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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIRST HUNT FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$392,848
Total expenses
$274,898
Contributions and grants received
$371,009
Grants paid
$19,126
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24,964
Other revenue
-$3,125
Total assets, end of year
$628,004
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$628,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$246,954
Management and general expenses
$18,478
Fundraising expenses
$9,466
Program service expenses (Part III)
$246,954

Program services were 89.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $78,510

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $292,499

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,964 · related or exempt $24,964

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,660

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

    $78,510

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,214

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$8,554

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $31,047

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $25,618

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,429 · related or exempt $5,429

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,126 · program services $19,126

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30 · management and general $30

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,704 · program services $8,138 · management and general $564 · fundraising $7,002

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,232 · program services $11,154 · fundraising $2,078

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,321 · management and general $10,321

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,133 · program services $3,133

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,988 · program services $55,921 · management and general $5,067

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $85 · management and general $85

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,800 · program services $1,800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,805 · management and general $1,805

  • 24a · Other expenses: Mentoring Events

    total $104,090 · program services $104,090

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $29,614 · program services $29,614

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,983 · program services $9,407 · management and general $427 · fundraising $149

  • 24d · Other expenses: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $2,401 · program services $2,401

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,586 · program services $2,170 · management and general $179 · fundraising $237

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $267,865 · end of year $333,467

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,755 · end of year $14,473

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $25,618 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $39,800

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

    $1,800

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,800 · end of year $38,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $242,064

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $350,038 · end of year $385,940

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $242,064

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

First Hunt Foundations primary purpose is to keep the Hunting Heritage alive in America. This is done by mentoring/coaching new hunters, recruiting mentors/coaches to help new hunters and building a sustainable organization to keep the process going. FHF primarily works with youth wanting to learn hunting skills, but also works with some adults.

  • FHF is working hard to become the largest new hunter mentoring organization in the U.S. FHF is striving to establish best business management practices to be sustainable for the long term. FHF is working to recruit state, regional and national leaders who can volunteer their time in organizing our growing organization. Forming local FHF Chapters is a priority for FHF leaders where training can be organized within a more structured environment. Additionally, the FHF is striving to strengthen the existing chapters. FHF is continuing to strengthen its social media presence better organized to market our message. FHF has strong leadership in the three National Programs; including Share the HERitage, a program that focuses on recruiting and training more girls and women, Connecting Hunters and Heroes, a program focused on opening opportunities for veterans and emergency responders, and their families; and Forgotten Rites who works with underserved communities and specifically people of color.

    Expenses $146,978

  • FHF seeks to find mentees or new hunters of all ages, genders and ethnicities that have a desire to learn about hunting. This is completed both by having mentor days, which are the days spent teaching a hunting skill or actually taking a mentee out on their first hunts. During the year there were hunts held focusing on mentoring hunters, including youth, minorities, and female hunters. The main pillars of the FHF are the R3 mission of recruiting, retaining, or reactivating hunters.

    Expenses $38,912

  • FHF seeks to recruit mentors that in turn will train and take out new hunters. Recruiting mentors is one of FHFs main focus as there is a direct relationship between the number of new hunters trained and the number of available mentors. In the current year, FHF continued to sign up background checked mentors who are available to help new hunters learn how to hunt. FHF has mentors in all 50 states. FHF attended major outdoor trade shows to recruit mentors and develop networks with State Fish & Game agencies and outdoor industry vendors.

    Expenses $37,136

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rick Brazell

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Virgil Smith

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kelly Reisdorff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kristy Titus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sam Seeton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2023
Filed
24 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500569349301315

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