Raised at Full Draw
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465141615
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Winterset, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5152129873
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $290,826
- Expenses
- $292,436
- Assets
- $306,576
- Liabilities
- $49,202
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LADONNA MAXWELL (PRESIDENT)
- MARK CONRADT (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DONISE PETERSEN (COO): $71,809 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To teach the proper skills, techniques, strategies, and ethics of hunting. Rafd pledges to have a positive impact on youth, individuals, families and the outdoors. We strive to develop role models that can educate others on the vital need and importance of having hunters in the worlds ecosystem.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024 rafd expanded its reach by adding two new camps in a new state, Pennsylvania, bringing our programming to seven states: ia, mt, nd, mo, mi, wi, & pa with 10 camps and several events. Our camps aim to educate youth & adults in bowhunting safety, techniques, and ethics through hands-on learning in a safe, supportive environment. This year we served 200 participants. These efforts were supported by 100 volunteers across all camp locations. With support from the Wisconsin department of natural resources, we were also able to hire our first Wisconsin employee to enhance and expand recruitment, retention, reactivation (r3) programming efforts within Wisconsin. In addition, we hosted the annual Iowa deer classic 3d archery shoot, which brought in 162 men, 18 women, & 24 youth over two and a half days. From this event, we successfully recruited several youth to attend our Iowa camps. We also offer a free try archery experience at the classic, where over 400 participants had the opportunity to try archery for the first time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 59.7%; rating input score 60
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 59.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $174K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.