- Revenue 2025
- $53,961
- Expenses 2025
- $110,878
Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- N6A
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 5117 MAGNOLIA BAY CIR
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 · 2025
Mission
The mission of the Alliance is to increase participation of individuals with disabilities in the game of golf. We accomplish this by educating the golf industry, including golf course owners and operators, as well as therapeutic organizations and program leaders on the Americans with Disabilities Act and the game of golf. The organization does this through the delivery of on-demand education through our Alliance Education Hub and in-person education at industry association conferences. The organization advocates for individuals with disabilities through this education, publications and interviews and the development of free resources for use by the golf industry.We also provide GAIN - the Golf Access and Inclusion Network as a free networking platform for those looking to play the game and experts around the country who support adaptive golf through coaching or other means, and launched the Adaptive Golf Hall of Fame to promote public awareness.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To increase participation of people with disabilities in the game of golf. We do this through advocacy, education and resource development and delivery. The organization does this through the delivery of on-demand education through our Alliance Education Hub and in-person education at industry association conferences. The organization advocates for individuals with disabilities through this education, publications and interviews and the development of free resources for use by the golf industry.
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Established in 2001 as an advocacy, education and resource center, and evolving in 2010 as a modest grant provider for programs that support our mission though generous support from the United States Golf Association and other leading golf industry organizations. The Alliance continues to evolve with efforts primarily focused now on the enhanced delivery of education through the Alliance Education Hub and advocacy to drive broader awareness of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the creation of environments that foster inclusion.Our GAIN platform - the Golf Access and Inclusion Network, a free community networking and engagement forum designed to connect the paths that lead to access, inclusion and welcoming environments that facilitate entry and participation in the game of golf. This leads to their engagement in the social fabric of the community and the health and wellness benefits golf brings to their quality of life.We also create and distribute a monthly magazine for the adaptive golf community and golf industry, Golf Inclusion Monthly and host a free database of Adaptive Golf Cars, Programs and Facilities around the country to help golfers identify places to learn and play.The Alliance also established the Adaptive Golf Hall of Fame in December, 2025 as a public awareness platform for the adaptive golf community and the golf industry.Grants are envisioned as a part of our future identity on some scale, but the industry has evolved with much more financing and grants available to programs around the country than when the Alliance was first established.Normally, we will offer a grant application window once per year. Grants are reviewed by the Executive Director and presented to a Grant Review Committee composed of Alliance Board Members for review and, where appropriate, approval.We aspire to support programs with elements that include growth potential and have sustainment plans from local or regional organizations. We are also interested in programs that focus on inclusive programs that lead to golf involving individuals with, and without disabilities.Our priority now is advocacy and education on a National scale as one of the few, if any, golf organizations in the country solely focused on education and advocacy involving individuals with disabilities. Other organizations in this space typically generate funds strictly for the execution of competitions and/or programs. We aspire to support these efforts on a National Scale.
Expenses $87,804
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Melissa LowMELISSA LOW
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dana DempseyDANA DEMPSEY
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jan BeljanJAN BELJAN
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sheryl BindelglassSHERYL BINDELGLASS
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Justin ApelJUSTIN APEL
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chava McKeelCHAVA MCKEEL
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ronnie MilesRONNIE MILES
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Liz CooperLIZ COOPER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erik NielsenERIK NIELSEN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kevin CornKEVIN CORN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rich O'BrianRICH O'BRIAN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron TristanoRON TRISTANO
Part year Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joe TraugerJOE TRAUGER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike TinkeyMIKE TINKEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dave BartonDAVE BARTON
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $50,000
- From this org
- $50,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Andrew YeastANDREW YEAST
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $53,961
- Expenses
- $110,878
- Contributions
- $53,951
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $45,854
- Expenses
- $116,222
- Contributions
- $45,796
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $45,821
- Expenses
- $130,072
- Contributions
- $43,641
- Grants paid
- $25,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $32,538
- Expenses
- $161,420
- Contributions
- $30,464
- Grants paid
- $44,500
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $39,754
- Expenses
- $99,998
- Assets (EOY)
- $412,901
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $56,065
- Expenses
- $78,415
- Assets (EOY)
- $475,645
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $60,515
- Expenses
- $100,675
- Assets (EOY)
- $495,495
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $29,398
- Expenses
- $156,611
- Assets (EOY)
- $535,655
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $167,682
- Expenses
- $169,063
- Assets (EOY)
- $658,383
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $163,554
- Expenses
- $186,016
- Assets (EOY)
- $656,391
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $257,756
- Expenses
- $165,346
- Assets (EOY)
- $678,853
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $264,048
- Expenses
- $172,115
- Assets (EOY)
- $586,443
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $240,524
- Assets (EOY)
- $254,894
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.
Grants made
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$32,500
2022 The I GOT THIS Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, believes in people with intellectual disabilities. By providing golf instruction, playing opportunities, and organized events, we strive to teach people with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities to play golf, paving the way for them to compete in leagues with typical peers, join high school teams and even obtain athletic college scholarships. This support directly contributes to the I Got This Instructor Academy, designed to increased the # qualified instructors and program growth across the country.
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2023 To support the Special Olympics North America Golf Championship held on October 2-5, 2023 at the Seaview Golf Club in Seaview, NJ.
Grants received
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2024 CHARITABLE
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$5,100
2022 GIRLS GOLF SUPPORT
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$5,100
2024 GIRLS GOLF
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$5,100
2023 SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.