Gray Fishtag Research Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472063764
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Pompano Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8448428353
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fisheries Resources
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $124,675
- Expenses
- $128,802
- Assets
- $111,848
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM BILL DOBBELAER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KIM UNDERWOOD (DIRECTOR)
- IAN HALL (DIRECTOR)
- LEO LAMPONE (DIRECTOR)
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
Fish tagging game fish, tracking and reporting results
What it reported doing in 2024
Gray fishtag research ("the organization") maintains a website: www.grayfishtagresearch.org and makes available (to the scientific community at large), information on its fish-tagging activities. The organization was formed for the purpose of tagging fish and tracking those fish and their habits. The organization, through fishing captains and mates, tags fish and notes on reports, the location where tagged, length and weight and location. This information is provided to the general public at large and is also made available to scientists, including oceanographers and the public at large.all this information is available on its website. The organization has a research scientist on-site that coordinates all the data, the organization continues to work closely with scientists from the ocean centers at nova university and the university of miami. It provides information to these universities for use in scientific research of fish habits and habitats. The organization uses 'state of the art' methods in tagging fish and tracking those fish, gathering information on migration habits and patterns. The directors of the organization have been in the fish maritime industry and have access to thousands of captains in the sports fishing industry. The directors do not receive compensation and volunteer to tag fish and provide information to the organization. The benefit to the public and the scientific community tracking game fish and their migration, continues to grow.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $129K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.