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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ($31,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$31k
Net assets
$7.8M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers does

Mission

To service our membership through strong, trusted relationships between shooting sports buyers and sellers. The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers objectives include promoting the common interest of the sporting goods industry, encouraging the highest standards of merchandising practices, maintaining an active liaison with the trade associations of all other segments of the industry, collecting and distributing information as to all matters or things pertaining to sporting goods wholesalers and, conducting and participating in sporting goods shows and exhibitions.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual expo and meeting - presenting of the latest new products and innovations, meeting with leading manufacturers of products and services in the shooting sports industry, and networking with top industry leaders.

    $1,433,288 earned by the program
  2. Scope - the association has a subscription service called scope, which was built in partnership with nasgw wholesalers to provide an integrated source of sales and inventory data. This data is accessible only by nasgw members. Utilizing two-step distribution.

    $953,483 earned by the program
  3. Contributions to the congressional sportsmen's foundation, national rifle association nra-ila, national shooting sports foundation, inc and the american suppressor association to partner up with them in promoting the sporting goods industry.

    $764,130 earned by the program
  4. All other accomplishmentsthe education and research program provides education, technology, compliance, policy, and reference database services to members and nonmembers alike.

    of which $175,259 as grants$42,170 earned by the program

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($4.5M)2018 Revenue 96 ($2.1M) Expenses 104 ($1.8M) Net assets 96 ($4.3M)2019 Revenue 113 ($2.5M) Expenses 119 ($2.0M) Net assets 118 ($5.3M)2020 Revenue 53 ($1.2M) Expenses 84 ($1.4M) Net assets 122 ($5.5M)2021 Revenue 129 ($2.8M) Expenses 124 ($2.1M) Net assets 142 ($6.4M)2022 Revenue 130 ($2.8M) Expenses 156 ($2.6M) Net assets 120 ($5.4M)2023 Revenue 149 ($3.3M) Expenses 154 ($2.6M) Net assets 148 ($6.7M)2024 Revenue 173 ($3.8M) Expenses 163 ($2.8M) Net assets 173 ($7.8M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (173)Expenses (163)Net assets (173)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $6.3M to $7.8M (+25%).

$4.7M
$4.6M
$5.7M
$6.4M
$6.9M
$6.3M
$7.8M
$9.0M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$492k
’17
$326k
’18
$452k
’19
−$266k
’20
$727k
’21
$198k
’22
$654k
’23
$1.0M
’24
6.0
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed9810991188
Joined·+0+2+3+2+6+0+1
No longer listed·1042431
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $8k.

Funder
'20
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS’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.

Where its funders are

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.

CT

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

’20
’23
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ($31,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31,000 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS?
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALERS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 1 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