The mission of The Club Foundation is to raise funds to financially support the club management profession through education, research, and outreach initiatives.
The Club Foundation’s largest 2025 grant went to the Club Management Association of America in Alexandria, Virginia, for student support, showing how closely the funder ties its giving to the club management profession. Its mission is to raise funds that support that profession through education, research, and outreach initiatives, and its program list reflects that mandate through scholarships, faculty research, faculty development, and chapter-level education grants. The foundation also supports emerging leaders through named scholarship programs, including the John and Andrea Dorman Scholarship and the DeLozier Family Scholarship, both aimed at professional development in the club industry. Another strand of its work reaches beyond classrooms and chapters into community-building and relief, as shown by awards for military troop reunions, tournaments, and hurricane and flood response. The pattern suggests a funder that uses relatively focused, profession-specific grants to support training, scholarship, chapter activity, and targeted emergency or event-based needs within the club sector.
Education and professional development are central to the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $76,415 to the Club Management Association of America for student support, and its active programs include the John and Andrea Dorman Scholarship, which supports CMAA Business Management Institutes, and the Student Chapter Grant for conference participation. Faculty-facing support is another clear theme: the Faculty Research Grant backs club industry research and hospitality degree programs, while the Faculty Development & Immersion Program Grant helps faculty immerse themselves in the private club industry for curriculum development and networking. Chapter-level capacity building also appears in the grant list. The Chapter Workshop Grant supports education and workshop activities for small and medium-sized CMAA chapters, and Chapter Education Grants include Chapter of the Year, New Member Recruitment Awards, and Chapter Idea Fair Awards. Smaller awards such as the Warren Arseneaux Honorary Scholarship and the DeLozier Family Scholarship extend that support to specific professional-development paths.
Typical grants cluster tightly around $10,000, with a median grant size of $10,000, a 25th percentile of $10,000, and a 75th percentile of $20,000. The 2025 record shows both a much larger award and several smaller, purpose-specific grants, which fits a pattern of a few concentrated awards alongside modest scholarships and chapter grants. The foundation’s giving is programmatic rather than open-ended: some active programs accept unsolicited requests, while others, such as the Faculty Development & Immersion Program Grant and Chapter Education Grants, do not. Its awards are largely short-term and one-time in nature, with support directed to defined activities like education, research, conferences, and chapter events.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $20K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$20K
About 20% of grants go to recipients in FL.
JEFFREY D MORGAN
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Giving is regional and entirely U.S.-based in the available records. Minnesota appears most often among recipients, including Burnsville, where Tee It Up for the Troops received a grant. Other recipient cities include Brevard, Marietta, and Delray Beach, alongside Alexandria, Virginia. Twenty percent of grants in the file went to recipients in Virginia, which is also where the Club Management Association of America is located. The geography points to a U.S. chapter-and-program network rather than a broad national or international footprint.
It funds scholarships, faculty research, faculty development, and chapter education grants tied to the club management profession. Named programs include the Faculty Research Grant, John and Andrea Dorman Scholarship, Faculty Development & Immersion Program Grant, Chapter Workshop Grant, and Student Chapter Grant.
Some programs do. The Faculty Research Grant, John and Andrea Dorman Scholarship, Warren Arseneaux Honorary Scholarship, DeLozier Family Scholarship, Chapter Workshop Grant, and Student Chapter Grant all accept unsolicited requests, while the Faculty Development & Immersion Program Grant and Chapter Education Grants do not.
The center of the distribution is $10,000: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $20,000. The recent record also includes smaller awards down to $10,000 and larger support at $76,415.
Its giving is regional, and the grants in the file are all in the United States. Recipients include organizations in Alexandria, Virginia; Burnsville, Minnesota; Brevard, North Carolina; Marietta, Georgia; and Delray Beach, Florida.
The active programs center on club industry research, hospitality education, faculty research, professional development, leadership development, chapter education, and student support. Several programs are tied directly to CMAA chapters, conferences, and faculty immersion in the private club industry.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Who can apply: Small- and medium-sized CMAA Chapters. Applications reviewed by Foundation sub-committee.
Deadline: Application Due Date: December 15 (annual)
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $76,415 | 2025 | SUPPORT STUDENTS |
| TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS | BURNSVILLE, MN | $20,000 | 2025 | TROOPS REUNION AND TOURNMENT GRANT |
| CAROLINAS CLUB FOUNDATION | BREVARD, NC | $10,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF |
| CLUB MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - GEORGIA CHAPTER | MARIETTA, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF |
| SEMINOLE REGION CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT INC | DELRAY BEACH, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF |
| CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $82,576 | 2024 | SUPPORT STUDENTS |
| TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS | BURNSVILLE, MN | $20,000 | 2024 | TROOPS REUNION AND TOURNMENT GRANT |
| TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS | BURNSVILLE, MN | $20,000 | 2023 | TROOPS REUNION AND TOURNMENT GRANT |
| GOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION | BURLINGAME, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | IN MEMORY OF MEMBER DONNA OTIS |
| SEMINOLE REGION CHARITY | DELRAY BEACH, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | HURRICANE RELIEF |
CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
$76,415SUPPORT STUDENTS
CAROLINAS CLUB FOUNDATION
$10,000HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF
CLUB MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - GEORGIA CHAPTER
$10,000HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF
SEMINOLE REGION CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT INC
$10,000HURRICANE AND FLOOD RELIEF
CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
$82,576SUPPORT STUDENTS
SEMINOLE REGION CHARITY
$10,000HURRICANE RELIEF