Virginia · Nonprofit
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,564 to it, the largest being CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $277k
What Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation does
Mission
To implement an informed, consensus-based national outreach strategy that will increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need to protect, conserve and restore this nation's aquatic natural resources.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Consumer engagementthe objective of rbff's consumer engagement programs is to increase participation in recreational boating and fishing by recruiting new audiences through a national marketing and communications campaign designed to increase awareness of fishing, boating, and natural resource conservation; dispel negative stereotypes; and encourage consideration, trial, and ultimately, participation.see schedule oconsumer engagement (cont'd)take me fishing is the brand that carries rbff's messages and the appeal of boating and fishing to general market consumers. The backbone of the brand is the takemefishing.org website, which features optimization for all screen sizes and formats, prominent state information, how-to videos, and a resource center for stakeholders. In fy26, the website continued to operate and generated approximately 160,000 visits per month even though there were no content updates due to lack of funding.rbff's psa campaign, which was updated at the end of fy25, generated in-kind advertising in fy26. All other consumer engagement activities were suspended in fy26 due to lack of funding.
$435,189 spent52% of program spendingStakeholder engagementthe objective of rbff's stakeholder engagement programs is to consolidate stakeholder strengths, ideas, and enthusiasm to achieve common objectives. Historically, this approach led to new efficiencies and created opportunities for state, industry, and federal agency partners to collaborate on increasing participation and retention in fishing and boating. Whether targeting multicultural markets, active women, or lapsed boaters, rbff stakeholders discovered innovative ways to recruit, retain, and reactivate participants.all stakeholder engagement activities were suspended in fy26 due to lack of funding.
$401,950 spent48% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $837,139.
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 2017 to 2018, from $5.6M to $1.3M (−76%).
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: 2017 98% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% · 2024 100% · 2025 99% · 2026 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 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
David Chanda
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $25.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $186k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Sportfishing Association). These are real filings, and they are not money RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION’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
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% 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 RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION's revenue fell 84% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 834 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $106.8M on record — $106.7M federal, $124k state.
- Department of the Interior$106.6M
- Department of Agriculture$25k
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$124k
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 RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
36% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: 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 RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION?
- RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,564 to it, the largest being CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $98,564 in grants to RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION?
- CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 3 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