Public Charity

WATSON LINKS MENTORS FOUNDATION

WATSON LINKS MENTORS FOUNDATION, of OVERLAND PARK, KS, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $675K in revenue, $489K in expenses, $282K in total assets. 3 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $638K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 923366897 OVERLAND PARK, KS Golf NTEE: N6A Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$675K
Total Expenses$489K
Total Assets$282K
Grant Records3
Funding Total$638K
Filing Years2023–2025

Mission

TO FACILITATE AND ENABLE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, TO PLAY GOLF WITH EXPERIENCED MENTORS AND THEREBY DEVELOP AN AFFINITY FOR PLAYING THE GAME OF GOLF AND EXPERIENCE ALL OF ITS ATTRIBUTES.

Where $100 goes at Watson Links Mentors Foundation

How Watson Links Mentors Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 3 years.

$59 Programs the work itself
$41 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $59 for programs

$52
Identifying and cultivating groups of player mentees youth ages 10-18, with all skill levels and backgrounds
88% of program spending
$7
Providing golf mentoring support for first tee chapters, which provide golf programs for youth to build self-confidence, by inspiring more active participation in leadership opportunities and events, community…
12% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Chip Maiwald
VICE-PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Gary D Gilson
DIRECTOR Maureen Farrell
DIRECTOR Micahel R Thiessen
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Pauly Hart
CHAIRMAN Thomas S Watson

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$460,000 2 grants
Youth Development
$177,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $675K $489K $282K
2024 $423K $386K $96K
2023 $120K $60K $59K

Between 2023 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $120K to $675K (+465%), with total assets most recently reported at $282K.

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