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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,260
Total expenses
$60,551
Contributions and grants received
$3,000
Grants paid
$12,700
Program service revenue
$75,510
Investment income
$20,750
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$532,236
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$532,236
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$50,546
Management and general expenses
$10,005
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$50,546

Program services were 83.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING & REG.

    total $75,510 · related or exempt $75,510

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22,958 · excluded $22,958

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $39,629

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $41,837

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,208

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,208 · excluded -$2,208

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,700 · program services $11,700

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,850 · management and general $1,850

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,652 · management and general $5,652

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,448 · management and general $2,448

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING LOCATION

    total $34,629 · program services $34,629

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBUNIT EXPENSES

    total $1,714 · program services $1,714

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYPAL FEES

    total $1,156 · program services $1,156

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPEAKER FEES

    total $347 · program services $347

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55 · management and general $55

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $494,363 · end of year $532,236

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $494,363 · end of year $532,236

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND WISE UTILIZATION OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, PROMOTION OF ALL BRANCHES OF FISHERIES SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, AND EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FISH, FISHERIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS.

  • TCAFS PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PURSUING DEGREES IN FISHERIES BIOLOGY THROUGH OUR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS. A TOTAL OF 5 STUDENTS WERE AWARDED STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500 EACH.

    Expenses $7,500 · Grants $7,500

  • TCAFS HOSTS AN ANNUAL MEETING WHERE FISHERIES PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS CAN MEET TO EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION THROUGH PRESENTATIONS, ATTEND CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, AND CELEBRATE AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MEMBERS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IN 2023, TCAFS HOSTED OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN CORPUS CHRISTI WITH APPROXIMATELY 279 ATTENDEES. 173 PEOPLE ATTENDED CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOPS & FIELD TRIPS, 82 ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN, 14 MEMBERS RECEIVED AWARDS, 13 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $19,500 WERE DISTRIBUTED (EIGHT ARE EXTERNALLY FUNDED), AND 28 STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS TOTALING $4,200 WERE DISTRIBUTED.

    Expenses $42,046 · Grants $4,200 · Revenue $75,510

  • TCAFS PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR FISHERIES EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SUCH AS THE TEXAS BRIGADES AND THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY'S HUTTON JUNIOR FISHERIES BIOLOGY PROGRAM. TCAFS PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT ($1,000) FOR STUDENT TUITION FOR TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE BASS BRIGADES AND COASTAL BRIGADES WHERE EACH STUDENT LEARNS ABOUT FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, TCAFS MEMBERS ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE AFS HUTTON PROGRAM BY SERVING AS MENTORS FOR 2-3 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EACH SUMMER WHO COMPLETE A PAID INTERNSHIP IN THE FIELD OF FISHERIES BIOLOGY. TOTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 2023 WAS $1,000.

    Expenses $1,000 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christoper Mace

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Bardin

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Timothy Birdsong

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Curtis

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422549349301647

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