The Professional Golfers Assoc of America

501(c)(6) organization Frisco, TX EIN: 59-0785835

THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOC is a public charity based in Frisco, Texas. Formed in 1916, it promotes participation in golf and the growth of golf professionals and the golf industry through tournaments, education for golf professionals, and support for PGA section offices. Its 2025 filing reports charitable grants to 12 recipients.

Key facts about The Professional Golfers Assoc of America

In short: The Professional Golfers Assoc of America gave $8.2M across 12 grants in 2025 (avg $680K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
59-0785835
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$8,161,261
Grants made (2025)
12
Average grant
$680,105
Median grant
$30,000
Total assets
$535,490,369
Primary geography
Texas (93% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$535.5M

+18.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$8.2M

+77.5% YoY

Grant Count

12

+140.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$680K

-26.1% YoY

How The Professional Golfers Assoc of America gives

  • 25% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 45% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization states that its mission is to promote enjoyment and involvement in golf and contribute to the growth of golf professionals and the golf industry. It says it pursues this by enhancing golf professionals’ skills and creating opportunities for amateurs, manufacturers, and the general public. Its described programs include golf tournaments, professional education, and assistance to PGA section offices.

Its 2025 grants included the PGA Foundation, whose stated mission is to positively impact youth, military, and diverse populations by enabling access to golf; the World Golf Foundation, which says it works to promote growth and access to golf worldwide; and the Golf Course Superintendents Association, which says it serves members, advances their profession, and improves communities through golf. Other 2025 recipients included organizations whose stated missions address mentoring and community development (One Hundred Black Men), access to golf for women and girls of color (Black Girls Golf Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion), and health for mothers and babies (March of Dimes).

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, the organization reported 12 grants totaling $8,161,261. Grant amounts ranged from $6,000 to $7,556,761, with a median of $30,000. The largest award was $7,556,761 to PGA Foundation Inc. Other notable grants were $350,000 to World Golf Foundation; $50,000 each to Golf Course Superintendents and One Hundred Black Men; and $40,000 to Black Girls Golf Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion.

The filing states that a recipient must submit a grant or contribution request and that the organization establishes the recipient is a qualified charitable organization before disbursing funds.

The Minnesota PGA Military Grant is described as supporting PGA Professionals introducing golf to veterans, active military members, and their families. The Minnesota Golf License Plate Grant supports golf programs in Minnesota, with eligible applicants listed as nonprofit corporations, local municipalities, and schools. Its annual April 1 application deadline has passed for 2026; the next listed deadline is October 1, 2026. Applications are due three months before a program’s start date. The George Waters Grant, established by the Minnesota Section PGA, supports PGA Professionals and related programs focused on player development, especially for juniors and athletes with disabilities. The provided description does not state an application deadline for the Military or George Waters grants.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

In 2025, 93% of grant dollars went to recipients in Texas, 4% to Florida, and 1% each to New York, Kansas, and Georgia. These figures describe the locations of that year’s grant recipients.

Grant Distribution by State

11states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 12 itemized grants.

Cities

FriscoPonte VerdaLawrenceNew YorkOrlandoPalm Beach GardensScottsdaleArlingtonAtlantaBenton HarborBingham FarmsCharlotteClintonDetroitEast CantonHoustonJupiterMontvaleSuwanee

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2 grants2020 4 grants2021 3 grants2022 6 grants2023 5 grants2024 12 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.6M (2020) to $9.5M (2021). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $8.2M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

PGA Foundation Inc: $7.6MPGA Foundation Inc$7.6MWorld Golf Foundation: $350KWorld Golf Foundation$350KGolf Course Superindendents: $50KGolf Course Superindendents$50KOne Hundred Black Men: $50KOne Hundred Black Men$50KBlack Girls Golf Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion Inc: $40KBlack Girls Golf Foundationfor Diversity & Inclusion Inc$40KUnited States Disabled Golf Associations Inc: $35KUnited States Disabled GolfAssociations Inc$35KMarch of Dimes Inc: $25KMarch of Dimes Inc$25KRoss Initiative Sports for Equality Inc: $25KRoss Initiative Sports forEquality Inc$25KArizona Alliance for Golf: $10KArizona Alliance for Golf$10KNational Veteran Business Development Council: $8KNational Veteran BusinessDevelopment Council$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was PGA Foundation Inc ($7.6M). Together the top 10 received $8.1M.

Grant Size Distribution

30 grants across all recorded years

13<$50K3$50–100K3$100–250K1$250–500K3$500K–1M5$1–5M2$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 30 (43%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
PGA Foundation Inc Frisco, TXCharitable$7,556,761
World Golf Foundation Ponte Verda, FLCharitable$350,000
Golf Course Superindendents Lawrence, KSCharitable$50,000
One Hundred Black Men New York, NYCharitable$50,000
Black Girls Golf Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion Inc Suwanee, GACharitable$40,000
United States Disabled Golf Associations Inc Clinton, NCCharitable$35,000
March of Dimes Inc Arlington, VACharitable$25,000
Ross Initiative Sports for Equality Inc New York, NYCharitable$25,000
Arizona Alliance for Golf Scottsdale, AZCharitable$10,000
National Veteran Business Development Council Detroit, MICharitable$7,500

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $535,490,369 $166,436,339 $159,802,923 $8,161,261
2024 $450,906,430 $172,294,796 $184,936,956 $4,598,756
2023 $407,700,455 $129,421,822 $147,709,193 $3,316,815
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$100M$200M$300M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$535,490,369$450,906,430$407,700,455
Revenue$166,436,339$172,294,796$129,421,822
Expenses$159,802,923$184,936,956$147,709,193
Net Investment Income$25,851,150$20,545,700$5,470,035

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 17, 2026)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 16, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 14, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 14, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 13, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 13, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Don Rea as president; Nathan Charnes as vice president; Eric Eshleman as secretary; and John Lindert as past president. Listed district directors are Larry Kelley, David Reasoner, Tim Basel, Tim Fries, Steve Parker, and Keith Clark.

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America is led by Seth Waugh, CEO on every filing since 2020; none of the 36 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Seth Waugh

    CEO

    On filings since 2020

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derek Sprague

    CEO

    On filings since 2024

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Rea

    President

    Secretary → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Lee

    Indep. Director

    District Director → Indep. Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charley Hoffman

    Player Director

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gideon Yu

    Indep. Director

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Kelley

    District Director

    District D → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paige Cribb

    District Director

    District → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Russ Libby

    District13 Director

    District13 → District13 Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Parker

    District Director

    District D → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathy Matthews-Kane

    District Director

    District D → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Reasoner

    District Director

    District D → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dawn Neujahr

    At-Large Director

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Earnest

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Fries

    District Director

    District D → District Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Casey Morton

    Senior Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Cain

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dale Morgan

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julius Mason

    Senior Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Keith Clark

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Phil Anderson

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Ashworth

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Hanna

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terry Clark

    Indep. Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Basel

    District Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Henry Smokler

    General Counsel

    On filings since 2020

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffery Price

    CCO

    On filings since 2020

    17 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Easterbrook

    CMO

    On filings since 2020

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Lindert

    Past President

    Vice President → President, 2023

    President → Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Kerry Haigh

    CCO

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nathan Charnes

    Vice President

    District D → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sandra Cross

    Cpo

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Eshleman

    Secretary

    District D → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Scott

    CTO

    On filings since 2022

    19 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Connelly

    CFO

    On filings since 2023

    19 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Kessler

    COO

    On filings since 2024

    19 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (39)
  • Former: Andrea B. Smith (2020–2024) — Indep. Director
  • Former: Arjun Chowdri (2020–2024) — CIO
  • Former: Rhona Aime (2020–2024) — CFO
  • Former: John McNair (2021–2024) — District
  • Former: Barry Howard (2022–2024) — District D
  • Former: Derek Gutierrez (2022–2024) — District
  • Former: Robert Elliott (2022–2024) — District D
  • Former: Jeff Lessig (2023–2024) — District
  • Former: Drew Blasband (2024) — Senior Director
  • Former: Kevin Ring (2020–2023) — Cro
  • Former: Cathy Harbin (2021–2023) — At-Large Director
  • Former: Ed Habjan (2021–2023) — District D
  • Former: Greg Neujahr (2021–2023) — District D
  • Former: Jared Barnes (2021–2023) — District D
  • Former: John E. Pillar (2021–2023) — District D
  • Former: Robert Smith (2022–2023)
  • Former: George Whitaker (2023) — Senior Director
  • Former: Brian Jones (2020–2022) — District D
  • Former: Christopher Liedel (2020–2022) — Indep. Director
  • Former: Darrell Crall (2020–2022) — COO
  • Former: Doug Doxsie (2020–2022) — District
  • Former: Ian Marshall (2020–2022) — District D
  • Former: Jim Richerson (2020–2022) — President
  • Former: John Madden (2020–2022) — District
  • Former: Mark Vandyck (2020–2022) — District13
  • Former: Josh Milliern (2022) — Senior Director
  • Former: John Bridgeman (2020–2021) — District D
  • Former: Terry Russell (2020–2021) — District D
  • Former: Tony Martinez (2020–2021) — District
  • Former: Dawes Marlatt (2021) — Senior Director
  • Former: Bill Troyanoski (2020) — District Director
  • Former: David Schneider (2020) — District Director
  • Former: Johnson Wagner (2020) — Player Director
  • Former: Michael Quirk Jr. (2020) — Senior Director
  • Former: Renee Powell (2020) — At-Large Director
  • Former: Ron Rawls (2020) — District Director
  • Former: Steven Aloi (2020) — District Director
  • Former: Suzy Whaley (2020) — President
  • Former: Tom Henderson (2020) — District Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Contact

Mailing address: 1916 Pga Parkway, Frisco, TX 75033
Phone: (561) 624-8400

Frequently asked questions about The Professional Golfers Assoc of America

How much does The Professional Golfers Assoc of America give each year?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America gave $8.2M across 12 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.6M across 5 grants.

What is The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's typical grant size?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's median grant in 2025 was $30,000, and its average grant was $680,105, across 12 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does The Professional Golfers Assoc of America give grants?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America gives mostly in Texas: 93% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (2 grants).

Does The Professional Golfers Assoc of America give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 12 grants with a stated purpose on The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Charitable" (12 grants).

Who are The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's largest grantees?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's largest 2025 grantees include PGA Foundation Inc ($7,556,761), World Golf Foundation ($350,000) and Golf Course Superindendents ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 97% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is The Professional Golfers Assoc of America?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America reported $535.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $166.4M.

What does The Professional Golfers Assoc of America fund?

The organization states that its mission is to promote enjoyment and involvement in golf and contribute to the growth of golf professionals and the golf industry. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from The Professional Golfers Assoc of America?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's EIN?

The Professional Golfers Assoc of America's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-0785835. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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