Florida · Nonprofit
THE LPGA FOUNDATION
THE LPGA FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,245,009 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($3,870,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What The Lpga Foundation does
Mission
To inspire, empower and transform the lives of girls and women through the game of golf.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Lpga Foundation is involved in conducting a tournament on the lpga tournament schedule. The golf tournament is operated by the foundation and funded by the revenues raised through sponsorships, pro-am events, hospitality, admission and other revenues.
$6,258,254 spent$6,439,720 earned by the program64% of program spendingDevelop and maintain junior golf programs across the country. These programs are primarily funded through contributions received by the foundation.
$2,732,894 spentof which $541,203 as grants28% of program spendingDevelop and maintain scholarship programs which provide scholarshipsfor junior golfers based on varying eligibility criteria, includingneed-based awards, as well as awards to assist with increasingrepresentation of communities who have traditionally beenunderrepresented in golf.
$784,191 spentof which $461,006 as grants8% of program spendingDevelop and maintain a financial assistance fund for qualified individuals who may be in need of financial assistance as a result of a serious illness, injury, or other hardship.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,775,339.
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 2022 to 2023, from $8.3M to $10M (+22%).
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.
36% of THE LPGA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Susan Pikitch
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $860k → $2.1M.
8 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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: $6.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ladies Professional Golf Association). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LPGA FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LPGA FOUNDATION’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 LPGA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 LPGA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 38% · 2019 75% · 2020 81% · 2021 83% · 2022 80% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“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
41% of THE LPGA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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 LPGA FOUNDATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $485k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 LPGA FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE LPGA 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Lpga Foundation Tournament Properties · disregarded
- Ladies Professional Golf Assoc · exempt
- Executive Womens Golf Assoc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LPGA 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 THE LPGA FOUNDATION?
- THE LPGA FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,245,009 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($3,870,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LPGA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $7,245,009 in grants to THE LPGA FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LPGA FOUNDATION?
- UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,870,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LPGA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing