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PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CAROLINAS SECTION

EIN 56-0903216 BROWNS SUMMIT, NC

Revenue 2024
$3,700,878
Expenses 2024
$3,415,181

As filed

Subsection
06
NTEE code
N80Z
Classification
2000
Street
6271 BRYAN PARK RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROMOTE THE ENJOYMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE GAME OF GOLF WITHIN THE CAROLINAS AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS GROWTH BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO GOLF PROFESSIONALS AND THE GOLF INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CAROLINAS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FORM OF PROVIDING, MANAGING AND SUPERVISING SANCTIONED GOLF TOURNAMENTS TO GOLF PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CONDUCTS PGA QUALIFYING SCHOOLS AND PROMOTES THE VOCATION AND PARTICIPATION OF GOLF TO THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFING COMMUNITY, THE GOLFING INDUSTRY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • GROWTH OF THE GAME PROGRAMS: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GOLFERS OF ALL ABILITIES WITH FUN, NON-INTIMIDATING GOLF FESTIVALS AND EVENTS WHICH PROMOTE GOLF AS A FUN FAMILY RECREATION, INCREASE FREQUENCY OF PLAY AMONG GOLFERS, REACH AND ATTRACT NEW AND FORMER GOLFERS, HELP GOLFERS IMPROVE THEIR GAMES, EDUCATE GOLFERS HOW AND WHY TO GET PROPERLY FITTED GOLF EQUIPMENT AND PROMOTE PGA PROFESSIONALS AS EXPERT TEACHERS OF THE GAME.

  • ANNUAL MERCHANDISE SHOW AND ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAMS: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR PGA PROFESSIONALS TO NETWORK WITH MANUFACTUREERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND COLLEAGUES AND ACCESS AND TEST THE LATEST GOLF EQUIPMENT, APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES, MAP MERCHANDISING AND GOLF INDUSTRY TRENDS AND PLAN PROGRAMS FOR THE COMING YEAR. THIS EVENT ENSURES THAT THE ATTENDEES WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED AS GOLF PROFESSIONALS, AND THE MANUFACTUERERS AND REPRESENTATIVES WILL GAIN FACE TO FACE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONALS FOR NEW ORDERS AND RETAIL PARTNERING.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LUKE LOVELL

    TOURNAMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • TOM DALE

    AT-LARGE DIRECTOR NC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KORY REITZ

    AT-LARGE DIRECTOR SC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MATT PAVIA

    MOUNTAINS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DERON LEE

    LOWCOUNTRY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • SAVIO NAZARETH

    PIEDMONT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • BARRY PIERCE

    CHARLOTTE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • TOM VAN HOOGEN

    GRAND STRAND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JASON CHERRY

    CAPE FEAR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ROB PILEWSKI

    TRIANGLE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JT SYMONS

    ATLANTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • CHASE BUTLER

    PALMETTO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KYLE KIRK

    SANDHILLS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JOSH WAGAMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • JEFF AVANT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • BEN BRIDGERS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • CHRIS BYRD

    HONORARY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • SUZANNE MCCORMICK

    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • STAN LITTLE

    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JEFFREY ABBOT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $429,200
    From this org
    $411,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,267
    Hours/week
    50 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $411,933
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,706
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,561
    Filer's total
    $429,200

  • MICHAEL WHITENACK

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $137,907
    From this org
    $128,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,440
    Hours/week
    40

  • KURT BATTENBERG

    ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $115,172
    From this org
    $106,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,759
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,700,878
    Expenses
    $3,415,181
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,144,502
    Expenses
    $3,173,487
    Contributions
    $10,155
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,579,043
    Expenses
    $2,656,543
    Contributions
    $6,837
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,806,782
    Expenses
    $2,457,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,265,965

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,923,768
    Expenses
    $2,075,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,841,322

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,636,114
    Expenses
    $2,555,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,021,797

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,664,450
    Expenses
    $2,575,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,326,024

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,636,997
    Expenses
    $2,705,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,259,690

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,783,360
    Expenses
    $2,637,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,332,674

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,669,924
    Expenses
    $2,585,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,133,474

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,663,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,090,402

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,559,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,169,076

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,241,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,923,242

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.