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International Game Fish Association Inc

The international game fish association is a not-for-profit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rule making and record keeping.

$674k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$546k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$17MEnvironment$188kPublic Safety & Disaster$135k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
  • $250k+1 grant · $546k
$107,976
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE IGFA FOUNDATION INC$546,276
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$107,976
SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER$10,000
TAMPA BAY WATERKEEPER$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YELLOW DOG COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%MONTANA FISHING OUTFITTERS CONSERVATION FUND: $30k → 10%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $108k → 8%HAWAII FISHING & BOATING ASSOCIATION: $30k → 15%SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER: $10k → 9%TAMPA BAY WATERKEEPER: $10k → 12%THE IGFA FOUNDATION INC: $16.4M → 13%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOAT OPERATORS: $15k → 16%LOUISIANA CHARTER BOAT ASSOCIATION: $55k → 19%THE IGFA FOUNDATION INC: $546k → 13%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 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
Florida Keys Fishing Guides

Dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the waters in and around south florida through wise fishery & watermanagement practices, while recognizing the importance of sport fishing to the local economy and the cultural heritage of…

Animals
2
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance

Unify and strengthen the reef fish industry to achieve sustainability and accountability using individual fishing quotas to manage the catch.

Community Improvement
3
Crab Boat Owners Association

The association seeks to improve access to fishing opportunities for its members

Community Improvement
4
Hawaii Longline Association

Advance the interests of the hawaii longline fishing fleet and associated seafood industry.

Community Improvement
5
Angler Action Foundation Inc

Improve the future of gamefish stocks in Florida

Animals
6
San Diego Coastkeeper

San diego coastkeeper (organization) is a california nonprofit public benefit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring fishable, swimmable and drinakable water in san diego county.

Environment
7
Symbioseas

Marine research

Science & Tech
8
Key West and Lower Keys Fishing Guides Association Inc

The Lower Keys Guides Association is a non-profit organization of professional fishing guides dedicated to working for a sustainable resource through wise management practices, while recognizing the importance of sport fishing to the…

Environment
9
San Diego Fishermens Working Group

San Diego Fishermens Working Group is working to squarely place in the publics mind the importance of commercial fishing to our regions food security, and to the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the greater San Diego region. SDFWG…

Environment
10
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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11
Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club Inc

Since inception in 1970 we have been host to the countrys largest billfish tournaments. Our mission is to stimulate and encourage the sport of big game fishings. Also, to encourage the conservation and study of big game fish.

Environment
12
Houston Big Game Fishing Club

To foster, promote and increase interest in the sport of big game fishing, oceanography, marine biology and other similar fields

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Suncoast Waterkeeper Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. 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

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE IGFA FOUNDATION INC: $16,906,406 · AnimalsTHE IGFA FOUNDATION INCLOUISIANA CHARTER BOAT ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 · OtherNACO - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOAT OPERATORS: $50,000 · OtherMONTANA FISHING OUTFITTERS CONSERVATION FUND: $30,000 · OtherSUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $107,976 · EducationHAWAII FISHING & BOATING ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentYellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: $15,000 · EnvironmentTAMPA BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentNational Association of Charterboat Operators Inc: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Animals$16,906,406Other$145,000Education$107,976Environment$55,000Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetTHE IGFA FOUNDATION INC: $16,906,406 over 2y, 96% of budgetLOUISIANA CHARTER BOAT ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetYellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNational Association of Charterboat Operators Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetSUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTAMPA BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $10,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Tampa Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 10 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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