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$2.4 Million In New USGA Grants To Assist 100,000 Aspiring Golfers In 31 States
March 9, 2004
Colorado Springs, Colo. - More than $2.4 million in new grants to help 100,000 economically disadvantaged youths and individuals with disabilities learn and grow through the game of golf have been awarded by the United States Golf Association. The grants were awarded to 91 non-profit organizations in 31 states, bringing the USGA's total grant awards since 1997 to more than $37 million.
"It is with great pleasure that on the eve of the U.S. Open, we recognize organizations that are committed to introducing this game across the country," said USGA President Reed Mackenzie. "As caretakers of the game, we are pleased to be in a position to support efforts for those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to play golf."
These newly awarded grants - which are part of the USGA's 10-year $50 million "For the Good of the Game" initiative - include more than $500,000 in awards to state and regional golf associations in seven states. These associations play a key role in making the game of golf accessible to all players. Beyond local junior golf, the state and regional golf associations also offer handicapping services, host qualifying for national championships such as the U.S. Open and perform other vital functions.
"State and regional golf associations provide the backbone for USGA activities," said Tony Zirpoli, USGA Senior Director of Regional Affairs. "Their programs represent the best of what golf has to offer, and we are proud to support their ongoing efforts with these well-deserved grants."
Since 1997, more than $2 million in grants have been awarded to state and regional golf associations to support successful programs that introduce the game of golf to thousands of economically disadvantaged youth and individuals with disabilities. Many of these programs serve as models for similar initiatives around the country. Below are details on the new grants being awarded to golf associations this spring:
The Metropolitan Golf Association received a three-year commitment of $150,000 for instruction, golf course access and transportation expenses for golf programs operating at The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, which is located at Mosholu Golf Course in the Bronx. Programs are expected to reach more than 4,000 youths annually. The Met was also awarded $31,175 to support GOLFWORKS, an innovative occupational program that places youth in paid internships at golf clubs throughout Metropolitan New York. The program plans to place 200 interns this summer.
The Massachusetts Golf Association received a $100,000 award to support capital improvements to MGA Links-Mamantapett, a par-3 golf course located in Norton, Mass. This course will host programming for more than 600 youths as well as individuals with disabilities in 2003. The USGA also awarded $80,000 for instruction, range access, transportation and adaptive equipment.
The Connecticut Golf Foundation received $75,000 for eight junior golf initiatives including youth clinics in Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and New Haven, a course access program and a golf interns program. Across all of their programming CGF plans to reach 1,200 youths this year.
The Northern Ohio Golf Association (NOGA) was awarded $50,000 for the association's programming for individuals with disabilities, which will reach 160 participants in the coming year. This initiative will take place at NOGA's nine-hole facility, and all participants will have access to the golf course outside of the structured program at free or reduced rates. USGA funds will be directed towards instruction, access and transportation costs.
Both associations were awarded scholarship funds to help disadvantaged youths attend summer golf camps. A total of $34,375 was awarded for 125 youths to attend camp at the Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Va., and $10,000 will assist youth in attending the Gongaware Indiana Junior Golf Academy in Franklin, Ind.
This grant supports the continuation of the PLAY (Philadelphia Area Youth) Golf program that lends support and coordination to 21 junior golf programs serving more than 4,000 youths in the area.
Detailed below is a list of all grants awarded in this round of funding by the USGA foundation. For more information on the USGA Foundation's "For the Good of the Game" Grants Program or the grants listed in the capsules, contact the grants office at (719) 471-4810 or grants@usga.org. For a more detailed list, including program summaries and contact information, please visit the Web site at www.usga.org/foundation.
| Organization |
Location |
Amount |
| The First Tee of Arkansas, Inc. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
$20,000 |
| YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula |
East Palo Alto, Calif. |
$15,000 |
| The Mateel Community Center |
Garberville, Calif. |
$3,240 |
| L. A. Jr. Golf Collegiate Prep Tour |
Gardena, Calif. |
$14,750 |
| Western States Golf Association |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
$11,680 |
| Alameda County Jr. Golf Foundation |
Pleasanton, Calif. |
$8,695 |
| Latino Junior Golf Association |
Sacramento, Calif. |
$5,000 |
| Sacramento Area Youth Golf Association |
Sacramento, Calif. |
$37,500 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe |
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. |
$5,000 |
| Open Fairways |
Denver, Colo. |
$20,000 |
| The First Tee of Denver |
Denver, Colo. |
$31,600 |
| Cardinal Shehan Center |
Bridgeport, Conn. |
$10,000 |
| The First Tee of Hartford, Inc. |
East Berlin, Conn. |
$25,000 |
| Community Renewal Team, Inc. |
Hartford, Conn. |
$7,300 |
| New Haven Board of Education |
New Haven, Conn. |
$18,500 |
| The Connecticut Golf Foundation |
Rocky Hill, Conn. |
$75,000 |
| Hollywood Diamonds in the Rough Foundation |
Hollywood, Fla. |
$7,000 |
| Palm Beach Habilitation Center |
Lake Worth, Fla. |
$100,000 |
| Mayor's Drug Free Communities |
Sarasota, Fla. |
$75,000 |
| Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Inc. |
Tampa, Fla. |
$40,000 |
| Sonny Ackerman Adaptive Sports Foundation |
Suwanee, Ga. |
$25,000 |
| Mid-Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America |
Des Moines, Iowa |
$6,500 |
| New Hope Community Service Center |
Chicago, Ill. |
$20,000 |
| Chicago Public Schools |
Chicago, Ill. |
$20,000 |
| Children First Fund |
Chicago, Ill. |
$30,000 |
| The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation |
Chicago, Ill. |
$50,000 |
| Illinois PGA Foundation |
Glenview, Ill. |
$28,000 |
| Litchfield School District #12 |
Litchfield, Ill. |
$2,400 |
| Peoria Park District |
Peoria, Ill. |
$2,500 |
| The Great River First Tee |
Quincy, Ill. |
$25,000 |
| Indiana Golf Foundation |
Franklin, Ind. |
$10,000 |
| Gary Housing Authority |
Gary, Ind. |
$30,000 |
| Native American Jr. Golf Association |
Mayetta, Kan. |
$25,000 |
| Metro New Orleans Golf Association |
New Orleans, La. |
$15,000 |
| Massachusetts Golf Association |
Norton, Mass. |
$80,000 |
| Massachusetts Golf Association |
Norton, Mass. |
$100,000 |
| Sankofa Community Development Corp. |
Baltimore, Md. |
$20,000 |
| The First Tee of Howard County, Inc. |
Columbia, Md. |
$30,000 |
| Carroll County Community Foundation |
Forest Hill, Md. |
$13,000 |
| Clustered Spires Golf Course |
Frederick, Md. |
$11,000 |
| Calais Junior Golf Program |
Calais, Maine |
$7,500 |
| Town of Carrabassett Valley |
Kingfield, Maine |
$13,000 |
| Eastern Michigan University |
Ypsilanti, Mich. |
$1,882 |
| JP Youth Golf Foundation |
Columbia, Mo. |
$8,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Kansas City |
Kansas City, Mo. |
$10,000 |
| Tee Masters Golf Club |
St. Louis, Mo. |
$4,500 |
| Salish Kootenai College |
Pablo, Mont. |
$10,000 |
| Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation |
Chapel Hill, N.C. |
$20,000 |
| The First Tee of Charlotte, LLC |
Pineville, N.C. |
$21,000 |
| Rocky Mount Housing Authority |
Rocky Mount, N.C. |
$22,000 |
| North Carolina Lions Foundation |
Waxhaw, N.C. |
$4,500 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Winston |
Winston Salem, N.C. |
$104,000 |
| Hettinger Park District |
Hettinger, N.D. |
$4,000 |
| Hillsboro Community Activities |
Hillsboro, N.D. |
$4,156 |
| The First Tee of Greater Trenton |
Trenton Lawrenceville, N.J. |
$30,000 |
| San Juan College Foundation |
Kirtland, N.M. |
$50,000 |
| Pueblo of Laguna |
Laguna, N.M. |
$4,800 |
| New Choices |
Las Vegas, N.M. |
$14,400 |
| Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California |
Gardnerville, Nev. |
$20,000 |
| The Fred & Judy Alexander Foundation |
Incline Village, Nev. |
$9,000 |
| Corning Classic Charities |
Corning, N.Y. |
$10,000 |
| City Parks Foundation |
Corona, N.Y. |
$45,000 |
| Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation |
Elmsford, N.Y. |
$31,175 |
| Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation |
Elmsford, N.Y. |
$150,000 |
| The African American Men of Westchester |
White Plains, N.Y. |
$8,500 |
| Clubs for Kids International, Inc. |
Boardman, Ohio |
$10,000 |
| Tony Yates Caring for Kids Foundation |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
$23,500 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland |
Cleveland, Ohio |
$3,000 |
| Cleveland Sight Center |
Cleveland, Ohio |
$5,000 |
| The Morton Foundation |
Columbus, Ohio |
$25,000 |
| City of Dayton, Ohio- Division of Golf |
Dayton, Ohio |
$90,000 |
| Northern Ohio Golf Association Foundation |
Olmsted, Ohio |
$50,000 |
| Felton Dean Minority & Disadvantaged Youth Sports |
Lawton, Okla. |
$36,000 |
| Rainbow Youth Golf Education Program |
Chiloquin, Ore. |
$2,000 |
| Embrace Your Dreams |
Catasauqua, Pa. |
$8,000 |
| The Fellowship House of Conshohocken |
Conshohocken, Pa. |
$3,000 |
| Harrisburg Parks Partnership |
Harrisburg, Pa. |
$55,000 |
| Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Golf Association |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
$50,000 |
| The First Tee of Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
$50,000 |
| Golf Association of Philadelphia |
Southeastern, Pa. |
$15,000 |
| Knox Area Junior Golf Association |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
$30,000 |
| United States Blind Golfers Association |
Nashville, Tenn. |
$11,440 |
| Special Olympics Texas |
Austin, Texas |
$6,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Washington County |
Brenham, Texas |
$10,000 |
| Roaring Lambs International Jr. Golf Association |
Fort Worth, Texas |
$60,000 |
| City of Houston |
Houston, Texas |
$41,680 |
| Lone Star Golf Association |
Houston, Texas |
$2,500 |
| San Antonio Golf Association |
San Antonio, Texas |
$25,000 |
| Bell County Youth Golf Association |
Temple, Texas |
$12,500 |
| City of Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation |
Harrisonburg, Va. |
$30,000 |
| Virginia State Golf Association Foundation |
Midlothian, Va. |
$34,375 |
| YMCA of South Hampton Roads |
Virginia Beach, Va. |
$30,000 |
| City of Superior |
Superior, Wis. |
$6,500 |
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Since 1997, the USGA Foundation has been awarding grants through its "For the Good of the Game" Grants Program in an effort to make golf more affordable and accessible. This 10-year, $50 million dollar initiative has traditionally focused on programming for economically disadvantaged youth and individuals with disabilities, as well as the introduction of youth to the game of golf through caddying and other work-based programs. Beyond its Grants Program, the USGA partners with national organizations to promote affordable and accessible facility development, course access, girls golf, and initiatives for individuals with disabilities. During the past six years, the USGA has fostered the professional development of recent college graduates through its Fellowship in Leadership and Service program. USGA Fellows learn about the non-profit sector, grant-making, the U.S. Golf Association and have the opportunity to develop personally and professionally through hands-on experiences. Currently, the USGA has 12 Fellows working at the USGA Foundation in Colorado Springs.
For more information on the USGA Foundation, contact the Foundation office at (719) 471-4810 or visit the Web site at www.usga.org/foundation.
E-mail address: mediarelations@usga.org
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