2023 was a year of growth for First Tee – Silicon Valley. We served MORE kids!
In 2023, 5,241 Course Participants and School Students, who were 85% Ethnically Diverse and 60% Low Income, experienced our life skills and golf skills program.
Our youth development program has now positively transformed the lives of 95,747 youth through proven programs on-course, in-school, and after-school since 2005.
FTSV signed a new 25-year agreement in April, 2023 for expanded access at Rancho del Pueblo Golf Course for our character-building course program. This nearly doubled our class capacity so that we may include many more kids and teen participants and enable them to take even more classes. Our school program completely recovered from COVID set-backs and we are now serving more students than ever at Title 1 schools.
Program Snapshot
Course Participation Impact
- 100% of our long-term class students graduate high school
- 100% of our long-term teen class participants attend college
- 90% of class participants achieve all A’s and B’s in school
Participant Survey Results
- 97% Coaches were fun and cared
- 96% Had a fun experience
- 95% Felt included as part of the group
- 94% Coaches helped me with my golf skills
- 89% Coaches helped me with my life skills/lessons
Course Participation
1,208 unique participants took an average of 2 classes at our golf locations yielding 2,226 total registrations
- 85% Ethnically Diverse
- 30% Low Income Families received Financial Aid for total of $112,000
- 59% Male and 41% Female
- 20% Teens (age 13+) including 22 Junior Council participants focusing on career exploration, post high school education, and community service.
- 61% at Rancho del Pueblo Golf Course; 20% at Baylands Golf Links; 12% at Gavilan Golf Course and 7% Other – FTSV office and multiple locations
School Participation
3,015 students experienced our in-school and after-school program in their setting.
- 27 total partners – San Jose (15), Mid-Peninsula (7) and South County (5)
- 85% Ethnically Diverse
- 75% Low Income students
- 24 of our 27 were Title I Schools
- 49% Female and 51% Male
Volunteerism
- 4:1 Coach to Participant Ratio due to increased volunteerism
- 73 Total Adult Volunteers
- 87 Teen Junior Coaches from our program
- 7 Board Directors
- 14 Board Ambassadors
Youth Opportunities
FTSV Teens were selected for various leadership and golf opportunities where many received special recognition through scholarships.
- Ashley Pang and Isabella Herrera were selected to attend the John Deere Drive Your Future Academy for girls
- Camille Thai, Norah Yang, and Franky Sumcad competed in the First Tee National Championship
- Raashika Biswari and Alexandra Varo were selected to attend the First Tee Game Changers Academy Honoring Joe Louis Barrow
- Camille Thai, Norah Yang and Josh Jang represented FTSV at the 2023 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee
- Dylan Chan was selected to attend the First Tee Youth Leadership Academy
- Elise NJ and Li An Panfil were selected to attend the First Tee Youth Leadership Summit
- Li An Panfil was selected to the First Tee College Scholarship Program
- Katelyn Chan was selected to the First Tee Make Your Mark on the Community $4,000 Scholarship
- Jonathan Tessmann received the FTSV Joyce Taylor Eagle Award and $5,000 College Scholarship
- Salma Rivera received FTSV Dennis Kettmann Memorial $5,000 College Scholarship
- Shivam Maji and Katelyn Chan achieved First Tee ACE certification
- 9 Seniors announced their College Admissions
- 22 Teens joined FTSV’s new Teen Council advisory youth group
- 7,991 total hours served = $159,840 equivalency in In-Kind Labor
Financial Snapshot
While it was a year of growth for kids served, it was a challenging year for fundraising after coming off our highest revenue year ever ($1.8M). Fundraising challenges were brought on by donor reluctance due to economic uncertainties, new donor acquisition challenges in a competitive non-profit landscape, and an unexpected cancellation of a Q4 fundraising event. However, FTSV is proud to share that our operations are very stable.
We are optimistic about launching a comprehensive campaign to endow our programs and build facilities that will secure our future growth.
FTSV raised $1.544M. The operating expense distribution of $1.625M was approximately 75% for Programs, 21% for Fundraising, and 4% for Administration.
$651,048 Contributed Income
$313,676 Grants and Foundations
$ 20,168 Corporate Giving
$317,204 Individual Giving
$893,217 Earned Income
$368,781 Participant Class Registration Fees
$501,914 Golf Events: TopGolf, Open, Invitational, Classic (Includes Foundation, Corporate, Individual donations)
$ 22,522 Miscellaneous
$1,544,265 Total Income
Published: 02-05-2024 EDITED: 04-17-2024