Fly Fishers Club of Orange County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956155967
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7143571199
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,537
Expenses
$17,111
Assets
$399,611
Liabilities
$17,636

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN MAYER (PRESIDENT)
  • KEN LINDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS SAKAI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRIAN MAYER (PRESIDENT)
  • KEN LINDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TOM NIEDZIALEK (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

Educational for the expansion of sports fishing and environmental issues

What it reported doing in 2025

Monthly outings for education on various topics related to nature and sporting activities

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.6%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.35; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 9 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series balance sheet did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.