Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$235,402

Total expenses

$251,352

Contributions and grants received

$238,070

Grants paid

$11,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$2,668

Total assets, end of year

$98,609

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,005

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$80,604

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$166,802

Management and general expenses

$44,186

Fundraising expenses

$40,364

Program service expenses (Part III)

$166,802

Program services were 66.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE IKE FOUNDATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: THE IKE FOUNDATION BEGINS EACH YEAR WITH THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP DINNER IN PITTSGROVE, NJ, THIS SPECIAL EVENING PRIMARILY FUNDS OUR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE PROUDLY AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS RANGING FROM 2,000 TO 2,500 TO 4-5 EXCEPTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A PASSION FOR FISHING AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE OUTDOORS COMMUNITY. APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED THROUGH A BLIND, MERIT-BASED PROCESS USING A STANDARDIZED POINT SYSTEM TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND OBJECTIVITY. SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2017, THE IKE FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED OVER 100,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS, HELPING YOUNG LEADERS TAKE THE NEXT STEP TOWARD THEIR FUTURE.

  Expenses $17,572 · Grants $11,000

• IKE'S HOOK'EM EARLY KIDS FISHING PROGRAM: THE IKE FOUNDATION HOSTS MULTIPLE IKE'S HOOK 'EM EARLY KIDS FISHING EVENTS EACH YEAR DURING THE SPRING, FALL, OUR ANNUAL PRO-AM TOURNAMENT, AND THE BASSMASTER CLASSIC. EACH OF THESE EVENTS SERVE 100 PLUS CHILDREN, PROVIDING HANDS-ON ACCESS TO LOCAL LAKES AND WATERWAYS AND INTRODUCING YOUTH, MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO THE LIFELONG ACTIVITY OF FISHING. AT EVERY EVENT, EACH CHILD RECEIVES THEIR OWN ROD, REEL, TACKLE BOX, AND TACKLE, ALONG WITH INSTRUCTION FROM VOLUNTEERS. THIS ENSURES THAT THE EXPERIENCE DOES NOT END ON EVENT DAY, CHILDREN LEAVE FULLY EQUIPPED AND CONFIDENT TO CONTINUE FISHING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE, REINFORCING OUTDOOR RECREATION AS A FAMILY ACTIVITY AND SUPPORTING LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT. VOLUNTEERS TRACK EVERY CHILD'S CATCH, ALLOWING US TO AWARD PRIZES AND CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EACH CHILD LEAVES WITH NEW SKILLS, LASTING MEMORIES, AND A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. TO ENHANCE BOTH THE EXPERIENCE AND THE LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS, THE IKE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH STATE AND LOCAL FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES TO STOCK THE LAKES WITH BASS, CATFISH, OR BLUEGILL, BASED ON EACH WATERWAY'S ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS. THESE STOCKINGS NOT ONLY MAKE THE EVENTS MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR YOUNG ANGLERS BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHIER, SUSTAINABLE FISHERY FOR YEARS TO COME. EVENT DAYS ALSO INCLUDE LUNCH, SNACKS, AND A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO ENJOY A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO WATCH THE PRO-AM BASS TOURNAMENT WEIGH-IN, WHERE THE CHILDREN CHEER ON THE ANGLERS AND SEE THE SPORT OF FISHING IN ACTION. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, THE IKE FOUNDATION ADVANCES ITS MISSION BY CONNECTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH THE OUTDOORS, PROMOTING CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND FOSTERING A LOVE AND RESPECT FOR OUR WATERWAYS. THESE EVENTS CREATE MEANINGFUL, LONG-TERM IMPACT BY EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION WITH SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, AND A PASSION FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION.

  Expenses $37,942

• FISHING GEAR REQUEST PROGRAM: THROUGH OUR ON-LINE FISHING GEAR REQUEST PROGRAM WE DONATE 100-150 RODS AND REELS PER QUARTER TO OTHER QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS. THE IKE FOUNDATION CONSIDERS REQUESTS FROM CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER NON-PROFITS. IDEALLY, THE RELATIONSHIP WILL EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT THE OUTDOORS, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE SPORT OF FISHING. IDEAL DONATION RECIPIENTS ARE YOUTH-CENTERED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE MISSION OF THE IKE FOUNDATION. OUR PRIORITY IS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT OFFER ONGOING FISHING EDUCATION AND FOSTER A LASTING APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND CONSERVATION.

  Expenses $19,582

• CONNECTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH THE OUTDOORS THROUGH THE SPORT OF FISHING BUT ALSO FOSTERS A LOVE FOR CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR WATERWAYS.

  Expenses $91,706

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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