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Filing year 2024

CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION

Southern Pines, North Carolina·EIN 56-0509290·NTEE N6A · Recreation & Sports·3
Total revenue
$9.5M
Total assets
$9.9M
Total expenses
$9M
Reported officers
19
Mission

THE CGA IS A NON-PROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED IN 1909 TO CONDUCT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TOURNAMENTS FOR AMATEUR GOLFERS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, ADMINISTER THE USGA HANDICAP SYSTEM IN THE CAROLINAS, AND SUPPORT ITS MEMBERSHIP OF MORE THAN 200,000 GOLFERS IN THE CGA'S 700 PLUS MEMBER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$251k
$266k
Base
$219k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$692
Committee Member
board member
$25k
$26k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Recreation & Sports

Up 14%
from 2023

From $221k in 2023 to $251k in 2024.

$221k
2023
$251k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$241k to $266k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.7M
$7.9M
2023
$9.5M
$9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Recreation & Sports executives earn

Comparable recreation & sports organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $42,799.

25th percentile
$13k
Median
$42,799
75th percentile
$95k
90th percentile
$178k

These are recreation & sports sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,750 organizations across 1,750 filings (2021 – 2023).

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