Association of Retired US Fish & Wildlife Employees

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020703765
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Shepherdstown, WV, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,764
Expenses
$85,040
Assets
$35,235
Liabilities
$60

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia Barry (Chair - Board of Directors)
  • Paul Tritaik (Vice-Chair - Board of Directors)
  • Douglas Fruge (Treasurer - Board of Directors)

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

Conservation of US Fish and Wildlife Service FWS Historical Artifacts support of conservation projects on FWS lands and facilities or programs and support of the FWSs History Committee and Youth Conservation Programs guided by a Memorandum of Agreement and Strategic Plan.

What it reported doing in 2024

FWS Youth Programs Support: Significant accomplishments included awarding funds in the form of mini-grants to 14 Friends Groups for National Wildlife Refuges and Hatcheries to support programs involving outdoor skills that provided hands-on experiences illustrating the potential for careers in the outdoors. We also covered the costs for invited speakers to attend and make presentations at a Native Youth Climate Adaptation Workshop and a Student Climate and Conservation Conference held at the FWS National Conservation Training Center. A Board member and other participants representing the Retiree Association attended events promoting youth engagement with nature and interest in conservation-related careers. These included the Boy Scouts of Americas Order of the Arrow National Conference and The Wildlife Societys annual meeting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • 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: 6.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.