The Rifle and Pistol Club of Fort Dodge Ia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
426077568
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fort Dodge, IA, USA
Phone
5153518879
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,872
Expenses
$34,206
Assets
$342,266
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

  • BRENT SANDHOLM (PRESIDENT)
  • ALAN LITTLE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANDY WHITING (SECRETARY)
  • ROGER HOWLAND (TREASURER)
  • DARWIN SEEHUSEN (RANGE OFFICER)

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

Encouragement of organized rifle and pistol shooting among citizens of the united states residents in fort dodge, Iowa, with a view toward better knowledge on the part of such citizens of the safe handling and proper care of firearms, as well as improved marksmanship. It shall have the further object and purpose to forward the development of those characteristics of honesty, good fellowship, self discipline, team play and self reliance, which are the essentials of good sportsmanship and the foundation of true patriotism.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide indoor and outdoor shooting facilities: the rifle & pistol club of fort dodge provides shooting ranges for its members, as well as the fort dodge (city) police department, the webster county sheriff's department, the Iowa highway patrol and the (local) state of Iowa correctional facility. These groups must occasionally shoot to comply with firearm qualification requirements. The club also provides this service free of charge to these law enforcement agencies. The club also allows the webster county 4-h club, free of charge, monthly use for training and instruction of proper and safe gun handling and shootiing procedures. Annual gun show: once a year the club puts on a weekend gun show to the public at a local rented facility with space for approximately 150 tables. Club members, collectors and dealers reserve tables to display items for sale. The show is very well attended by local citizens as well as many of the surrounding counties. The purpose of this activity is to provide

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.7%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.3%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.01; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.