Do Good Fishing

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871315421
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Springfield, MO, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$10,030
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Rakes (President)

People named in this filing

  • Heather Rakes (Director)
  • Michael Rakes (President)
  • Mike Messner (Ambassador)

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

Do Good Fishing exists for the sole purpose of doing good in the world around us. We will partner with other non-profits with like minded purposes inorder to ease the suffering of others and help humanity. We do this through the sport of fishing. We use fishing to help boys and girls build healthy selfimageand self-worth. We provide food and medical supplies through the platform of being a professional fisherman and teaching others about fishing.Do Good Fishing will be providing guided fishing trips with Brayden Rakes, Pro Fisherman. Through donations and generous giving, Brayden will also bespeaking at various events helping to reach out not only to boys and girls but also partnering with other non-profits to help raise awareness and aid fordisaster relief and dignity programs helping kids.Do Good Fishing will reach out to corporate donors that have an interest in the outdoors or individual donors who care about child hunger and wellbeing. The activity will take place at lakes all ove

What it reported doing in 2024

Do Good Fishing exists for the sole purpose of doing good in the world around us. We will partner with other non-profits with like minded purposes inorder to ease the suffering of others and help humanity. We do this through the sport of fishing. We use fishing to help boys and girls build healthy selfimageand self-worth. We provide food and medical supplies through the platform of being a professional fisherman and teaching others about fishing.Do Good Fishing will be providing guided fishing trips with Brayden Rakes, Pro Fisherman. Through donations and generous giving, Brayden will also bespeaking at various events helping to reach out not only to boys and girls but also partnering with other non-profits to help raise awareness and aid fordisaster relief and dignity programs helping kids.Do Good Fishing will reach out to corporate donors that have an interest in the outdoors or individual donors who care about child hunger and wellbeing. The activity will take place at lakes all over the country including but not limited to: Table Rock Lake, The Harris Chain of Lakes Central Florida, Lake Toho near Disney World, Lake Chickamauga TN, Guntersville Lake Alabama, Lake Conroe Texas to name only a few.100% of the time will be on the water either raising money for child well being projects, hosting donors, and taking children fishing and fishing in 10Tournaments a year representing Do Good Fishing.

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 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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -149.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -59.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.