American Fisheries Society California - Nevada Chapter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237226673
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Davis, CA, USA
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fisheries Resources
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $75,440
- Expenses
- $32,523
- Assets
- $295,429
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eva Bush (Past President)
- Christina Parker (President)
- Kim Luke (President Elect)
- Miranda Bell Tilcock (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Thomas Agosta (Treasurer)
- Eva Bush (Past President)
- Mollie Ogaz (Past Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Facilitate information exchange.
What it reported doing in 2024
Update major program accomplishments.2024 - We ran the Redding meeting for our members and other fisheries professionals.We had 80 talks, 36 posters and 5 continuing education classesWe had 198 full attendees and 17 one day attendees. We were able to profit $23,556 for operational expenses and future grants.We offered 2 travel grants totaling $1750 to students and early career professionals to travel to our meeting and other fisheries meetings.We offered 2 small research grants that were given in early 2025.Describe the exempt purpose achievements include number of clients served, publications issued, etc.In 2024 our membership peaked at 378 members. Renewals occur in December each year.We donated $2500 to California State University Northridge Foundation to help publish the Ecology of Marine FishesAlso discuss achievements that are not measurable.We sent officers to meetings around the country to discuss fisheries issues in our geographic area with other fisheries professionals and discuss the needs of our members
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.1%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 56.9%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.08; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.