World Golf Foundation Inc
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · EIN 59-2998925. Reported 123 grants totalling $1,754,500 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For World Golf Foundation Inc, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in recreation & sports -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE N110).
- How spread out its giving is. 70 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 70% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Am a Golfer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Golf My Future My Game | Washington, DC | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midnight Golf Program | Detroit, MI | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Perfect Swing Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women in Golf Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairways to Leadership Inc | Orlando, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latina Golfers Association Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pinkney Foundation | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Upstate-Carolina Adaptive Golf | Greenville, SC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson Park Golf Association | Chicago, IL | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black College Golf Coaches Association Foundation | Vestavia, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Range Fore Hope Foundation | Blythewood, SC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Junior Golf Scholarship Fund | Cleveland, OH | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inner City Youth Golfers Incorporated | Palm Bch Gdns, FL | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Par Excellence Youth Development | Huntsville, AL | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ted Rhodes Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Park Golf Incorporated | Davidson, NC | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fore Life Inc | Opa Locka, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gator Junior Golf | Gainsville, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Next 18 Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women of Color Golf Inc | Tampa, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Enlightenment Inc | Orlando, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenway Foundation Inc | Alameda, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harris Park Midtown Sports & Activities Center | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cameron Champ Foundation | Garden City, NY | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adaptive Golf Experience Inc | Beaufort, SC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cityswing Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Golf for Injured Veterans Everywhere Foundation | Riverside, IA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hollywood Golf Institute Inc | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inland Golf Academy | Riverside, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Journey Through 18 | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Revelation Golf Inc | Elk Grove Vlg, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Swingpals Inc | Durham, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Adaptive Golf Association | Westmont, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advocates Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Moore-Myers Childrens Fund | Jacksonville, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adaptive Golfers | N Myrtle Bch, SC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Scga Foundation | Studio City, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bob-O-Links Junior Golf Club | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Be Counted on Foundation | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edu-Sports Academy Inc | Willingboro, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equal Play - Inspiring Confidence for Girls | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Excel Youth Academy Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Excel Youth Academy | Lawrenceville, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fabnewport | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Tee of the Pecos Valley Inc | Roswell, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future Successors Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Golf of America Inc | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glove Foundation | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harris Park Midtown Sports and Activities Center | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| IGOLF4VETS Inc | Riverview, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inspiring Greatness in You Inc | Covington, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ivys League Youth Sports Academy | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leo Foundation Inc | Pike Road, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matrix Human Services | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michigan Womens Golf Association | Plymouth, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Milwaukee Area Youth Golf Academy Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Golf Player Development Foundation | Gilbert, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Golf Foundation Incorporated | Bedminster, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soul Foundation | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Area Youth Programs Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Students Athletes Values Education Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Socorro Independent School District | El Paso, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Turn | North Olmsted, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tyler Junior Golf Foundation | Bullard, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western States Junior Golf Association | Corona, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Development of Tulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gcsaa Foundation | Lawrence, KS | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
31 of 70 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 of 70 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | $77,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 42 | $667,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $525,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $485,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
14% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Florida.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from World Golf Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 38 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 Pga Tour Blvd, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 32082.
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