Virginia · Public charity
Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation
To implement an informed, consensus-based national outreach strategy that will increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need to protect, conserve and restore this nation's aquatic natural resources.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $109k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,275
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $289k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $109k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $283k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $374k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $362k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $250k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $221k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $175k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Department of Fish & Wildlife | $265,271 | 9 | n/a |
| Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency | $160,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | $155,619 | 6 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission | $145,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | $142,920 | 3 | n/a |
| Cape Cod Community College | $136,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southeastern Assoc of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $130,582 | 6 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $116,560 | 5 | n/a |
| Va Dept of Wildlife Resources | $95,077 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Department of Fish & Wildlife | $265,271 | 9 | n/a |
| Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency | $160,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | $155,619 | 6 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission | $145,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | $142,920 | 3 | n/a |
| Cape Cod Community College | $136,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southeastern Assoc of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $130,582 | 6 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $116,560 | 5 | n/a |
| Va Dept of Wildlife Resources | $95,077 | 6 | n/a |
| Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Inc | $89,977 | 2 | 22% |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | $89,787 | 4 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $88,800 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Ohio | $78,845 | 4 | n/a |
| Georgia Department of Natural Resources | $77,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $76,080 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $73,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | $56,775 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Arizona | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $54,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Idaho Public Television | $52,310 | 2 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife Conservation | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nc Wildlife Resource Commission | $44,525 | 4 | n/a |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $44,000 | 3 | n/a |
| FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation | $42,635 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $42,610 | 2 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $42,140 | 4 | n/a |
| Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| State of Indiana | $32,393 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Rhode Island | $30,270 | 5 | n/a |
| Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| LA Department of Wildlife & Fisheries | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Dept Of Fish & Wildlife | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $18,756 | 2 | n/a |
| Aquatic Resources Education Association | $17,981 | 1 | n/a |
| Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I | $15,650 | 2 | 0% |
| State of Connecticut | $9,250 | 3 | n/a |
| NJ Dept of Environmental Protection | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources Wildlife and Freshwater | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
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.
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · American Bar Association · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · Investor Protection Trust · Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc · The Nature Conservancy · National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc · National Association of State Procurement Officals Inc · Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
How this is measured
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About Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation
- How much does Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation give?
- Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $109,066, out of $197,923 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (48%), Animals (47%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Department of Fish & Wildlife ($265k), Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ($161k), Iowa Department of Natural Resources ($156k).
- Does Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, American Bar Association, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc.
- Where is Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation based?
- Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is based in VA.
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