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MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC

MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,762 to it, the largest being GAGNON FOUNDATION INC ($23,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$120k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$61k
Net assets
$240k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What Make a Difference Fishing Tournament Inc does

Mission

Dedicated to helping handicapped children through fishing tournaments and other programs that facilitate the involvement of handicapped children in marine education and recreation.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fishing tournament funds donated and raised help provide a day of fishing for mentally and physically disadvantaged youths and their families. Trophies and prizes are provided to all the participants.

    $8,013 spent
    9% of program spending

  2. Auctions: funds raised help provide a day of fishing for mentally and physically disadvantaged youth and their families.

    $37,052 spent
    40% of program spending

  3. Grants and allocations: various grants and allocations were provided this year to facilitate the involvement of handicapped children in marine education and recreation.

    $12,744 spent
    14% of program spending

  4. Grants and allocations

    $34,413 spent
    37% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $92,222.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($61k) Net assets 100 ($158k)2018 Revenue 111 ($90k) Expenses 127 ($77k) Net assets 108 ($171k)2019 Revenue 232 ($187k) Expenses 277 ($169k) Net assets 120 ($189k)2020 Revenue 27 ($22k) Expenses 85 ($52k) Net assets 101 ($159k)2021 Revenue 125 ($100k) Expenses 98 ($60k) Net assets 127 ($200k)2022 Revenue 107 ($86k) Expenses 114 ($70k) Net assets 137 ($217k)2023 Revenue 111 ($90k) Expenses 154 ($94k) Net assets 135 ($213k)2024 Revenue 149 ($120k) Expenses 152 ($92k) Net assets 152 ($240k)
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Revenue (149)Expenses (152)Net assets (152)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $159k to $200k (+26%).

$158k
$171k
$189k
$159k
$200k
$217k
$213k
$240k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

3% of MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’17
$12k
’18
$18k
’19
−$30k
’20
$41k
’21
$17k
’22
−$4k
’23
$28k
’24
31
months of
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.

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Listed7101099988
Joined·+6+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·3010010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $19.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Tampa Bay Charities Incunclassified
$15k
funders
1
1
1
4
2
2
1
2

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC’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

MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC.

38%
largest funder
99%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 77% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

99% of MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.

VA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · above the median
Months of reserve31.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT 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

Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament Inc81%Mission Fishin' Corporation80%Chasen'Tailz Kdw Fishing Tournament Inc79%Flagler Sportfishing Foundation Inc79%Jacksonville Marine Charities Inc78%Holly Given Fund Inc78%Tampa Bay Kayak Anglers78%Palm Beach County Fishing Foundation Inc78%

Nationally

Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament Inc81%Klineline Kids Fishing Nonprofit80%Mission Fishin' Corporation80%San Diego Anglers Foundation80%Hooked on Fishing Charters Inc79%We Can Fish Incorporated79%Make a Difference Foundation79%Chasen'Tailz Kdw Fishing Tournament Inc79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC?
MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,762 to it, the largest being GAGNON FOUNDATION INC ($23,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $60,762 in grants to MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT INC?
GAGNON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $23,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAKE A DIFFERENCE FISHING TOURNAMENT 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.

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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 6 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