Codington County Pro Pheasants Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752991244
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Watertown, SD, USA
Phone
6058817077
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,779
Expenses
$44,381
Assets
$71,517
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR NICK PILLATZKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAY MEIER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PHILLIP RONKE (DIRECTOR)
  • CLIFF KRIESE (DIRECTOR)
  • DR NICK PILLATZKE (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

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What it reported doing in 2025

Promote wildlife convervation, restoration of pheasants and other wildlife through funding of restoration projects, raising of pheasants for release on poublic and private lands

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 60; 60th 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: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.