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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE LPGA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,482,084
Total expenses
$10,736,443
Contributions and grants received
$3,814,735
Grants paid
$1,002,209
Program service revenue
$6,439,720
Investment income
$300,295
Other revenue
-$72,666
Total assets, end of year
$11,086,038
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,610,688
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,475,350
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,775,339
Management and general expenses
$875,680
Fundraising expenses
$85,424
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,775,339

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $316,367

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,076,137

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,422,231

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $280,194

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LPGA FOUNDERS TOURN.

    total $6,439,720 · related or exempt $6,439,720

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $300,295 · excluded $300,295

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $29,092

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $316,367

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $101,758

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$72,666 · excluded -$72,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $767,934 · program services $767,934

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $146,775 · program services $146,775

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $87,500 · program services $87,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $826,440 · program services $619,830 · management and general $165,288 · fundraising $41,322

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,779 · program services $11,084 · management and general $2,956 · fundraising $739

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,745 · program services $38,059 · management and general $10,149 · fundraising $2,537

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,766 · program services $35,825 · management and general $9,553 · fundraising $2,388

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,496 · management and general $75,496

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,627 · management and general $4,627

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $957,573 · program services $450,059 · management and general $478,787 · fundraising $28,727

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $177,979 · program services $177,979

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,788 · program services $37,430 · management and general $7,954 · fundraising $1,404

  • 17 · Travel

    total $166,138 · program services $124,603 · management and general $33,228 · fundraising $8,307

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $393 · management and general $393

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,048 · management and general $5,048

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT EXPENSE

    total $6,258,254 · program services $6,258,254

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTREACH PROGRAMS

    total $885,758 · program services $803,557 · management and general $82,201

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUCTION EXPENSES

    total $216,450 · program services $216,450

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,989,558 · end of year $2,259,924

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $746,190 · end of year $237,290

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $62,158 · end of year $127,750

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $105,300

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $104,575

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,118 · end of year $725

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,285,011 · end of year $8,453,921

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,722 · end of year $6,428

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $427,999 · end of year $239,079

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $616,173 · end of year $725,971

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $266,475 · end of year $645,638

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,934,910 · end of year $4,418,557

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,843,200 · end of year $5,056,793

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE, EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN THROUGH THE GAME OF GOLF.

  • THE LPGA FOUNDATION IS INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING A TOURNAMENT ON THE LPGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE. THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS OPERATED BY THE FOUNDATION AND FUNDED BY THE REVENUES RAISED THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS, PRO-AM EVENTS, HOSPITALITY, ADMISSION AND OTHER REVENUES.

    Expenses $6,258,254 · Revenue $6,439,720

  • DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $2,732,894 · Grants $541,203

  • DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPSFOR JUNIOR GOLFERS BASED ON VARYING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, INCLUDINGNEED-BASED AWARDS, AS WELL AS AWARDS TO ASSIST WITH INCREASINGREPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEENUNDERREPRESENTED IN GOLF.

    Expenses $784,191 · Grants $461,006

  • DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND FOR QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF A SERIOUS ILLNESS, INJURY, OR OTHER HARDSHIP.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mollie Marcoux Samaan

    COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $1,374,840
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,338,665
    Other
    $36,175
    Hours/week
    5 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $885,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $450,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,665 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,825 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,374,840 related
  • Nancy Henderson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $416,804
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $386,660
    Other
    $30,144
    Hours/week
    20 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $310,050 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $76,610 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,242 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,902 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $416,804 related
  • Vicki Goetze-Ackerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $135,059
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $109,305
    Other
    $25,754
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related
  • Miriam Hernandez-Kakol

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Nickelberry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Pikitch

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jose Tomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynette Vanderwarker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheyenne Woods

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Ball

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,575
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $18,575
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheryl Wilkerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Zacamy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Marian Moore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $577,274
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $549,737
    Other
    $27,537
    Hours/week
    10 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $447,977 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $101,760 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,187 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $577,274 related
  • Mary Salter

    EVP OF FINANCE (AS OF 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $301,632
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $277,383
    Other
    $24,249
    Hours/week
    10 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $247,788 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $29,595 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,321 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,928 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $301,632 related
  • Kathryn Milthorpe

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $440,333
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $412,745
    Other
    $27,588
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $330,100 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $82,645 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,574 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,014 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $440,333 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION OF THE FOUNDATION'S PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION, A RELATED ORGANIZATION. LPGA USED THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION: - COMPENSATION COMMITTEE - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
PART I, LINE 4B
LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION MAINTAINS A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. THE LPGA TOURNAMENT PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE THE ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF THE TOURNAMENT DIVISION WITH POTENTIAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. EVERY MEMBER OF THE LPGA TOURNAMENT DIVISION WHO COMPETES IN THE "MINIMUM NUMBER" OF OFFICIAL LPGA TOURNAMENTS ANNUALLY IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN. AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBERS ARE BASED UPON A FORMULA DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD WITH SUCH FORMULA CONSIDERING SUCH FACTORS AS THE NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS IN WHICH A MEMBER COMPETES, THE AMOUNT OF PRIZE MONEY WON, THE NUMBER OF YEARS A MEMBER HAS PLAYED AND ANY DIRECT SERVICE TO THE ASSOCIATION. DURING 2024, CHEYENNE WOODS WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE PLAN; HOWEVER, NO AMOUNT WAS ALLOCATED TO HER.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LPGA FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT PROPERTIES

    GOLF EVENT · FL · income $6,439,720 · assets $211,171

    Directly controlled by LPGA FND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349307290

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