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← DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,616,795
Total expenses
$25,217,504
Contributions and grants received
$22,679,458
Grants paid
$672,988
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,589,458
Management and general expenses
$363,019
Fundraising expenses
$3,265,027
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,589,458

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • George C Freeman III

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Dunlap

    Vice Chair/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert B Trainer Jr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angus R Cooper III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ariel Somes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles A Elcan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David K Welles Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Valentine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • W Frank McCreight

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Geoff Shepstone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Twardowski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Bebo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John W Childs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John H Dobbs Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Mooney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick J Rothwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peek Garlington III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert E Bartels Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosemary McIlhenny

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sprague Richardson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy B Robertson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tucker Knight

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William M Yandell III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Petrie

    CEO until Feb

    Total calculated
    $419,300
    From this org
    $370,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,905
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,395
    Bonus
    $110,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,224
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $419,300

  • Jason Tharpe -Chief Development

    Officer until Feb/CEO as of March

    Total calculated
    $284,144
    From this org
    $242,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,254
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,366
    Bonus
    $25,524
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $284,144

  • Frank Rohwer

    President

    Total calculated
    $271,520
    From this org
    $230,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,540
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $271,520

  • Tim Beckler

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $237,851
    From this org
    $199,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,634
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,217
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,953
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $237,851

  • Joel Brice

    Chief Conservation Officer

    Total calculated
    $244,795
    From this org
    $205,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,027
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,768
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,346
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $244,795

  • John Devney

    Chief Policy Officer

    Total calculated
    $235,739
    From this org
    $197,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,514
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,225
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $235,739

  • John Davis

    Sr. VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $203,911
    From this org
    $182,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,248
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,663
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,288
    Filer's total
    $203,911

  • Jeff Howell

    VP of Major Gifts

    Total calculated
    $242,851
    From this org
    $203,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,917
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,100
    Bonus
    $35,834
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,236
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $242,851

  • Todd Burns

    VP of Major Gifts

    Total calculated
    $217,410
    From this org
    $179,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,477
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,431
    Bonus
    $29,502
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,796
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $217,410

  • Bryan Leach

    Director of Events

    Total calculated
    $180,887
    From this org
    $145,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,410
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,643
    Bonus
    $15,834
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,729
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $180,887

  • Scott Terning

    VP of Events

    Total calculated
    $204,890
    From this org
    $168,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,768
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,461
    Bonus
    $21,661
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,681
    Filer's total
    $204,890

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 — 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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 2025, 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.

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543119349301429

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