Sparta Hunting and Fishing Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260749495
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sparta, MI, USA
Phone
6164908357
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,777
Expenses
$80,090
Assets
$226,821

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM BLACKALL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIM BLACKALL (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE BENNETT (VICE-PRESIDE)
  • WAYNE OUTEN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The club offers its members outdoor pistol and rifle ranges, shotgun events on a weekly basis, and organized pistol/rifle events during summer months. Trap shooting and 5-stand shooting is offered to members and the public each week. Archery has become an active part of the club's activities as well, with the club hosting organized shoots each year. From may to september, the club offers open archery shooting on a weekly basis, with an outdoor practice area and a 3d target course. The club also offers members access to its private lake for fishing. The club allows its facilities to be used at no charge for hunter safety classes in partnership with the Michigan department of natural resources, and it also allows its facilities to be used for cpr/aed training at no charge. The club hosts pistol use and safety classes as well. The club hosts Michigan trapshooting association and amateur trapshooting association events on an annual basis, and also hosts u.s. Practical shooting association

What it reported doing in 2025

Organization has weekly events from may to september, as well as various annual tournaments. 838 members were served in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 76% 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: 68
  • 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: 22.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 88; 88th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th 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 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.