Kentucky · Nonprofit
THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I
THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,783 to it, the largest being KENTUCKY ELK AND OUTDOOR FEST LTD ($12,783). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $156k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $635k
What The League of Kentucky Sportsmen I does
Mission
To develop, promote and support a comprehensive educational program based on scientific study and technical research for the advancement, restoration, wise use, management, and conservation of wildlife and other natural resources. To coordinate all agencies, societies, clubs and individuals into a permanent, unified, active agency for the purpose of securing adequate public recognition of the needs and values of wildlife resources and other natural resources. To stimulate a proper public attitude and appreciation regarding sportsmanship and the wise use and management of all natural resources. To promote, through education of the members and the general public, an understanding of the importance of the good sportsmanship and the conservation and wise use of the fish, wildlife and other natural resources of the state of kentucky, the united states of america, as well as the rest of north america and the world.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Recognize organizations and individuals for their conservation efforts. Inform and educate delegates at the annual convention.
$207,975 spent$10,994 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $207,975.
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 2018 to 2019, from $228k to $410k (+80%).
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.
82% of THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $9k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $129k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest League of Kentucky Sportsman-Habitat Improvement & Land Acquistion Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I’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
THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 442 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 442 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% 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 THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I: 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 THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I?
- THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,783 to it, the largest being KENTUCKY ELK AND OUTDOOR FEST LTD ($12,783). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,783 in grants to THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I?
- KENTUCKY ELK AND OUTDOOR FEST LTD is the largest funder on record, with $12,783 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 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