Reel Men Special Forces Fishing Team Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300766139
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Fayetteville, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9103910683
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fishing, Hunting
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,900
- Expenses
- $7,985
- Assets
- $3,279
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mark McCowan (President)
- David Robison (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Mark McCowan (President)
- David Robison (Vice-President)
- Jim Sheehan (Secretary)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Reel Men Special Forces Fishing Team utilizes fishing as an instrument in actively supporting organizations involved with Veterans, wounded Veterans, and Survivors of Veteran Programs. This organization provides a platform for Veterans and Survivors of Veterans to fish at different levels and events throughout the year.
What it reported doing in 2014
Reel Men Special Forces Team provides countless hours assisting active duty Soldiers, Veterans and families at the John E. Pechman Fishing Education Center. Throughout the year, various members of the team provide fishing assistance to military families every second Wednesday of the months March through November at PEchman's fishing ponds. Members also provided free fishing seminars to the public once a quarter which allows the members to reach out to the youth of military members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 52% for direct work, and 48% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.