Peterson Outdoors Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271922154
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Joplin, MO, USA
Phone
4175290115
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$462,743
Expenses
$300,258
Assets
$1,688,186
Liabilities
$89,230

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRON PETERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFF QUADE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TRON PETERSON (PRESIDENT): $64,168 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide outdoor recreational therapy to wounded veterans, their families, and disabled youth and adults.

What it reported doing in 2024

Peterson outdoors ministries provides for each veteran or disabled person and their family members who choose to accompany them; travel expenses, food, lodging, and hunting or fishing licenses at each event they attend. In 2024, peterson outdoors ministries ministered to 310 veterans, people with disabilities, first responders and family members. 2024 events include: female vet crossbow hunt at loh (2 veterans), day of prayer at loh, veterans mens encounter media training (4 veterans), volunteer appreciation summit (5 veterans) kayak demo for vets and ez dock dedication (10 veterans), coyote predator hunt at loh (6 veterans) veterans mens encounter at loh (50 veterans - 30 family), military chaplins turkey hunt at loh (7 veterans - 4 family) female veterans turkey hunt at loh ( 2 veterans), first responders mens encounter at loh (2 veterans - 15 family) day at the lake for those with disabilities (60 veterans - 15 family), California -1st responders retreat lacsd & torrence ca pd at loh (11 external members), 2nd veterans mens encounter weekend (25 veterans - 20 family), veterans mens encounter (45 veterans - 20 family), first responder and family appreciation day at loh (150 external members), female veterans crossbow deer hunt at loh (2 veterans), heros hunting for hope veterans deer hunt (10 veterans - 8 family), one-on-one with ptsd veterans (8 veterans), carthage first christians church mens group (10 external members), milford christian church-descipleship training ( 30 external members), female spoonbill trip (4 veterans) shultes mid mo sand springs lodge turkey hunt (2 veterans), 2nd shultes mid mo sand springs turkey hunt ( 2 veterans), fishing for hope bass trny (8 veterans 100 external members), vets at the ballpark (25 veterans) annual banquet and auction fundraiser (300 external members), eureka springs jeep jam (20 veterans - 1,000 external members) rally 66 car show (5 veterans), shultes sand springs lodge crossbow deer hunt (2 veterans), veterans waterfowl hunt at whistling wings lodge (4 veterans)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.5%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.62; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.5% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $199K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $64K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.