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VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,200 to it, the largest being GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($11,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$314k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$12k
Net assets
$236k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Virginia Golf Course Superintendents Association does

Mission

The purpose of the association is to enable golf course superintendents in the commonwealth of virginia to be unified, affiliated, and represented on a state and national level. The purpose is further to promote networking, education and professional growth for golf course superintendents thoughout the commonwealth of virginia.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The vgcsa stages an annual golf event for members and encourages local associations to conduct other events. The vgcsa also conducts the qualifying for team representation at the virginia cup.

  2. The vgcsa coordinates educational seminars for vgcsa members. Continuing education units (ceu's) for certification can be earned by attending vgcsa education programs. In addition, the vgcsa local associations co-sponsor several regional seminars. The vgcsa also stages the annual vgcsa conference. The vgcsa stages joint education programs with cmaa and ngcoa.

  3. The vgcsa provides communication on services to its members and interested parties. Publications include a quarterly newsletter and an annual directory. The vgcsa publishes news on its website and via electronic media and press releases.

  4. Other

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($281k) Expenses 100 ($283k) Net assets 100 ($169k)2018 Revenue 114 ($321k) Expenses 109 ($310k) Net assets 102 ($172k)2019 Revenue 117 ($328k) Expenses 107 ($302k) Net assets 127 ($215k)2020 Revenue 107 ($301k) Expenses 100 ($284k) Net assets 148 ($249k)2021 Revenue 113 ($317k) Expenses 109 ($308k) Net assets 156 ($263k)2022 Revenue 117 ($330k) Expenses 112 ($317k) Net assets 132 ($223k)2023 Revenue 110 ($309k) Expenses 116 ($327k) Net assets 133 ($225k)2024 Revenue 112 ($314k) Expenses 108 ($306k) Net assets 140 ($236k)
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Revenue (112)Expenses (108)Net assets (140)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $172k to $215k (+25%).

$169k
$172k
$215k
$249k
$263k
$224k
$227k
$240k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

26% of VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
$12k
’18
$27k
’19
$17k
’20
$10k
’21
$13k
’22
−$18k
’23
$7k
’24
3.7
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1112121212121212
Joined·+6+0+2+4+4+3+4
No longer listed·5024434
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $700.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION.

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.

OR
KS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12k to it.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve3.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION?
VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,200 to it, the largest being GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($11,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,200 in grants to VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION?
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VIRGINIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2 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