Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990456533
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Piedmont, SD, USA
- Phone
- 6053893392
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,179
- Expenses
- $16,509
- Assets
- $10,189
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Goodwin (President, Treasurer, Director)
- Heath Weavill (Vice President, Director)
People named in this filing
- David Goodwin (President, Treasurer, Director)
- Heath Weavill (Vice President, Director)
- Melissa Clemetson (Secretary, Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation is dedicated to educating hunters of all ages, promoting responsible hunting practices, and conserving the majestic mountain lions of the Black Hills. We proudly support the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, emphasizing science-based management and the sustainable use of wildlife resources for the benefit of future generations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Planned and executed the annual Mountain Lion Hunters Banquet featuring a meal, door prizes, a raffle drawing, an educational seminar with guest speakers and a general forum. This banquet served over 180 people, and helped raise funds for South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.8%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 31.4%; rating input score 31
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 36.9%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 147.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 180.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 19.8% of revenue deployed · 31.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.