San Diego Sportfishing Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953646809
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192243857
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,676
Expenses
$147,698
Assets
$31,780

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Frank Ursitti (President)
  • Robert Falcone (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Frank Ursitti (President)
  • Robert Falcone (Vice-President)
  • Linda Palm - Halpain (Sec/Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The San Diego Sportfishing Council is an association of business people in the San Diego Area who wish to promote recreational fishing for the benefit of the Sportfishing industry as a whole and to increase the income to the San Diego area through Sportfishing-related tourism.

What it reported doing in 2024

The San Diego Sportfishing Council is an association of business people in the San Diego Area who wish to promote recreational fishing for the benefit of the Sportfishing industry as a whole and to increase the income to the San Diego Area through Sportfishing-related tourism.The council sponsors community cultural, recreation and promotional events designed to enhance the well being of the community. Catherine Miller and Associates was engaged to coordinate these activities. The event is called "Day at the Docksand was held this year on April 13, 2025 . This event opens up the sportfishing dock areas to the general public by way of free fishing seminars, boat rides, displays, and an open house on-board sportfishing boats. This year is it estimated that 7,500 people attended the DAY AT THE DOCKS program.These programs provide an increased awareness of recreational fishing facilities and encourage participation in and use of sportfishing facilities and services.The council obtains its funding from the special event and from grants from government agencies. It has not, and does not plan to sponsor fundraising or business activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 47
  • Growth: 100

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: 17.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th 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 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.