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Grassroots Grants Recipients
The game of golf can and should be enjoyed by people of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds. Browse 200 youth and adult organizations across the country that are dedicated to making the sport more accessible and welcoming to all.

See below for the list of 2026 Grant Recipients.

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News & Stories

Industry Reflects on Five Years of Expanding Access as Sport Reaches 48.1 Million

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2026) — As the golf world gathers this week for the annual PGA Show in Orlando, Make Golf Your Thing, an initiative under the American Golf Industry Coalition umbrella, is marking five years of shared progress in making the game and industry more welcoming to all. The milestone arrives as […]
5 Years In, Make Golf Your Thing & Golf Industry Continues to Open Doors

Make Golf Your Thing launched in summer 2020 when the golf industry united to address two challenges: sustaining the participation surge driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthening inclusion across the sport and industry. Over five years, the initiative has opened doors through both collective action under the Make Golf Your Thing banner and independent […]
Seventy Organizations to Receive Funding Through Grassroots Grants Program

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL (June 6, 2025) – Seventy organizations across the United States with programs reaching those underrepresented in golf have been selected to receive funding through the Make Golf Your Thing Grassroots Grants Program. The program is administered by American Golf Industry Coalition, and was created to help strengthen the game by making […]

The Grassroots Grants Program (GGP) was designed to support organizations committed to exposing underrepresented groups to the game. Facilitated through the American Golf Industry Coalition (a division of the World Golf Foundation), the GGP has awarded 457 grants totaling $3.5 million to 200 unique organizations since May 2021.

2026 Grant Recipients:

A Perfect Swing Foundation, Inc.
Adaptive Golf Experience
Bison Impact Group, Inc.
Black College Golf Coaches Association
Bob-O-Links Junior Golf Club
Caddies For Kids
Central Oregon Junior Golf Association
Columbia Golf Foundation
Connection Across the Spectrum
Dreams Empowered Foundation, Inc.
Dreams of Lois Incorporated
Edu-Sports Academy, Inc.
EgoFree Academy
Excel Youth Academy
FairWays to Leadership, Inc.
First Tee Central Washington
First Tee Greater Tyler
Fore Life, Inc.
Friends of Strasburg Parks & Rec
Future Golfers of America
Future Successors
Gator Junior Golf
Girls Golf of Frederick
Golf For All
Golf For Life NFP
Golf Program in Schools
Golf Women Mean Business Foundation, Inc.
Golf. My Future. My Game.
Greater Cleveland Junior Golf Scholarship Fund
Hollywood Golf Institute
I GOT THIS Foundation
Inland Golf Academy
Inner City Youth Golfers’, Inc.
Jackson Park Golf Association
Kinect & Enrich
Latina Golfers Association Foundation
LBMGA, Inc.
LEO Foundation, Inc.
Los Nietos Educational Foundation
Martha Mason Hill Foundation
Michigan Women’s Golf Association
Midwestern Amputee Golf Association
Milwaukee Area Youth Golf Academy, Inc.
Moore-Myers Children’s Fund
National Golf Player Development Foundation
Northern California Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association, Inc.
Par Excellence Youth Development (PEYD)
Quality Education Academy
Range Fore Hope Foundation
Reaching Out For Kids
Recovery Shot
RLE Go Fore It Foundation
SOUL Foundation
Stand Up and Play Foundation
Swing 2 Soar
Swing Chic Foundation
TDTD Foundation
Ted Rhodes Foundation, Inc.
The Caddie & Leadership Academy
The GLOVE Foundation
The Golf Fund
The Opportunity League
The Smith-Jones Family Foundation
Total Access Golf
U.S. Seated Golfers Association
Western States Junior Golf Association
Will of Iron Golf Foundation for Military Vets
Women in Golf Foundation, Inc.
Women of Color Golf

To learn whether you qualify for this opportunity, visit: www.golfcoalition.org/grassrootsgrants

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