Michigan · Nonprofit
TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $476,188 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($303,106). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $385k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $476k
- Net assets
- $439k
What Tip of the Mitt Junior Golf Association Dba the First Tee of Northern Michigan does
Mission
To impact the community and the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Impact the lives of young people in the northern part of the lower peninsula of michigan by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life enhancing values through the game of golf. In 2024 over 900 youth enrolled in certifying classes and over 6500 youth were reached via outreach activities to schools and camps. In addition to running our own programs, we partner with other youth organizations throughout the year to enrich the programs they offer young people. We do not charge anything to the partner organizations. Organizations include: public and private schools, ymca day camps, challenge mountain (mentally disabled people of all ages), and northern michigan autism association.
$257,088 spent$39,883 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $257,088.
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 2020 to 2021, from $142k to $345k (+143%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Mckinley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $86k → $41k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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
TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 85% · 2019 59% · 2020 76% · 2021 59% · 2022 48% · 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
38% of TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
72% of TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $134k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $342k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN?
- TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $476,188 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($303,106). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $476,188 in grants to TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN?
- PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $303,106 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TIP OF THE MITT JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 14 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