WIDE OPEN GOLF CLASSIC INC
EIN 82-1462084 · Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Human Services (P12)
What they do
THE WIDE OPEN GOLF CLASSIC is MORE THAN A TOURNAMENT-ITS A MOVEMENT to UPLIFT OUR YOUTH and STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY DOLLAR RAISED GOES DIRECTLY TOWARD SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT for CHILDRENS PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS and ACTIVITIES, and DONATIONS to LOCAL CAUSES HIGHLIGHTED AT OUR EVENT. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER of PRO-SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT and ARE COMMITTED to SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE-ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA-BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY to EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS THROUGH ATHLETICS and OTHER ENRICHING PURSUITS. FROM NOW UNTIL GRADUATION, WE AIM to REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS and FOSTER CONNECTION, GROWTH, and RESILIENCE IN EVERY CHILD WE SUPPORT. THANKS to THE CARE and GENEROSITY of OUR DONORS, WE ARE HELPING BUILD A STRONGER, HEALTHIER FUTURE-RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
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DAVE REGANDIRECTOR
MATTHEW P KEEFEPRESIDENT
RYAN MAINSDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 93 ATWATER ROAD, COLLINSVILLE, CT 06019
- County
- Hartford
- In care of
- MATTHEW P KEEFE
- Primary officer
- MATTHEW P KEEFE, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- GITLIN & COMPANY LLC
- NTEE classification
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Human Services (P12)
- IRS tax category
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution