Keep Fish Wet Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833150464
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Amherst, MA, USA
Phone
4133362875
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fisheries Resources

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,191
Expenses
$116,024
Assets
$117,475
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MEAGHAN GUCKIAN (DIRECTOR)
  • MARK HARBAUGH (DIRECTOR)
  • ERICA HICKEY (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

Helping recreational anglers create better outcomes for each fish they release.

What it reported doing in 2024

We coninue to help drive change in recreational fisheries. Our programs reach all levels of the recreational angling industry. Our growth has been a testament to the unique role keep fish wet plays in the recreational angling community.specifically, we are the only nonprofit in the recreational angling domain that is solely focused on science-based best practices for catch-and-release and creates a consistent, clear, and persistent message about why science-based best practice matter for the future of recreational fisheries. The development of the toolkit for shops guides and lodges as well as our other programs have helped to drive our reach.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

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: -72.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.