Connecticut · Nonprofit
OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC
OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,979 to it, the largest being NRA FOUNDATION INC ($115,775). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $132k
- Net assets
- $188k
What Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation Inc does
Mission
To use research based communications and engagement programs to recruit the next generation of hunters, anglers, trappers and shooters (hats) and promote the fact that hats are the primary funders and stewards of land, fish and wildlife conservation in america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public service announcements: grant received from usfws /afwa (association of fish and wildlife agencies) to develop radio and television psas that inform the general population on how hunters and target shooters are primary funders of wildlife conservation in america.
$317,369 spent33% of program spendingResearch project: youth fishing programs. Grant received from usfws / afwa (association of fish and wildlife agencies) to quantify the importance of youth fishing programs for long term recruitment and participation.
$200,559 spent21% of program spendingWelcome new shooters: grant received from usfws / afwa (association of fish and wildlife agencies) to conduct comprehensive nationwide research on recreational target shooting in the united states.
$179,459 spent18% of program spendingYouth fishing programs:grant received from usfws / afwa (association of fish and wildlife agencies) to quantify the importance of youth fishing programs.
$171,029 spent18% of program spendingOscf and wmi r3 marketing communication task force:grant received from usfws / afwa (association of fish and wildlife agencies) to form a network of organizations to develop and communicate positive stories about the outdoor industry, hunting, and target shooting.
$91,269 spent9% of program spendingCommunication and marketing: staff time spent promoting outdoor stewards of conservation foundations messages.
$6,550 spent1% of program spendingFill a bag while filling your tag:this program works with outdoor industry manufacturers and state wildlife agencies to distribute reusable, biodegradable bags to hats (hunters, anglers, trappers, shooters) all across america. Bags are preprinted with partners message, logo, social tags, and a qr code that provides instruction on usage. Hats take the bags with them when they head outdoors to the woods, waters or range and use the bags to take out any trash they may come across. Hats post photos or brief videos of them with their bags and trash to their social media to get credit for being stewards of conservation. Social posts include the hashtag; trophytrash, so that oscf can monitor and repost them.
$4,786 spent0% of program spendingCome with!:research shows that the best way to increase participation in outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, trapping or target shooting is to have an experienced person invite someone new to these activities. Oscfs come with! Communication recruitment program works with industry and state agency partners reminding current participants to invite someone to come with! Them the next time they head to the woods, waters or range.
$2,278 spent0% of program spendingR3:staff time spent promoting the recruitment, retention, and reactivation (r3) of hunters, anglers, trappers, and recreational target shooters.
$2,040 spent0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $975,339.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $138k to $352k (+155%).
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: 2023 88% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
James Curcuruto
Executive director
Board chair
Peter Churchbourne
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION 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
OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC.
“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
OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of the Interior$2.0M
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 OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC?
- OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,979 to it, the largest being NRA FOUNDATION INC ($115,775). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $131,979 in grants to OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC?
- NRA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $115,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 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