Responsible Hunting Scent Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861521152
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- New Ulm, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5073547699
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,831
- Expenses
- $114,703
- Assets
- $282,539
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SAM BURGESON (PRESIDENT)
- ELAM LAPP JR (VICE PRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR)
- DOUG ROBERTS (VICE PRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR)
People named in this filing
- SAM BURGESON (PRESIDENT)
- ELAM LAPP JR (VICE PRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR)
- DOUG ROBERTS (VICE PRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The responsible hunting scent association was established to bring professional cervid urine producers and hunting scent manufacturers together to work for the common purpose of protecting, maintaining and growing the cervid urine and hunting scent industry, to provide a forum to communicate effectively with other industry trade groups and state and federal agencies and legislators; and to help develop and manage their business in a manner that protects wild cervids while providing quality hunting scent products for hunters. Rhsa manages the deer protection program, helping responsible hunting scent suppliers and manufacturers maintain the safety and biosecurity of urine-based scent products and their sources.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, rhsa continued to work with its members to ensure they are maintaining and meeting the requirements of the rhsa deer protection program. Rhsa also provided information about the members and industry through tradeshows and other events to educate hunters and wildlife professionals about rhsa programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.