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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMENS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,575,158
Total expenses
$5,782,727
Contributions and grants received
$5,073,396
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$171,695
Investment income
$45,233
Other revenue
$284,834
Total assets, end of year
$6,589,189
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,215,840
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,373,349
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,140,120
Management and general expenses
$716,898
Fundraising expenses
$925,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,140,120

Program services were 71.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,552,500

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,321,350

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,199,546

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE RESOURCE FUND INCOME

    total $153,999 · related or exempt $153,999

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STATE RESOURCE FUND MANAGEMEN

    total $14,665 · related or exempt $14,665

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COLLEGIATE RESOURCE INCOME

    total $3,027 · related or exempt $3,027

  • 2d · Program service revenue: COLLEGIATE RESOURCE FUND MGMT

    total $4 · related or exempt $4

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,233 · related or exempt $45,233

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $40,452

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $40,452

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $40,452 · related or exempt $40,452

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,665,128

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,321,350

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,429,298

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $235,830

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD INCOME

    total $8,552 · related or exempt $8,552

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,552

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,223,345 · program services $995,660 · management and general $227,685

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,279,890 · program services $1,626,548 · management and general $105,257 · fundraising $548,085

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $129,143 · program services $96,665 · management and general $12,273 · fundraising $20,205

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $269,383 · program services $201,636 · management and general $25,602 · fundraising $42,145

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $227,699 · program services $170,435 · management and general $21,640 · fundraising $35,624

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,208 · management and general $1,208

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $278,942 · program services $136,704 · management and general $41,868 · fundraising $100,370

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $92,478 · program services $69,147 · management and general $1,840 · fundraising $21,491

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,021 · program services $22,858 · management and general $4,763 · fundraising $3,400

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $51,344 · program services $9,789 · management and general $37,945 · fundraising $3,610

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,183 · program services $724 · management and general $25,459

  • 17 · Travel

    total $204,301 · program services $151,573 · management and general $21,929 · fundraising $30,799

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $39,921 · program services $12,081 · management and general $27,840

  • 20 · Interest

    total $22,018 · management and general $22,018

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $87,290 · program services $70,952 · management and general $8,523 · fundraising $7,815

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,885 · program services $41,361 · management and general $4,968 · fundraising $4,556

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP - NASC

    total $261,407 · program services $261,407

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE RESOURCE EXPENSE

    total $120,373 · program services $120,373

  • 24c · Other expenses: ACQUISITION COSTS

    total $75,159 · fundraising $75,159

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD PROCES

    total $58,651 · management and general $58,651

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $252,086 · program services $152,207 · management and general $67,429 · fundraising $32,450

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,383,404 · end of year $1,024,667

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $72,925 · end of year $65,478

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $783,774 · end of year $335,605

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $15,162

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,914,577

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,015,462

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,950,480 · end of year $1,899,115

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,415,267 · end of year $3,222,806

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $26,896 · end of year $26,356

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $528,069 · end of year $530,977

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $47,500

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $691,351 · end of year $637,363

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,032,546 · end of year $5,018,508

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $318,280 · end of year $354,841

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN THE ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE SPORTSMEN'S CAUCUSES, CSF INFORMS, ADVISES AND WORKS TO FURTHER POLICY AND LEGISLATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUNTING, ANGLING, RECREATIONAL SHOOTING AND TRAPPING, AND FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FISH, WILDLIFE ANBD HABITAT, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF THESE TRADITIONS. WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND PROVIDE ACCESS AND A VOICE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CSF'S MISSION IS TO WORK WITH CONGRESS, GOVERNORS, AND STATE LEGISLATURES TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE HUNTING, ANGLING, RECREATIONAL SHOOTING AND TRAPPING AND THE AMERICAN VALUES THEY SERVE.

  • EVENTS: ORGANIZED AS A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, CSF DOES NOT TAKE ANY PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT RAISES FUNDS ANNUALLY TO COVER EXPENSES. TRADITIONAL DONOR-CENTERED SUPPORT AND EVENT-RELATED INCOME ARE THE ANNUAL SOURCES OF REVENUE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, CSF'S REVENUES COME FROM MISSION PARTNER SUPPORT AT VARYING LEVELS, INDIVIDUAL GIVING, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS, EVENT TICKET SALES, AND EVENT INCOME FROM RAFFLES AND AUCTIONS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES ON RESEARCH PRODUCTS, PRODUCT PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS, PRIVATE GRANT FUNDING AND FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC ISSUE-BASED CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $539,399

  • NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SPORTMEN'S CAUCUSES (NASC) PROVIDES A HOST OF SERVICES INCLUDING: PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ON SPORTMEN'S ISSUES, WRITING CAUCUS PRESS RELEASES, ORGANIZING AN ANNUAL MEETING AND COORDINATING THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL STATE CAUCUSES. THROUGH ITS COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND BY FOSTERING INTERACTION BETWEEN AND AMONG LEGISLATORS, SPORTMEN'S GROUPS, INDUSTRY PARTNERS, STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES AND THE MEDIA, NASC PROVIDES THE SYNERGY TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE HUNTING, RECREATIONAL ANGLING AND SHOOTING, TRAPPING AND PROFESSIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN STATE CAPITOLS. NASC ACTS AS A FRAMEWORK OF SUPPORT AMONG STATE CAUCUSES WHICH IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL ADVANCEMENT OF PRO-SPORTSMEN POLICIES ACROSS THE NATION.

    Expenses $1,829,634

  • POLICY: CSF PROVIDES ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF THE SPORTMEN'S COMMUNITY TO THE CONGRESSIONAL SPORTMEN'S CAUCUS (CSC) - CORE LIKE-MINDED LEGISLATORS, REPRESENTING NEARLY 300 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES FROM NEARLY EVERY STATE. ADDITIONALLY, CSF WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES BOTH FORMALLY THROUGH REPRESENTATION ON FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND INFORMALLY AS THE WASHINGTON-BASED POLICY LIAISON TO THE SPORTMEN'S COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $982,759

  • MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS: THE CSF COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON BRANDING CSF BY DISSEMINATING TIMELY, NEWSWORTHY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ON LEGISLATION AND POLICY ISSUES AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS. UTILIZING A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATION TOOLS, OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS LARGELY MADE UP OF OUR VARIOUS CAUCUSES MEMBERS, MISSION PARTNER MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, CONSERVATION NGO GROUPS AND THE OUTDOOR MEDIA. EXPENSES 667,955 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 0 STATE RESOURCES: THE FOUNDATION CONTROLS ASSETS CONTRIBUTED TO STATE RESOURCE FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE QUASI-ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PROGRAMS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES. THE SRF ARE NOT SEPARATE ENTITIES OF THE FOUNDATION. VOLUNTEERS FROM EACH STATE ORGANIZE PROJECTS AND SOLICIT DONORS THAT FUND THEIR STATE'S PROJECTS. PER FOUNDATION POLICY, 12% OF CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED FOR GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, WITH THE REMAINDER RESTRICTED FOR THE INTENDED PROGRAM. EXPENSES 120,373 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 168,664. GOVERNER'S CAUCUS: A BIPARTISAN CAUSCUS OF GOVERNORS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF AMERICA'S SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN, AND ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY. GSC FACILITATES COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN PARTICIPATING OFFICES IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROMOTE AND ADVANCE HUNTING, ANGLING, RECREATIONAL SHOOTING, AND TRAPPING. GUIDED BY A BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP TEAM OF GOVERNORS AND STAFFED THROUGH CSF, THE GSC COMPLEMENTS AND ENHANCES THE CONGRESSIONAL SPORTMEN'S CAUCUS AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SPORTMEN'S CAUCUSES. PRESENTLY, THE BIPARTISAN GSC CONSISTS OF 30 MEMBERS REPRESENTING DIVERSE REGIONS OF THE NATION. EXPENSES 0 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 0

    Expenses $788,328 · Revenue $168,664

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Crane

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $692,158
    From this org
    $634,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $508,622
    Bonus
    $125,509
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,527
    Filer's total
    $692,158

  • Kevin Perry

    VP DEVELOP &

    Total calculated
    $331,064
    From this org
    $294,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,475
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,000
    Bonus
    $39,589
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $19,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,483
    Filer's total
    $331,064

  • Brent Miller

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $327,447
    From this org
    $294,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,000
    Bonus
    $39,625
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,822
    Filer's total
    $327,447

  • Christopher Horton

    SR DIR FISHE

    Total calculated
    $250,754
    From this org
    $209,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,945
    Bonus
    $26,782
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,976
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,051
    Filer's total
    $250,754

  • Kelli Altimus

    SR FINANCE D

    Total calculated
    $235,319
    From this org
    $211,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,354
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,775
    Bonus
    $27,190
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,354
    Filer's total
    $235,319

  • Priscilla Carleton

    SR DIR EVENT

    Total calculated
    $225,036
    From this org
    $191,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,037
    Bonus
    $23,164
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,835
    Filer's total
    $225,036

  • Leslie Garrett

    SR DIR MKT &

    Total calculated
    $193,293
    From this org
    $164,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,400
    Bonus
    $24,201
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,196
    Filer's total
    $193,293

  • Taylor Schmitz

    DIRECTOR, PU

    Total calculated
    $156,169
    From this org
    $136,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,045
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,200
    Bonus
    $11,924
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,432
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,613
    Filer's total
    $156,169

  • Pete Angle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Joe Bartozzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tuck Beckstoffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Francisco Bergaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Richard Childress

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • James Cummins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tripper Dickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ken Eubanks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Peder Von Harten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jason Hornady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Becky Humphries

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Harlan Kent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Brian Luoma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Brandon Maddox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Corey Mason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Bruce Pettet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tim Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Adam Putnam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Steve Skold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mark Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jason Vanderbrink

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Bob Ziehmer

    DIRECTOR

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503119349301240

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