Form 990 for tax year 2023

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

• 1b · Membership dues

  $889,270

• 1c · Fundraising events

  $41,627

• 1e · Government grants (contributions)

  $1,380,564

• 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

  $23,314,081

• 1g · Noncash contributions included above

  $157,499

• 2a · Program service revenue: Magazine Advertising

  total $460,819 · unrelated business $460,819

• 2b · Program service revenue: Other

  total $127,381 · related or exempt $127,381

• 3 · Investment income

  total $527,734 · excluded $527,734

• 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

  securities $13,740,844

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

  securities $13,324,007 · other assets $134,141

• 7c · Gain or loss

  securities $416,837 · other assets -$134,141

• 7d · Net gain or loss

  total $282,696 · excluded $282,696

• 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

  $248,390

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

  $41,627

• 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

  $185,781

• 8c · Net income from fundraising events

  total $62,609 · excluded $62,609

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

• 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

  total $616,355 · program services $616,355

• 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

  total $65,877 · program services $65,877

• 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

  total $2,512,998 · program services $1,669,599 · management and general $88,469 · fundraising $754,930

• 7 · Other salaries and wages

  total $6,491,123 · program services $6,263,023 · management and general $12,310 · fundraising $215,790

• 8 · Pension plan contributions

  total $292,256 · program services $285,055 · management and general $3,975 · fundraising $3,226

• 9 · Other employee benefits

  total $1,511,645 · program services $1,344,696 · management and general $7,535 · fundraising $159,414

• 10 · Payroll taxes

  total $624,592 · program services $549,641 · management and general $6,246 · fundraising $68,705

• 11b · Fees: legal

  total $14,407 · program services $13,687 · fundraising $720

• 11c · Fees: accounting

  total $33,627 · program services $20,176 · management and general $673 · fundraising $12,778

• 11f · Fees: investment management

  total $83,257 · management and general $83,257

• 11g · Fees: other

  total $424,777 · program services $424,777

• 12 · Advertising and promotion

  total $36,762 · program services $29,410 · management and general $1,102 · fundraising $6,250

• 13 · Office expenses

  total $1,308,582 · program services $942,179 · management and general $13,086 · fundraising $353,317

• 14 · Information technology

  total $385,728 · program services $246,866 · management and general $3,857 · fundraising $135,005

• 16 · Occupancy

  total $177,387 · program services $127,719 · management and general $7,095 · fundraising $42,573

• 17 · Travel

  total $1,483,462 · program services $1,201,604 · fundraising $281,858

• 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

  total $459,892 · program services $340,320 · management and general $32,193 · fundraising $87,379

• 20 · Interest

  total $34,023 · program services $23,816 · management and general $681 · fundraising $9,526

• 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  total $633,786 · program services $469,002 · management and general $25,351 · fundraising $139,433

• 23 · Insurance

  total $277,083 · program services $171,791 · management and general $5,542 · fundraising $99,750

• 24a · Other expenses: Intensive Conservation

  total $1,772,796 · program services $1,772,796

• 24b · Other expenses: Hunting Initiatives

  total $1,393,552 · program services $1,393,552

• 24c · Other expenses: Conservation Initiative

  total $453,026 · program services $453,026

• 24e · All other expenses

  total $741,069 · program services $392,767 · management and general $14,821 · fundraising $333,481

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

• 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

  beginning of year $3,618,094 · end of year $3,923,355

• 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

  beginning of year $164,843 · end of year $126,804

• 4 · Accounts receivable

  beginning of year $141,660 · end of year $123,614

• 8 · Inventories for sale or use

  beginning of year $1,282,111 · end of year $1,558,516

• 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

  beginning of year $208,747 · end of year $264,303

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

  $10,313,604

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

  $2,084,349

• 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

  beginning of year $7,076,779 · end of year $8,229,255

• 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

  beginning of year $17,216,687 · end of year $21,996,560

• 15 · Other assets

  beginning of year $701,684 · end of year $1,797,578

• 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  beginning of year $3,114,421 · end of year $3,941,569

• 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

  beginning of year $711,675 · end of year $650,265

• 25 · Other liabilities

  beginning of year $701,684 · end of year $758,092

• 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

  beginning of year $14,572,968 · end of year $19,280,367

• 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

  beginning of year $11,309,857 · end of year $13,389,692

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 5

CDO: The performance based bonus/incentive components are: total dollars raised, annual giving membership growth and integration of systems, events management and growth, major gifts overall growth in number of donors, dept. growth of staff, and MDC (Million Duck Campaign Goal). VP's: The performance based bonus are: total dollars raised, staff development/performance and MDC (Million Duck Campaign Goals)

Part I, Line 7

CEO: For FY ended 2024, the bonus was determined by the Board compensation committee, based on overall success and delivery of the strategic plan along with employee/organizational growth, and membership growth. There is not a formal matrix created, it is part of the compensation committee's annual review of the CEO.