National Deer Association Group Return
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900201257
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bogart, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7063530221
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $461,866
- Expenses
- $275,335
- Assets
- $1,224,817
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NICK PINIZZOTTO (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- NICK PINIZZOTTO (PRESIDENT & CEO): $277,179 total reported compensation
- APRIL ROBERTSON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $168,292 total reported compensation
- JENIFER WISNIESKI (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $131,632 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule owith members in all 50 states and canada, the national deer association(nda) works closely with hunters, landowners, wildlife agencies and other conservationists to improve deer herds and hunter satisfaction on millions of acres of public and private land. The goals and activities of nda are accomplished with its staff and extensive volunteer network. Given nda's history of using science and hunter ethics to guide sound deer management decisions, it is widely considered the most respected and influential deer conservation agency in north america.
What it reported doing in 2024
See schedule oin 2024, nda had a significant impact on policy that impacts deer, hunting, and conservation by sending 27 action alerts, authoring, or signing 50 letters of support or opposition, and encouraging more than 1,800 letters from our constituents. Nda addressed landscape-level access and forest health issues through the public lands initiative by helping to improve 226,128 acres of public land in 20 states at a total value of $6,382,021. Nda continued to provide some of the best deer and habitat educational content in the world by publishing more than 150 combined articles and videos across our various platforms. More than 10 million people were reached through nda's social media channels alone. Nda held 54 field to fork events across 13 states to introduce 481 new people to hunting as part of our r3 initiatives while also graduating 376 new deer steward participants at various levels. Nda finished another strong financial year helped by securing a record number of corporate sponsors and conducting the organization's annual giving day.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $338.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.45; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $273K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $277K · 23 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 59/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.