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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WATSON LINKS MENTORS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$675,179
Total expenses
$489,352
Contributions and grants received
$675,171
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$281,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$281,869
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$428,121
Management and general expenses
$61,231
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$428,121

Program services were 87.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $675,171

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8 · excluded $8

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,537 · program services $95,737 · management and general $36,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,947 · program services $189,284 · management and general $11,663

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,286 · program services $1,099 · management and general $187

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,283 · program services $17,283

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,601 · program services $1,311 · management and general $1,290

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,945 · program services $36,828 · management and general $9,117

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254 · management and general $254

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,395 · program services $17,866 · management and general $529

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,274 · program services $7,033 · management and general $1,241

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $8,608 · program services $8,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: GREENS FEES

    total $3,072 · program services $3,072

  • 24c · Other expenses: INVESTMENT FEES

    total $150 · management and general $150

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,042 · end of year $281,869

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $96,042 · end of year $281,869

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO FACILITATE AND ENABLE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, TO PLAY GOLF WITH EXPERIENCED MENTORS AND THEREBY DEVELOP AN AFFINITY FOR PLAYING THE GAME OF GOLF AND EXPERIENCE ALL OF ITS ATTRIBUTES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FACILITATE AND ENABLE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE TO PLAY GOLF ASSISTED BY VETTED ADULT GOLF MENTORS.

  • IDENTIFYING AND CULTIVATING GROUPS OF PLAYER MENTEES YOUTH AGES 10-18, WITH ALL SKILL LEVELS AND BACKGROUNDS. IDENTIFYING EXPERIENCED PLAYERS INTERESTED IN MENTORING LESS EXPERIENCED PLAYERS AND FOSTERING AN INTEREST IN PLAYING GOLF. ARRANGING TEE TIMES FOR MENTORS AND PLAYERS TO MEET AT THE GOLF COURSE AND PLAY GOLF. PAYING FOR GREENS FEES AND APP DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE TO COORDINATE PLAYING TIMES BETWEEN MENTEES AND MENTORS.

    Expenses $378,121

  • PROVIDING GOLF MENTORING SUPPORT FOR FIRST TEE CHAPTERS, WHICH PROVIDE GOLF PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH TO BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE, BY INSPIRING MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas S Watson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen Farrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chip Maiwald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary D Gilson

    VICE-PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pauly Hart

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,538
    From this org
    $132,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Micahel R Thiessen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
11 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202622029349301217

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