Grants for social and country clubs

Name: Top 25 grants made to social and country clubs
Creator: Cause IQ
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665 social and country clubs received at least $16.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 508 grants made from 432 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,070. Of these 432 foundations, 93% made just a single grant to recreation clubs, and 1% made grants to four or more recreation clubs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$16,201,689

Total grant dollars given to social and country clubs

508

Number of grants made annually to social and country clubs

432

Number of grantmakers funding social and country clubs

$1,070

Median grant size to social and country clubs

Foundations that support social and country clubs

Out of all grants made to social and country clubs, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 94% of the dollar-value of grants to recreation clubs. Foundations funding recreation clubs also made grants to colleges, multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, animal shelters, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	342
Medium	46
Large	41

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	11
Private	344
Corporate	32
Other	45

Grants made

Grants made to recreation clubs	Number of grantmakers
1	404
2-3	20
4-10	7
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting social and country clubs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to recreation clubs	Number of grants made to recreation clubs	Median grant size
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.4%	21	$1,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	10	$2,500
NRA Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	9	$720
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	5	$3,250
DTE Energy Foundation	MI	Metro	0.1%	5	$2,000
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.1%	4	$1,987
Enmr Education Foundation	NM	State	3.2%	4	$1,350
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.1%	4	$400
Fairmount Santrol Foundation	OH	National	0.4%	3	$2,500
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	3	$500

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Social and country clubs grantees

Social and country clubs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 78% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 16% of all recreation clubs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	506
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,200
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Texas	48
New Jersey	38
California	38
North Carolina	36
Other	348

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Trenton	34
Charlotte	29
Houston	26
New York City	22
Other	312

Top 25 grants made to social and country clubs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Event Facilities Fort Worth	$12,500,000	General Support	Burnett Foundation / Dee Kelly JR Ttee
1818 Society	$2,750,000	Youth Learning	Mastercard Foundation
Cloister Inn of Princeton University	$5,000	For Donee's Exempt Purpose	The Wahrsager Foundation
Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers	$5,000	Grant Distribution for Log Village Roof & Porch Repairs	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Osceola County Livestock Show	$5,000	Remodel I.s.u. Extension Office & 4-h Office on Fairgrounds	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
South Baton Rouge Jaguars	$5,000	Player Matching Grant	NFL Foundation
Clark County Fairgrounds	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution	$5,000	Hospitalized Veterans Activities and Care	Prairie Meadows Race Track & Casino
Lycoming County Fair Association	$5,000	Provide Operational Support	Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce
Lake Agriculture and Youth Fair Association	$5,000	Sponsorship	Uf Health The Villages Hospital (TVRH)
City of Quincy Christmas Festival Committee	$5,000	Support for Smoking/vaping Cessation	Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair	$5,000	To Support Programs	George and Betty Harbaugh Charitable FOUNDATION
Cloister Inn of Princeton University	$5,000	Educational	Hintz Family Fund P13619005
Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair Association	$5,000	Promotion	American Sugar Cane League of the USA
NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC San Diego Del Norte Chapter	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation
PRC	$5,000	To Assist Organization in Carrying Out Its Exempt Purpose.	The Mary Norris Preyer Fund
Seaplane Pilots Association	$5,000	To Enhance Seaplane Safety, Provide Education, Preserve and Protecting the Heritage of Water Flying, Grow the Seaplane Pilot Population and Preserve Landing Areas for Seplane Operations.	Sporty's Foundation
A Fair Shake for Youth	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation
Marshall County Blueberry Festival	$5,000	General Support	Newton Park
Somerset Country Club	$5,000	Charitable Gift	Mcglynn Family Foundation
Cloister Inn of Princeton University	$5,000	Annual Fund	Walske Charitable Foundation Steven C Walske Et Al Trustees
Society of Paper Money Collectors	$5,000	General Purpose Grants	Susan Isabel Foundation
Cru	$5,000	Program Support	Devine Family Foundation
Martin County Fair Association	$5,000	General Support	Gordana Uscumlic Foundation
Portland Rose Festival Foundation	$5,000	To Further the Mission of the Organization	Royal Rosarian Foundation PO Box 8956

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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 "Social and country clubs" category for this page is determined by the "N50: Recreational, Pleasure, or Social Club" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.