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Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation Program Grants

Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Annual
Tracked since
April 2026

From the program guidelines: “The foundation focuses on providing grants exclusively to 501(c)3 organizations, ensuring that only one application per organization is accepted each year.”

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Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • Only one application per organization may be submitted within any calendar year.

Overview

The Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation Program Grants aim to promote self-discipline, culture, and etiquette through golf, enriching lives and fostering charity. The foundation focuses on providing grants exclusively to 501(c)3 organizations, ensuring that only one application per organization is accepted each year. By encouraging youth and individuals of all ages to engage with the game, the foundation aspires to instill valuable life lessons and a sense of community, making golf a powerful teacher.

Our Goal
In golf, as in successful living, there is a unique emphasis on the gentle behavior of qualities of self- discipline, culture and etiquette, in order to conform to a higher standard of propriety and respect between human being. Golf also embodies the qualities of charity, a lenient judgment of others and the opportunity for enriching the lives of all who come in contact with the game.
Golf is a good and powerful teacher. It is the primary goal of the Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation to have more people of all ages, especially youth to experience its lush, wind-swept classroom.

Eligibility

The Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation is restricted to making grants to 501(c)3 organizations.Only one application per organization may be submitted within any calendar year.

What Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025
68
Total given
$749K
Median grant
$6,250
Range
$1,000–$100K
  • By dollars: Illinois 40%, Missouri 15%, District of Columbia 7%. Top recipient cities: Glenview, IL; Lemont, IL; St. Louis, MO.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 26% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Metropolitan Golf Foundation · St Louis, MO

    To further the foundation's exempt purpose

    $100K

  • Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Assoc · Evanston, IL

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes

    $50K

  • National Links Trust · Washington, DC

    To further the foundation's exempt purpose

    $50K

  • The First Tee of Greater Chicago · Glenview, IL

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes

    $25K

  • Chicago District Golf Association F · Lemont, IL

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes

    $25K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Youth programs

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