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· Public charity

American Sportfishing Association

To guide, educate and assist its members, and to sponsor and promote programs, activities, and legislation in the interest of sportfishing and improved fishery resources.

$188k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$475kRecreation & Sports$327kAnimals$115kEducation$8kCommunity Improvement$5k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $164,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $187,567 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,817 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$25,750
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY$51,000
FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA$32,500
OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE$25,750
CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMAN FOUNDATION$25,000
THEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP$20,000
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING$10,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $25k → 14%COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSN FLORIDA: $10k → 13%Florida State University: $8k → 19%RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $20k → 6%RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: $35k → 9%WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $6k → 9%THEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $25k → 14%Recreation Vehicle Industry Association: $6k → 6%Fish American Foundation: $25k → 9%Wildlife Management Institute: $6k → 9%THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $25k → 14%RECREATION BOATING & FISHING FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $5k → 9%THEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 14%RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING: $11k → 9%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMAN FOUNDATION: $31k → 14%RECREATIONAL BOATING & FISHING FDN: $10k → 9%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMAN FOUNDATION: $29k → 14%Recreation Boating & Fishing Foundation: $10k → 9%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMAN FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation: $24k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $23k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $35k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $30k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $26k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $20k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $20k → 14%OUTDOOR RECREATION ROUNDTABLE: $20k → 14%WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%TRCP: $20k → 14%TRCP: $15k → 14%Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports: $10k → 14%TRCP: $15k → 14%COUNCIL TO ADVANCE HUNTING AND THE SHOOTING SPORTS: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 10 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
4

Total granted

$1.0M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+65%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $351k · revenue +45%
  • CS
    CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $181k · revenue +20%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $151k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • FF
    FISHAMERICA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +65%
  • CC
    COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +79%
  • FS
    FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources

The coalition to protect michigan resources's mission is to be a strong voice for the equitable co-management of michigan's fisheries, with both the great lakes and inland lakes and streams, to insure that conservation principles remain in…

Environment
2
American Sportfishing Association

To guide, educate and assist its members, and to sponsor and promote programs, activities, and legislation in the interest of sportfishing and improved fishery resources.

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3
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
4
Pa Federation of Sportsmens & Conservationists Inc

The mission of the pfsc is to protect and promote hunting, fishing, trapping and realted sportsmen's rights and privileges, to secure and defend our 2nd amendment rights as guaranteed by the constitution of the united states of america; to…

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5
Midwest Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

To protect right of jurisdiction of the midwestern states over their wildlife resources on public and private lands

Environment
6
The Sportfishing Conservancy

RECOGNIZING THAT WITH PRIVILEGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY, THE MISSION OF THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY IS TO EMPOWER SPORTSMEN TO FULFILL AND CELEBRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR SPORT AND TO REAL WORLD CONSERVATION. To bring about change in…

Environment
7
Arizona Wildlife Federation

Arizona Wildlife Federation's purpose is to promote and encourage the conservation, propagation, development and management of fish, game and other wildlife; to promote and encourage the wise use, conservation and restoration of waters,…

Animals
8
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Backcountry hunters & anglers seeks to ensure north america's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters.

Environment
9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
California Sportfishing Protection Allia
Environment
11
Recreational Fishing Alliance Inc

To safeguard the rights of saltwater anglers, protect marine, boat and tackle industry jobs and ensure the long-term sustainability of U.S. saltwater fisheries.

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12
Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association

The northwest sportfishing industry association was founded in 1993 by a collection of sport fishing industry business leaders who understood the need for a strong voice in the local, state, regional and federal governments. nsia is an…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coastal Conservation Association; the most unlike its peers is National Association of Charterboat Operators Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY: $351,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $180,750 · OtherCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUND…THEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $70,000 · OtherTHEORDORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATIO…RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · OtherRECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASS…WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INC: $21,000 · OtherWILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE I…+1 more: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN RECREATION COALITION: $150,750 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN RECREATI…Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsCouncil to Advanc…THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $75,000 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOSEVE…FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $56,000 · AnimalsFISH & WILDLIFE …FISHAMERICA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · AnimalsFISHAMERICA FOUN…RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: $95,500 · Public Safety & DisasterRECREATIO…National Association of Charterboat Operators Inc: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Environment$361,000Other$305,750Recreation & Sports$170,750Animals$156,000Public Safety & Disaster$95,500Community Improvement$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY: $351,000 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $180,750 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN RECREATION COALITION: $150,750 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetRECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: $95,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $56,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISHAMERICA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports: $20,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Association of Charterboat Operators Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Marine Manuf…National Fish and Wil…Cabelas Outdoor FundBass Pro Shops & Cabe…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Marine Manufacturers AssociationDC15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Marine Manufacturers Association · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Cabelas Outdoor Fund · Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Sportfishing Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Sportfishing Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Wildlife Management Institute Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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