Drummond Island Sportsman Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382804983
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Drummond Island, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9064400311
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,382
- Expenses
- $49,404
- Assets
- $68,114
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joe DePaul (President)
People named in this filing
- Joe DePaul (President)
- Joseph Dale (Treasurer)
- Amanda Fairchild (Secretary)
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
To seek and promote better hunting, fishing, trapping, and shooting activities, eliminate pollution, create game cover, teach conservation, and promote sound environmental programs on Drummond Island.
What it reported doing in 2025
1. Dinner Fundraiser Program Service: The Dinner Fundraiser is one of the organizations largest and most impactful fundraising events. This program aims to bring community members together over a meal to raise funds for the organizations mission. Accomplishments: Successful Fundraising: The Dinner Fundraiser has consistently surpassed fundraising goals, generating significant revenue to support the organizations key initiatives, such as community outreach, educational programs, and local services. The event typically raises over $20,000 annually, with a high percentage of attendees contributing to the cause. Increased Community Engagement: The event has become a well-loved tradition within the community, with an increase in both first-time attendees and repeat donors each year. It has fostered a sense of unity and commitment to the organizations mission. Expanded Sponsorships: Through strategic outreach and relationship-building, the event has attracted corporate sponsors, local businesses, and community leaders, increasing the visibility of the organization and creating more opportunities for collaboration and partnership. Volunteer and Participant Growth: Volunteer participation and guest attendance have grown by 5% each year, further showing the events appeal and the publics dedication to the organizations cause. 2. Big Buck Contest Fundraiser Program Service: The Big Buck Contest Fundraiser is an annual hunting competition designed to engage outdoor enthusiasts and raise awareness about the organizations environmental and conservation programs. Accomplishments: Record Number of Participants: Each year, the Big Buck Contest sees an increase in participants, drawing in individuals from across the state or region. Raised Funds for Conservation Programs: This event specifically supports wildlife conservation and habitat restoration projects, with funds raised helping to protect local wildlife and their natural habitats. In the last year, the contest raised over $15,000. Engaging Sponsors & Partners: The event has built strong partnerships with local businesses. These partnerships not only provide in-kind donations but also expand the reach and impact of the event across the region. 3. Bingo Fundraiser Program Service: The Bingo Fundraiser is a popular yearly event where attendees play bingo for bake good prizes, with proceeds benefiting the organizations community-focused programs.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 11
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.6%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 56; 56th 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: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.6% of revenue deployed · 12.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 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 10/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.