Montana · Nonprofit
FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL
FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL (Montana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,273 to it, the largest being YOT FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION ($120,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $709k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $220k
- Net assets
- $635k
What Fly Fishers International does
Mission
The mission of Fly Fishers International is to foster the legacy of fly fishing for all fish in all waters through conservation, education, and inspiring a growing community of fly fishers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Fly Fishers International accomplishes its goals by teaching people about the sport of fly fishing through many educational activities. The educational opportunities provided include how to fly cast, how to tie flies, and how to fly fish in general. The organization funds grants that are used by their clubs, councils, and other organizations for local conservation and education projects. The organization also provides an educational magazine (twice a year) to their members and distributes it through the many fishing fairs and expos that the organization attends. Additionally, members and interested parties received at least 24 electronic news publications each year. In 2024 approximately 25,000 people were impacted by the organization's educational activities. Also 5-10 conservation and education grants and scholarships are given out each year.
$688,124 spentof which $68,829 as grants$230,639 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $688,124.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $1.4M (−13%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Rhonda Sellers
Executive director
Board chair
Dave Peterson
Chairman of board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $25k → $37k.
2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 92% · 2022 70% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
67% of FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL?
- FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL (Montana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,273 to it, the largest being YOT FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION ($120,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $220,273 in grants to FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL?
- YOT FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing