GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Nonprofit & Advocacy

KS, USLatest filing Apr 7, 2026Trade association

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America is a nonprofit trade group that represents people who manage golf course grounds. Its lobbying focuses on rules about water and the Clean Water Act, tax changes affecting private and commercial golf courses, regulation of plant products called biostimulants, advertising rules, and some labor and workplace issues. It also seeks congressional recognition for its 100-year anniversary.

$60K

Reported spend

Advertising leads by disclosed activity

Filings

Most recent on Apr 7, 2026

Firms engaged

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA leads by reported spend

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Confidence

90%

Dominant share

100%

Industry count

Nonprofit & Advocacy

100%

Client is explicitly the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, a 501(c)(6) professional society representing golf course superintendents — a trade/professional association. Issues (turfgrass research, Farm Bill, pesticides, Waters of the U.S., tax treatment of golf courses, H-2B visas) support that this is an industry membership association rather than a private company; therefore organization_mode is trade_association and industry is nonprofit/advocacy representing member interests.

Reported Spend Over Time

Annual totals based on disclosed filing amounts.

2025

$40K3 filings

2026

$20K2 filings

What They're Lobbying On

Issue rankings are based on disclosed activity mentions, with filing amounts apportioned evenly across issues within the same filing.

Advertising

ADV

5 mentions5 filingsLatest Apr 7, 2026

$16.7K

apportioned spend

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES5SENATE5

Environment/Superfund

ENV

5 mentions5 filingsLatest Apr 7, 2026

Top Firms

The lobbying registrants handling this client, ranked by disclosed filing amounts.

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Nonprofit & Advocacy

5 filingsLatest Apr 7, 2026

501(c)(6) professional society

$60K

Top Lobbyists

Lobbyists are ranked by appearances and an equal share of each filing's reported amount.

ROBERT HELLAND jr

Recent Filings

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GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

2026 first quarter4 issues1 lobbyists

Environment/SuperfundTaxation/Internal Revenue CodeAdvertising

$10K

Apr 7, 2026

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

AI Industry Profile

Reported Spend Over Time

What They're Lobbying On

Advertising

Environment/Superfund

Top Firms

Top Lobbyists

Recent Filings

Government Touchpoints

Attributed Recipients

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace