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12 funders with a record of paying for “turfgrass”

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United States Golf Association → Rutgers the State University of New Jersey: $624K across 3 grants, latest 2024Carolinas Golf Association → Carolinas Golf Foundation: $259K across 1 grant, latest 2024Golf Course Superintendents Association → University of Florida: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Virginia Golf Course → Vt Turfgrass Foundation: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2023Oregon Golf Association → Oregon Turfgrass Foundation: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024So Ca Golf Course Superintendents Assoc → Ca Turflandscape Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mg O'neil Foundation → Musser Turfgrass Foundation: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024John D Mineck Foundation → University of Massachusetts Amherst Turfgrass Program: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation → Illinois Turfgrass Endowment: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2025James and Mildred Wilkinson Charitable → Carolinas Golf Foundation: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Carolinas Golf Foundation → Ca Superintendents Association: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Fair Ways Foundation Inc → Chicago District Golf Association Foundation: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023United States Golf Association → Texas A&m Agrilife Research: $419K across 2 grants, latest 2024Carolinas Golf Association → Carolinas Golf Foundation: $228K across 1 grant, latest 2023Golf Course Superintendents Association → University of Tennessee: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2023Carolinas Golf Foundation → Clemson University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023United States Golf Association → New Mexico State University: $335K across 3 grants, latest 2024Golf Course Superintendents Association → Texas A&m University: $82K across 1 grant, latest 2024Carolinas Golf Foundation → Nc Agricultural Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023United States Golf Association → Purdue University: $278K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Oklahoma State University: $259K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Nebraska-Lincoln: $256K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Florida: $209K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → The Pennsylvania State University: $178K across 1 grant, latest 2023United States Golf Association → Usda-Agricultural Research Service: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → North Carolina State University: $161K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → California Turfgrass and Landscape Fnd: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Ecoadapt: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Texas A&m Agrilife Extension: $124K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Golf Association → National Turfgrass Federation: $119K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Board of Regents Univ of Wisconsin: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Tennessee: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Oregon State University: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Golf Association → Washington State University: $83K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Golf Association → National Turfgrass Evaluation Program: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023Golf Course Superintendents Association → Rutgers University: $79K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State University: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Golf Association → Auburn University: $74K across 2 grants, latest 2023Golf Course Superintendents Association → Oregon State University: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Michigan State University: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Arkansas: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Kansas State University: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Regents of the University of Minnesota: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022Golf Course Superintendents Association → University of Wisconsin: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → University of Wisconsin: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → University of California-Riverside: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024Golf Course Superintendents Association → University of Arkansas: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → University of Delaware: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2023Golf Course Superintendents Association → Pennsylvania State University: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → Arizona Alliance for Golf: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → Oklahoma State University Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Texas A&m University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Minnesota: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → Ohio State University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Golf Association → University of Georgia-Tifton: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association → North Dakota State University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022United States Golf Association: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder.United States Golf Association$4.5MGolf Course Superintendents Association: $547K on this topic. Open the funder.Golf Course Superintendents A…$547KCarolinas Golf Association: $487K on this topic. Open the funder.Carolinas Golf Association$487KVirginia Golf Course: $81K on this topic. Open the funder.Virginia Golf Course$81KOregon Golf Association: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Oregon Golf Association$30KSo Ca Golf Course Superintendents Assoc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.So Ca Golf Course Superintend…$25KMg O'neil Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Mg O'neil Foundation$20KJohn D Mineck Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.John D Mineck Foundation$20KWadsworth Golf Charities Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Wadsworth Golf Charities Foun…$18KCarolinas Golf Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Carolinas Golf Foundation$15KJames and Mildred Wilkinson Charitable: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.James and Mildred Wilkinson C…$10KThe Fair Ways Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Fair Ways Foundation Inc$4KRutgers the State University of New Jersey: received $624K on this topicRutgers the State University of…$624KTexas A&m Agrilife Research: received $419K on this topicTexas A&m Agrilife Research$419KNew Mexico State University: received $335K on this topicNew Mexico State University$335KUniversity of Florida: received $309K on this topicUniversity of Florida$309KPurdue University: received $278K on this topicPurdue University$278KCarolinas Golf Foundation: received $269K on this topicCarolinas Golf Foundation$269KOklahoma State University: received $259K on this topicOklahoma State University$259KUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln: received $256K on this topicUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln$256KCarolinas Golf Foundation: received $228K on this topicCarolinas Golf Foundation$228KUniversity of Tennessee: received $186K on this topicUniversity of Tennessee$186KThe Pennsylvania State University: received $178K on this topicThe Pennsylvania State Universi…$178KUsda-Agricultural Research Service: received $175K on this topicUsda-Agricultural Research Serv…$175KNorth Carolina State University: received $161K on this topicNorth Carolina State University$161KOregon State University: received $160K on this topicOregon State University$160KCalifornia Turfgrass and Landscape Fnd: received $150K on this topicCalifornia Turfgrass and Landsc…$150KEcoadapt: received $150K on this topicEcoadapt$150KTexas A&m Agrilife Extension: received $124K on this topicTexas A&m Agrilife Extension$124KNational Turfgrass Federation: received $119K on this topicNational Turfgrass Federation$119KUniversity of Wisconsin: received $99K on this topicUniversity of Wisconsin$99KUniversity of Arkansas: received $98K on this topicUniversity of Arkansas$98KBoard of Regents Univ of Wisconsin: received $95K on this topicBoard of Regents Univ of Wiscon…$95KTexas A&m University: received $92K on this topicTexas A&m University$92KWashington State University: received $83K on this topicWashington State University$83KVt Turfgrass Foundation: received $81K on this topicVt Turfgrass Foundation$81KNational Turfgrass Evaluation Program: received $80K on this topicNational Turfgrass Evaluation P…$80KRutgers University: received $79K on this topicRutgers University$79KVirginia Polytechnic Inst & State University: received $77K on this topicVirginia Polytechnic Inst & Sta…$77KAuburn University: received $74K on this topicAuburn University$74KMichigan State University: received $64K on this topicMichigan State University$64KKansas State University: received $56K on this topicKansas State University$56KRegents of the University of Minnesota: received $55K on this topicRegents of the University of Mi…$55KUniversity of California-Riverside: received $40K on this topicUniversity of California-Rivers…$40KUniversity of Delaware: received $33K on this topicUniversity of Delaware$33KPennsylvania State University: received $32K on this topicPennsylvania State University$32KOregon Turfgrass Foundation: received $30K on this topicOregon Turfgrass Foundation$30KCa Turflandscape Foundation: received $25K on this topicCa Turflandscape Foundation$25KArizona Alliance for Golf: received $25K on this topicArizona Alliance for Golf$25KMusser Turfgrass Foundation: received $20K on this topicMusser Turfgrass Foundation$20KUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Turfgrass Program: received $20K on this topicUniversity of Massachusetts Amh…$20KOklahoma State University Foundation: received $20K on this topicOklahoma State University Found…$20KIllinois Turfgrass Endowment: received $18K on this topicIllinois Turfgrass Endowment$18KUniversity of Minnesota: received $10K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota$10KOhio State University: received $10K on this topicOhio State University$10KUniversity of Georgia-Tifton: received $10K on this topicUniversity of Georgia-Tifton$10KNorth Dakota State University: received $8K on this topicNorth Dakota State University$8KCa Superintendents Association: received $5K on this topicCa Superintendents Association$5KClemson University: received $5K on this topicClemson University$5KNc Agricultural Foundation: received $5K on this topicNc Agricultural Foundation$5KChicago District Golf Association Foundation: received $4K on this topicChicago District Golf Associati…$4K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →