Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County

What it reported doing in 2024

First tee - monterey county (ftmc): ftmc is a chapter of first tee and situs under the pga tour foundation. First tee is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. We're building game-changers through our junior golf programs. Ftmc provides its programs at its twin creeks golf campus located in salinas, California and king city golf course located in king city, California. As of october 2023, ftmc delivers the first tees golf and life skills experience curriculum from january through december during school time, after school, on weekends and on school vacations. Since 2004, over 110,000 active participants between the ages of 7 and 18 years of age have been impacted throughout monterey county. Ftmc also includes programs that promote healthy habits and nutrition, as well as offering homework help and tutoring assistance. During school vacations (spring, summer, and winter), ftmc delivers extended programming through a variety of activity camps. With a focus on providing youth opportunities for a better future, participants enjoy the programming partnerships with several other local non-profit organizations and for-profit businesses that ftmc has developed. The annual registration fee for a participant is $160. The partnerships with local school districts have resulted in over 6,000 full scholarships. Ninety-six percent of the ftmc participants are non-caucasian, and forty-eight percent are female. The fcf board believes that the investment of over $2,200,000 in non-collected membership fees is more than justified through the positive impact that the program has on the young people's lives and consequently, the surrounding communities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
• Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings