Metropolitan Golf Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431755262
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2010, Form 990-N 2021
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3145676242
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,097,235
Expenses
$332,129
Assets
$5,828,141
Liabilities
$1,354,885

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • G SCOTT ENGELBRECHT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • G SCOTT ENGELBRECHT (PRESIDENT)
  • CURT ROHE (SECRETARY)
  • JEFF SMITH (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Making golf a platform to improve the lives of young people of all socio-economic backgrounds.

What it reported doing in 2024

The metropolitan golf foundation strengthens communities through the game of golf by preserving public golf access, promoting youth development, and supporting educational and community-based initiatives. Through the normandie reimagined project and other strategic programs, the foundation leverages golf as a platform for learning, leadership, and community revitalization.our work is organized around four core program pillars: youth empowerment - providing young people with mentorship, life-skills development, workforce experiences, and leadership opportunities through golf-centered programming.technology and education - expanding access to stem and digital learning to help close the technology gap for youth and families.community engagement - strengthening neighborhoods by preserving community assets, hosting inclusive events, and connecting residents to supportive services and partnerships.support for heroes - offering programs that honor and assist veterans and first responders through wellness, recreation, and community-building opportunities.together, these initiatives advance the foundation's mission to use golf as a catalyst for personal growth, educational opportunity, and community transformation across the st. Louis region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.2%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 23%; rating input score 23; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 84.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.55; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.2% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $280K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 23/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.