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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$125,504
Total expenses
$81,443
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$19,300
Program service revenue
$91,349
Investment income
$34,155
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$633,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$633,425
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$67,237
Management and general expenses
$14,206
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$67,237

Program services were 82.6% 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.

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

    total $91,349 · related or exempt $91,349

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,430 · excluded $32,430

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $59,668

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

    securities $57,943

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,725

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,725 · excluded $1,725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,500 · program services $6,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,800 · program services $12,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $8,865 · management and general $8,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,306 · management and general $3,306

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING LOCATION

    total $38,463 · program services $38,463

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBUNIT EXPENSES

    total $4,731 · program services $4,731

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROMOTIONS/GIVEAWAYS

    total $3,281 · program services $3,281

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYPAL FEES

    total $1,462 · program services $1,462

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $35 · management and general $35

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $589,364 · end of year $70,585

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $562,840

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $589,364 · end of year $633,425

  • 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 · 2025

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 TRAVEL AWARDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 EACH TO ASIST WITH FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF ATTENDING OUR ANNUAL MEETING. TOTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN 2025 WAS $12,800.

    Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000

  • 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 2025, TCAFS HOSTED OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN COLLEGE STATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 ATTENDEES. ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS WERE DISTRIBUTED, AND STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS WERE DISTRIBUTED.

    Expenses $50,737 · Grants $2,800 · Revenue $91,349

  • TCAFS PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR FISHERIES EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY'S HUTTON JUNIOR FISHERIES BIOLOGY PROGRAM. IN 2025, TCAFS PROVIDED $4,500 TO THE HUTTON JUNIOR FISHERIES BIOLOGY PROGRAM.

    Expenses $6,500 · Grants $6,500

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alice Best

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Steven Bardin

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Perkin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brad Littrell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Matthew Troia

    SECRETARY

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622559349300202

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