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← TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,778,172
Total expenses
$5,274,414
Contributions and grants received
$3,929,897
Grants paid
$1,214,912
Program service revenue
$65,676
Investment income
$13,368,304
Other revenue
$2,414,295
Total assets, end of year
$14,404,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,313,495
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,090,772
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,076,538
Management and general expenses
$385,795
Fundraising expenses
$812,081
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,076,538

Program services were 77.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,153,151

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $776,746

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $204,738

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $65,676 · related or exempt $65,676

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,404,027 · excluded $1,404,027

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $979,995 · other assets $52,397,212

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

    securities $372,553 · other assets $41,040,377

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $607,442 · other assets $11,356,835

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,964,277 · related or exempt $11,964,277

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,834,710

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $405,805

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,428,905 · excluded $2,428,905

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $163,844

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $185,598

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$21,754 · related or exempt -$21,754

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $7,144 · related or exempt $7,144

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,144

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,214,912 · program services $1,214,912

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $245,872 · program services $176,085 · management and general $36,276 · fundraising $33,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $769,190 · program services $550,868 · management and general $113,485 · fundraising $104,837

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,401 · program services $101,741 · management and general $23,517 · fundraising $26,143

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,847 · program services $6,320 · management and general $363 · fundraising $164

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,617 · program services $94,721 · management and general $5,444 · fundraising $2,452

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,427,732 · program services $1,317,872 · management and general $75,744 · fundraising $34,116

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $505,848 · program services $2,170 · fundraising $503,678

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75,705 · program services $41,803 · management and general $10,337 · fundraising $23,565

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,834 · program services $30,296 · management and general $4,583 · fundraising $955

  • 20 · Interest

    total $66,516 · program services $66,516

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,582 · program services $13,582

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $84,976 · program services $509 · management and general $84,467

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $271,465 · program services $260,920 · management and general $1,749 · fundraising $8,796

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $105,914 · program services $37,044 · management and general $15,018 · fundraising $53,852

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $65,919 · program services $61,208 · management and general $1,655 · fundraising $3,056

  • 24d · Other expenses: INDIRECT COSTS

    total $41,193 · program services $41,193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $88,891 · program services $58,778 · management and general $13,157 · fundraising $16,956

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,697,088 · end of year $7,270,363

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $167,689 · end of year $769,946

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $86,084 · end of year $39,697

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,883 · end of year $5,994

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

    $6,753,682

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

    $542,678

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,050,568 · end of year $6,211,004

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $30,583,176 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $46,494

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $60,769

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $325,339 · end of year $640,512

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $54,617,238 · end of year $4,553,942

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,931,613

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $119,041

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$5,359,220 · end of year $9,065,209

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $74,518 · end of year $25,563

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION, INC. (TWRF) WAS ESTABLISHED TO BENEFIT WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN TENNESSEE. THE TWRF'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HABITAT CONSERVATION AND RESTORTION, RESPONSIBLE LAND STWEARDSHIP AND TENNESSEE'S RICH HUNTING AND FISHING HERITAGE. THE CORNERSTONE OF THE TWRF MISSION IS ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY. THIS PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATIVE EFFORT YIELDS BENEFITS FOR TENNESSEE'S SPORTSMAN AND WOMEN THROUGH SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION, FUNDING FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND VARIOUS YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION, INC. (TWRF) WAS ESTABLISHED TO BENEFIT WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN TENNESSEE. THE TWRF'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HABITAT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION, RESPONSIBLE LAND STEWARDSHIP AND TENNESSEE'S RICH HUNTING AND FISHING HERITAGE. THE CORNERSTONE OF THE TWRF MISSION IS ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY. THIS PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATIVE EFFORT YIELDS BENEFITS FOR TENNESSEE'S SPORTSMAN AND WOMEN THROUGH SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION, FUNDING FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND VARIOUS YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

  • THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION (TWRF) ADVANCES HABITAT CONSERVATION AND RESPONSIBLE LAND STEWARDSHIP ACROSS TENNESSEE, PRESERVING THE STATE'S HUNTING AND FISHING HERITAGE. TWRF ENGAGES COMMUNITIES THROUGH R3 INITIATIVES (RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND REACTIVATION), PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN HUNTING, FISHING, AND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. KEY PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE SCHOLASTIC ACTION SHOOTING PROGRAM, WHICH EDUCATES AND EMPOWERS YOUTH IN FIREARMS SAFETY AND MARKSMANSHIP, AND MSCS, LLC, A TWRF-OWNED SHOOTING RANGE FOSTERING SAFE RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THESE EFFORTS CONNECT THOUSANDS OF TENNESSEANS TO THE OUTDOORS, STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE TRADITIONS.

    Expenses $3,563,333 · Grants $1,214,912 · Revenue $65,676

  • THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE TSMP, A TENNESSEE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CREATED TO ADMINISTER AN IN-LIEU FEE (ILF) PROGRAM UNDER SECTIONS 401 AND 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. UNDER THE TERMS OF A 2013 IN- LIEU-FEE INSTRUMENT SIGNED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THE TSMP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MITIGATION PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN REQUIRED UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT. THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INTERAGENCY REVIEW TEAM (IRT), MUST APPROVE ALL COMPENSATORY MITIGATION PROJECTS AND THE TSMP MUST SUBMIT ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION. IMPACTS AUTHORIZED THROUGH PERMIT SECTIONS 401 AND 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT OFTEN REQUIRE COMPENSATORY MITIGATION. PERMITTEES MAY MITIGATE FOR IMPACTS THEMSELVES, PURCHASE CREDITS FROM A MITIGATION BANK OR PAY A THIRD-PARTY ILF PROGRAM PROVIDER TO CONDUCT THE MITIGATION ON THEIR BEHALF. THE TSMP IS ONE SUCH THIRD-PARTY ILF PROGRAM PROVIDER.

    Expenses $422,012

  • THE FOUNDATION OWNS AND OPERATES THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHOOTING COMPLEX (MCSC), A SHOOTING SPORTS FACILITY, AS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY. THE MCSC IS A TENNESSEE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

    Expenses $91,193

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ANGIE BOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEVERLY JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONNIE KING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BURDEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID MCMAHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNIE COVEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC CHANCE

    COO

    Total calculated
    $125,223
    From this org
    $125,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFF MCMILLIN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM BLEDSOE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEY WOODARD

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,529
    From this org
    $120,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,880
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,649
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $143,529

  • KIM WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MOORE

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RHEY HOUSTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY HARMON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSTY WHALEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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

  • TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY

    $1,214,912

    GRANT PAID TO TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY FOR 2023 RAFFLE PROGRAMS.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHOOTING COMPLEX

    OPERATES S · TN

    Directly controlled by APPROVED NA

  • TENNESSEE STREAM MITIGATION PROGRAM

    STREAM MIT · TN

    Directly controlled by APPROVED NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202521789349300932

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