Grants for golf courses

Name: Top 25 grants made to golf courses and clubs
Creator: Cause IQ
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258 golf courses and clubs received at least $728,166 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 334 grants made from 282 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 282 foundations, 92% made just a single grant to golf courses, and 2% made grants to four or more golf courses. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$728,166

Total grant dollars given to golf courses

334

Number of grants made annually to golf courses

282

Number of grantmakers funding golf courses

$1,500

Median grant size to golf courses

Foundations that support golf courses and clubs

Out of all grants made to golf courses, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 13% of the dollar-value of grants to golf courses. Foundations funding golf courses also made grants to food banks, scholarship organizations, colleges, animal shelters, and multiservice human service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	218
Medium	32
Large	32

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	12
Private	225
Corporate	20
Other	25

Grants made

Grants made to golf courses	Number of grantmakers
1	260
2-3	15
4-10	6
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting golf courses and clubs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to golf courses	Number of grants made to golf courses	Median grant size
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	13	$500
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	9	$1,000
World Golf Foundation	FL	National	0.3%	4	$3,150
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	4	$1,537
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	4	$1,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	4	$1,250
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	4	$225
Seattle-Sonoran Foundation	WA	Metro	4.7%	3	$5,000
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	3	$100
David Toms Charitable Foundation	LA	Metro	16.3%	2	$3,900

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Golf courses and clubs grantees

Golf courses with more than $5 million in total revenues received 6% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 5% of all golf courses.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	334
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,198
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$2,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	43
Texas	40
Georgia	26
Florida	25
Other	200

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Dallas	26
Greenville, SC	17
New York City	15
Atlanta	15
Other	250

Top 25 grants made to golf courses

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Wichita Kids Golf Initiative	$5,000	General Support	World Golf Foundation
The First Tee of Connecticut	$5,000	Family Services	Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG)
The First Tee of the Triangle	$5,000	Funding Youth Development Programs Teaching Life Skills To Kids and Teens To Manage Emotions, Set Goals and Resolve Conflict Through the Game of Golf	Overflowing Hands Belarussian Outreach
The First Tee Augusta	$5,000	Education	Dorothy Mustin Buttolph Foundation
Northwest Louisiana Youth Golf and Education Foundation	$5,000	Assisting Youth in Learning About Golf and the Life Lessons It Teaches.	David Toms Charitable Foundation
The First Tee of Monterey	$5,000	General Support	Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation
Georgia State Golf Association	$5,000	Unspecified	Austin Davis Foundation
Pro Kids Golf Academy	$5,000	Bronze Sponsor of the Pro Kids Golf Invitational	California Credit Union
Geneseo Chamber of Commerce	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	Geneseo Foundation
The First Tee of Greater St Louis	$5,000	Impact 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.	The Country Club of St Albans
The First Tee of Pikes Peak	$5,000	General Fund	The John E and Margaret L Lane Foundation
Palm Beach County Golf Association	$5,000	Unrestricted Charitable Donation	Point Gammon Foundation
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia	$5,000	Support the Programs To Better Serve Kids and Community	Albert W Bader Foundation
First Tee of Metropolitan New York	$5,000	General Purpose	Acquavella Family Foundation
The First Tee of Central Ohio	$5,000	Urban Affairs	The Columbus Foundation
Denver Junior Golf	$5,000	Educational	Harmes C Fishback Foundation Trust
The First Tee of Monterey	$5,000	Education	William T and Frances D Grant Charitable Trust
The First Tee of Greater Washington DC Langston Golf Course	$5,000	Social Services	The Carl M Freeman Foundation
East Lake Foundation	$5,000	Sheltering Arms Center	Patrick Family Foundation
Nebraska Golf Foundation	$5,000	Charitable	The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation
The First Tee of Monterey	$5,000	Charitable	Terry and Barbara Slaughter Family Foundation
The First Tee of Greater Austin	$5,000	Recreation for Underpriviledged Children	David Family Foundation
Pga Reach Middle Atlantic	$5,000	To Provide Funds for Military and Families	Billy Hurley Iii Foundation
WC Two	$5,000	Supplies for the Life Skills Experience	Variety of Eastern Tennessee
The Childrens Course	$5,000	General Support	The William G Gilmore Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Golf courses" category for this page is determined by the "N6A: Golf" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.