GRASSROOTS GRANTS PROGRAM
In May of 2021, the golf industry collaborated to introduce a new Grassroots Grants Program (GGP) designed to help strengthen the game by making it more inclusive and accessible to all.
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Facilitated through the American Golf Industry Coalition (a division of the World Golf Foundation), the GGP has awarded 457 grants totaling $3.5 million to 200 unique organizations since May 2021.
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PURPOSE & FUNDING PRIORITIES: This Grassroots Grant Program supports charitable organizations that are dedicated to making the sport more accessible and welcoming to all, inviting people from all backgrounds and abilities to engage with golf.
Please note: We do not provide grants to organizations for event sponsorships, or brick-and-mortar requests. Preference is given to organizations: (a) that do not currently receive significant support from leading golf organizations, or (b) have 2025 revenues of less than $250,000.
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For more info and to receive email communication, please fill out our Contact Us form.
Want to learn more about the grant program?
View Grant Eligibility and Guidelines​ or click 'Contact Us' below to be added to our email distribution.
2026 Grant Recipients:
A Perfect Swing Foundation, Inc.
Adaptive Golf Experience
Bison Impact Group, Inc.
Black College Golf Coaches Association
Bob-O-Links Junior Golf Club
Caddies For Kids
Central Oregon Junior Golf Association
Columbia Golf Foundation
Connection Across the Spectrum
Dreams Empowered Foundation, Inc.
Dreams of Lois Incorporated
Edu-Sports Academy, Inc.
EgoFree Academy
Excel Youth Academy
FairWays to Leadership, Inc.
First Tee Central Washington
First Tee Greater Tyler
Fore Life, Inc.
Friends of Strasburg Parks & Rec
Future Golfers of America
Future Successors
Gator Junior Golf
Girls Golf of Frederick
Golf For All
Golf For Life NFP
Golf Program in Schools
Golf Women Mean Business Foundation, Inc.
Golf. My Future. My Game.
Greater Cleveland Junior Golf Scholarship Fund
Hollywood Golf Institute
I GOT THIS Foundation
Inland Golf Academy
Inner City Youth Golfers', Inc.
Jackson Park Golf Association
Kinect & Enrich
Latina Golfers Association Foundation
Little Birdies Mobile Golf Academy (LBMGA) Inc.
LEO Foundation, Inc.
Los Nietos Educational Foundation
Martha Mason Hill Foundation
Michigan Women's Golf Association
Midwestern Amputee Golf Association
Milwaukee Area Youth Golf Academy, Inc.
Moore-Myers Children’s Fund
National Golf Player Development Foundation
Northern California Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association, Inc.
Par Excellence Youth Development (PEYD)
Quality Education Academy
Range Fore Hope Foundation
Reaching Out For Kids
Recovery Shot
RLE Go Fore It Foundation
SOUL Foundation
Stand Up and Play Foundation
Swing 2 Soar
Swing Chic Foundation
TDTD Foundation
Ted Rhodes Foundation, Inc.
The Caddie & Leadership Academy
The GLOVe Foundation
The Golf Fund
The Opportunity League
The Smith-Jones Family Foundation
Total Access Golf
U.S. Seated Golfers Association
Western States Junior Golf Association
Will of Iron Golf Foundation for Military Vets
Women in Golf Foundation, Inc.
Women of Color Golf
Grant Recipients:
Phases I-VII (2021-2026)
5-Eleven Hoops
A Perfect Swing Foundation, Inc.
Adaptive Golf Experience, Inc.
Adaptive Golfers
Advocates Foundation
Amundsen Athletics Foundation
ANNIKA Foundation
Backcountry Communities Thriving
Be Counted On Foundation
BFF; Journeys
Bison Impact Group, Inc.
Black Colleges Coaches Association
Black Heritage Golf Tour Challenge
Bob-O-Links Junior Golf Club
Bowie State University Womens Forum
Bria Janelle Foundation
Button Hole
Caddies for Kids
Cameron Champ Foundation
Cass Technical High School Boys and Girls Golf Team
Central Oregon Junior Golf Association
Chandler School of Golf - Allied Golf Management
CitySwing Foundation
Columbia Golf Foundation
Connection Across the Spectrum
County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
Cousins Empowered Optimists
CP Rochester
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
DC On The Green
Diplomat Middle School
Dreams Empowered Foundation
Dreams of Lois
Drive4Change, Inc.
Edu-Sports Academy, Inc.
EgoFree Academy
El Dorado High School Golf Team
Empowerment Through Golf
EPIC for Girls
Excel Golf
Excel Youth Academy
FabNewport, Inc
Fairways for Warriors
FairWays to Leadership, Inc.
Fatherhood & Families, Inc.
First Green
First Tee - Benton Harbor
First Tee - Central Carolina
First Tee - Central Florida
First Tee - Central Mississippi
First Tee - Central Washington
First Tee - Eastern Michigan
First Tee - Four Corners
First Tee - Greater Baltimore
First Tee - Greater Charleston
First Tee - Greater Cincinnati
First Tee - Greater Richmond
First Tee - Greater Sacramento
First Tee - Greater Trenton
First Tee - Greater Tyler
First Tee - Greater Washington, D.C.
First Tee - Greater Wichita
First Tee - Indiana
First Tee - Jersey Shore
First Tee - Louisville
First Tee - North Florida
First Tee - Omaha
First Tee - Pittsburgh
First Tee - Southeastern New Mexico
First Tee - Tennessee
First Tee - Triangle
First Tee - Tulsa
First Tee - Upstate South Carolina
First Tee - West Michigan
First Tee - Western New York
Fore Alabama Kids Foundation
Fore Life, Inc.
Fore the Ladies
Foster Kidd Foundation
Friends of Strasburg Parks & Rec
Future Golfers of America
Future Successors
G.O.L.F. 3:16
Gator Junior Golf Association
Girls Golf of America, Inc.
Girls Golf of Eastern Nebraska, Western Iowa
Girls Golf of Frederick
Golf Association of Philadelphia
Golf For All
Golf for Injured Veterans Everywhere Foundation
Golf for Life NFP
Golf Program In Schools
Golf Women Mean Business
Golf. My Future. My Game.
Greater Cleveland Junior Golf Scholarship Fund
Greenbrier West High School
Greenway Foundation
Harris Park Midtown Sports & Activity Center
Help Youths Through Golf
Hit It Straight Golf Academy
Hi-Tee Junior Little League Golf Program
Hollywood Golf Institute
Hurston Institute for Learning and Development
I AM a Golfer Foundation
I GOT THIS Foundation
IAFE United
iGolf4VETS, Inc.
Independent School District #200
Inland Golf Academy
Inner City Youth Golfers', Inc.
Inspiring Greatness In You
Ivy League Youth Sports Academy
Jackson Park Golf Association
Journey Through 18
Kinect & Enrich
Ladies of Futurity, Inc.
Lambda Links
Latina Golfers Association Foundation
LBMGA, Inc.
Legacy Foundation of Hartford
Leisure Hour Junior Golf Club
LEO Golf Academy
Little Birdies Mobile Golf Academy
Little Linksters Association for Junior Golf Development
Live Golf Enterprise
Lone Star Golf Association
Los Nieto's Educational Foundation
Many High/Jr High Golf Team
Martha Mason Hill Foundation
Matrix Human Services
Michigan Women's Golf Association
Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association
Midnight Golf Program
Midwestern Amputee Golf Association
Milwaukee Area Youth Golf Academy, Inc.
Moore-Myers Children’s Fund
Mount Vernon City School District
My Vision Golf
National Golf Player Development Foundation
Neurodiverse Family Haven
New Jersey Golf Foundation, Inc.
Next 18
Northeast Accessible Golf Association
Northern California Minority Junior Golf Scholarship
Northern Nevada Youth Golf Program
Northern Texas PGA Foundation (Fairway to Success)
Oakland Parks and Recreation
Ohio Girls Golf Foundation
One Hundred Black Men of NY
Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association
Par Excellence Youth Development (PEYD)
Phoebus High School Golf
Quality Education Academy
Range Fore Hope Foundation
Reaching out for Kids
Recovery Shot
Revelation Golf
RLE Go Fore It Foundation
Rose Hill Schools
Scottish Rite for Children
She Steams, Inc.
Sistas on the Links
Sisters Across America, Inc.
SL Gee Foundation
Society 61 Foundation
SOUL FOUNDATION
Southern Area Youth Program Inc
Southern California Golf Association, Junior Golf Foundation
Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association
Special Olympics Arizona
Special Olympics Connecticut
Special Olympics Florida, Inc.
Special Olympics New Mexico
Special Olympics PA - Three Rivers Region
SPG Academy, Inc.
Stand Up and Play Foundation
Swing 2 Soar
Swing Chic Foundation
SwingPals, Inc.
TDTD FOUNDATION
Ted Rhodes Foundation, Inc.
The Caddie & Leadership Academy
The Darby Foundation
The GLOVE Foundation
The Golf Fund
The Honors Junior Golf Program
The Opportunity League
The Pinkney Foundation
The Smith-Jones Family Foundation
The Turn
THEACADEMY365
Total Access Golf
U.S. Seated Golfers Association
United States Adaptive Golf Alliance
Upstate-Carolina Adaptive Golf
West Penn Minority Junior Golf Association
Western States Junior Golf Association
Will of Iron Golf Foundation for Military Vets
Women Golfers Give Back
Women in Golf Foundation, Inc.
Women of Color Golf