Georgia Section Pga of America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581089016
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
6784618600
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,698,153
Expenses
$2,696,339
Assets
$693,306
Liabilities
$460,336

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARY BROWN (HONORARY PRESIDENT)
  • JOSH DEAL (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT GEARY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT GEARY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO): $256,634 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT GORDON (ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECT): $149,064 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the enjoyment & involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to the growth of the golf professional and the golf industry. The Georgia section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of the golf professionals and promoting the opportunities for amateurs, manufacturers and the general public. As a result, the Georgia section will elevate the standards of the professional golfers vocation, stimulate interest in the game of golf, and promote the overall vitality of the game.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education: golf professionals are the foundation of golf. The professionals are expert instructors and community leaders who help provide affordable and accessible golf to everyone, everywhere within the state of Georgia. Georgia section provides educational programs to ensure that golf professionals will remain at the forefront of the game providing enjoyment to many for generations to come.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd 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: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $257K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.