Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521686163
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025436850
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,575,158
Expenses
$5,782,727
Assets
$6,589,189
Liabilities
$1,215,840

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY CRANE (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFFREY CRANE (PRESIDENT &): $692,158 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN PERRY (VP DEVELOP &): $331,064 total reported compensation
  • BRENT MILLER (VICE PRESIDE): $327,447 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

In the organization and support of the federal and state sportsmen's caucuses, csf informs, advises and works to further policy and legislation for the benefit of hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping, and for the conservation of fish, wildlife anbd habitat, which is the foundation of these traditions. We protect the rights of sportsmen, and provide access and a voice at all levels of government across the country.

What it reported doing in 2024

Marketing & communications: the csf communications effort is focused on branding csf by disseminating timely, newsworthy and accurate information on legislation and policy issues at the federal and state levels. Utilizing a number of communication tools, our target audience is largely made up of our various caucuses members, mission partner members and contributors, conservation NGO groups and the outdoor media. Expenses 667,955 including grants of 0. Revenue 0 state resources: the foundation controls assets contributed to state resource funds. These funds are quasi-organizations that solicit contributions for programs for their respective states. The srf are not separate entities of the foundation. Volunteers from each state organize projects and solicit donors that fund their state's projects. Per foundation policy, 12% of contributions are used for general and administrative purposes, with the remainder restricted for the intended program. Expenses 120,373 including grants of 0. Revenue 168,664. Governer's caucus: a bipartisan causcus of governors to protect and advance the interests of america's sportsmen and women, and advance professional fish and wildlife management policy. Gsc facilitates communication and information exchange between participating offices in support of policies and regulations that promote and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping. Guided by a bipartisan leadership team of governors and staffed through csf, the gsc complements and enhances the congressional sportmen's caucus and the national assembly of sportmen's caucuses. Presently, the bipartisan gsc consists of 30 members representing diverse regions of the nation. Expenses 0 including grants of 0. Revenue 0

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $692K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.