The Ground Up Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883628830
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Commerce, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6263153052
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,600
- Expenses
- $12,978
- Assets
- $14,764
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEPHANIE WONG (CEO & DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- STEPHANIE WONG (CEO & DIRECTOR)
- CHIA LING CHANG (SECRETARY)
- MICHELLE WONG (CFO)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of The Ground Up Foundation is to foster cross-border opportunities for both local and international players, creating impactful connections that establish a strong supportive platform for young golfers. By building this “bridge” between golf communities worldwide, it will lead to a more interconnected and diverse golfing landscape, further expanding opportunities in the game of golf. TGUF aims to achieve its mission by providing support, resources, and scholarship opportunities to local and international players.
What it reported doing in 2024
Inactive
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 86.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 59.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 43.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.