PennsylvaniaDirect, private support for caddies, greens crews, and club staff — and their families — facing a medical, financial, or catastrophic crisis.
Every public, private, and municipal course in Pennsylvania runs on people you never see.
U.S. adults can't cover a $400 emergency expense with cash. For many hourly, seasonal golf workers, a single crisis changes everything. — Federal Reserve
Relief for the crises that arrive without warning — for the people who prepare the course, carry the bags, and run the clubhouse, and the families who depend on their paycheck.
A short, secure application you can finish from your phone. Your identity is protected from the first screen.
A caseworker quietly confirms the hardship and the exact bill — the hospital, the lender, the utility.
People — not an algorithm — review every case against a written rubric and reach a decision.
Funds go straight to the hospital, lender, or utility. The person we help stays anonymous — start to finish.
to acknowledge your application — business days.
to decide, once your file is complete.
to pay the provider after approval.
These are our year-one commitments — the standard we hold ourselves to, updated live from our books once grants begin.
Figures above are stated year-one goals and projections, not results — the Foundation has not yet paid grants. Precedent: in 2020, an industry-wide relief effort was seeded with $7.5M and paid more than $4M to 3,300 golf-course workers — then closed. It was never made permanent. The Pennsylvania Golf Foundation makes that relief permanent, at the state level.
“When a caddie is diagnosed, or a greenkeeper's home floods, there has never been a number to call. We built one — so that a hard season never becomes a lost home, and no one has to tell their story to a stranger to be helped.”
A volunteer board and an independent grant committee govern every decision — and we publish the records that let you check our work.
A volunteer board sets policy; an independent committee reviews every grant. No single person decides who gets help.
Annual audited statements and IRS filings, published in full. See exactly where every dollar goes.
A written confidentiality policy and conflict-of-interest standard protect every applicant and guide every decision.
Every dollar is traceable from your donation to a grant paid directly to a provider. Give once, or stand behind the workforce every month.
One secure gift. A receipt in your inbox, and a place on the scorecard you helped move.
A standing commitment lets the committee say yes faster, because the fund is always ready.
Partnership tiers, donor-advised funds, and appreciated assets — with concierge stewardship for every partner.
Occasional updates on the fund's impact — no appeals disguised as news.
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