Florida · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,643,368 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($629,370). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What International Game Fish Association Inc does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation programs: igfa conservation programs focus on the conservation of game fish and their habitats. The igfa works with likeminded organizations on conservation topics such as working towards the elimination of destructive fishing gear to advocating for sustainable fisheries management. Program initiatives include the great marlin race where over 650 billfish have been tagged to understand how the animals utilize their habitat with a goal of helping to further billfish conservation, the billfish symposium which brought the worlds billfish scientists together to discuss billfish science, management, and conservation, improving forage fish management and data collection through the forage fish research program; the striped marlin research study which aims to highlight conservation measures needed to protect the fishery, and representing the angler voice in the initiative to protect 30% of the planet's land and ocean through the 30x30 initiative.
$753,221 spent$117,800 earned by the program20% of program spendingAngler recognition:the igfa maintains world records for all species of game fish and is committed to rule making, record keeping and recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the field of angling. The igfa binds all sport anglers to a universal set of angling rules. The igfa also maintains the fishing hall of fame which recognizes extraordinary, life-long achievements in recreational fishing around the world by anglers, captains, scientists, conservationists, writers or industry leaders.
$724,753 spent$314,568 earned by the program20% of program spendingEducation programs:the igfa education programs are based on the belief that the sport of angling is an important recreational, economic, and social activity on which the public must be educated to pursue in a manner that aligns with the igfa's mission of promoting responsible, ethical angling practices and environmental stewardship around the world. The igfa has a current youth education initiative to teach 250,000 kids to fish to help build the next generation of ethical, conservation-minded anglers with current projects including free online fishing courses, virtual fishing filedtrips and, "passports to fishing", igfa's premier youth angler program.
$603,577 spent$55,868 earned by the program16% of program spendingMembership and recordkeeping $765,312grant to the igfa foundation $546,276other programs $310,798
$1,622,386 spentof which $674,252 as grants44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,703,937.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $23M to $6.4M (−72%).
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: 2018 9% · 2021 22% · 2022 7% · 2023 9% · 2024 7% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Roy W Cronacher Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $306k → $782k.
8 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.7M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Igfa Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. 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
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
32% 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 INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 21% · 2020 25% · 2021 17% · 2022 21% · 2023 19% — 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
59% of INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $323k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 26 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $128k on record.
- Department of Commerce$128k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Igfa Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,643,368 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($629,370). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,643,368 in grants to INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $629,370 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 52 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing