Dade Amateur Golf Associationinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 237069300
IRS 990 coverage: 2011–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Miami Lakes, FL, USA
Phone: 3056334583
Rating: 69
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,520,552
Expenses: $1,155,759
Assets: $2,812,619
Liabilities: $1,527,317

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CHARLES DE LUCCA III (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

CHARLES DE LUCCA III (PRESIDENT): $83,600 total reported compensation
JOHN REED (VP, DIRECTOR): $72,000 total reported compensation
MICHAEL STERN (DIRECTOR): $27,608 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dade amateur golf association advances amateur golf and youth development in miami-dade county. Activities further the sports ideals and competitive character; promote fellowship and friendly competition; and encourage the mental and physical well-being of participants. Programs provide education in the rules of golf and golfing etiquette to juniors, golfers, volunteers, and the public; expand understanding of the proper use of public and private golf facilities; and conduct usga-governed amateur tournaments, including flagship junior championships, that emphasize integrity, sportsmanship, and life skills. The organizations official motto is helping youth through golf.

What it reported doing in 2024

Daga hosts the annual doral publix junior golf classic, an international championship in doral benefiting first tee miami. The event promotes the character and honor of the game by providing multi-round, usga-governed competition for juniors from across the u.s. And abroad, supported by certified rules officials and volunteers. Activities include division championships and related competitions that emphasize sportsmanship, pace- of-play, and life skills. In addition, daga conducts the cd memorial tournament, corey for st jude, and national auto parts wholesale event, offering competitive rounds that reinforce rules education and character development for participating youth.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 47
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 82
Sustainability: 62
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 48.1%; rating input score 48
Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 61
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: 24%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 48.1% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $710K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 7 people listed
Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.