens, hosting events and banquets, maintenance facilities, club house and infrastructures on the property, providing lessons, choosing and maintaining all play and maintenance equipment, advertising and promoting public play, and the sale of merchandise and services, and; (ii) making the golf course available to the public for a cost generally less than private golf courses in washoe county, nevada.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $268,853.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.1M to $8.4M (+103%).
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 16% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA’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. 0 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.
Chief executive
Chris Mazzaferri
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Enzenberger
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $54k → $174k.
5 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 NORTHERN NEVADA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 NORTHERN NEVADA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 35% · 2019 40% · 2020 39% · 2021 30% · 2022 22% · 2023 19% — 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
47% of THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
84% of THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA's grant income comes from Nevada funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 NORTHERN NEVADA 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 NORTHERN NEVADA
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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 NORTHERN NEVADA?
- THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,199,296 to it, the largest being The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc ($625,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,199,296 in grants to THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA?
- The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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