California · Nonprofit
THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY
THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $563 to it, the largest being The Repass-Rodgers Foundation Inc ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $109k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $563
- Net assets
- $81k
What The Sportfishing Conservancy does
Mission
RECOGNIZING THAT WITH PRIVILEGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY, THE MISSION OF THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY IS TO EMPOWER SPORTSMEN TO FULFILL AND CELEBRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR SPORT AND TO REAL WORLD CONSERVATION. To bring about change in public perception about the importance of California's aquatic resources both Freshwater and Marine.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Conservation outreach - provided public input on the value of enhanced marine habitat through fishing tournaments emphasizing marine conservation, which included no motor tournament, conservancy classic and perch derby; also worked on the reel world conservation tv program to spread conservation message to a far broader audience.
$65,305 spent86% of program spendingGovernment affairs - advised commissioners and legislators on the value of resource conservation and enhanced marine habitat & the importance of california's water resources.
$10,557 spent14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,862.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7k to $51k (+625%).
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.
99% of THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $29.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY’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 SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 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
THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63 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
THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
35%
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 SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY: 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 SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY?
- THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $563 to it, the largest being The Repass-Rodgers Foundation Inc ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $563 in grants to THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY?
- The Repass-Rodgers Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SPORTFISHING CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2 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