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IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC

EIN 36-1930035 GAITHERSBURG, MD

Revenue 2025
$3,965,623
Expenses 2025
$3,752,852

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C300
Classification
1200
Street
707 CONSERVATION LANE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3208), covering 149 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 149 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO CONSERVE, RESTORE AND PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING SOIL, AIR, WOODS, WATER AND WILDLIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE THE SOIL, FOREST, WATER AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE US.

  • CHAPTER RELATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP: AT THE HEART OF IWLA ARE MORE THAN 200 LOCAL CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE CHAPTERS FORM A GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEER NETWORK OF CONSERVATIONISTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES THEY LOVE AND ENJOY. IWLA SUPPORTS ITS LOCAL CHAPTERS THROUGH MEMBER RECOGNITION AND AWARD PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, MEMBERSHIP MARKETING MATERIALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $954,497

  • CLEAN WATER: ALL OVER AMERICA, VOLUNTEERS ARE STEPPING INTO THE GAP TO ENSURE OUR WATER IS SAFE AND IWLA IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION TRAINING, EQUIPPING, AND COORDINATING THESE VOLUNTEERS ON A NATIONAL SCALE. THE SAVE OUR STREAMS PROGRAM IS THE ONLY NATIONWIDE PROGRAM TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO PROTECT WATERWAYS FROM POLLUTION AND BRING INFORMATION ABOUT WATER QUALITY TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $920,009

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA: OUTDOOR AMERICA MAGAZINE IS IWLA'S FLAGSHIP PUBLICATION AND THE PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH IWLA'S MEMBERS ABOUT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS. EACH ISSUE INCLUDES HIGHLIGHTS OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AND ARTICLES THAT FOCUS ON KEY CONSERVATION AND OUTDOOR RECREATION ISSUES. OTHER PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED BY IWLA INCLUDE A MONTHLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER, ANNUAL REPORTS AND SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, IWLA'S STAFF WORKS WITH THE MEDIA TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL CONSERVATION ISSUES AND PROJECTS.

    Expenses $647,820

  • GENERAL CONSERVATION: THE GENERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM ADVANCES IWLA'S CONSERVATION POLICY AGENDA BY PROVIDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES; KEEPING MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES AFFECTING NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT CONSERVATION ISSUES; AND ASSISTING MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS IN IMPLEMENTING LOCAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS. AGRICULTURE: SINCE 1937, IWLA HAS PROMOTED FARMING METHODS THAT SUSTAIN PEOPLE AND NATURAL RESOURCES. TO THEIR CREDIT, AMERICAN FARMERS FEED THE COUNTRY AND MUCH OF THE WORLD. HOWEVER, CURRENT FARM PRACTICES, ENABLED BY OUR FARM POLICY, ARE POLLUTING OUR WATER, ERODING OUR TOPSOIL, AND DEGRADING SOIL HEALTH. INVESTMENTS IN CONSERVATION OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY, PAID WITH TAX DOLLARS, HAVE HELPED, BUT TODAYS PROBLEMS AFFECT ENTIRE LANDSCAPES AND THEY ARE ACCELERATING. THROUGH NATIONAL POLICY ADVOCACY, IWLAS GOAL IS TO EXPAND AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND FUNDING TO SCALE UP CONSERVATION PRACTICES ACROSS MILLIONS OF ACRES OF LAND TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH AND THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF OUR FOOD, REDUCE POLLUTED RUNOFF, AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE BY SEQUESTERING MORE CARBON IN SOIL, WETLANDS, AND GRASSLANDS. MISSOURI RIVER INITIATIVE: IWLA WORKS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS IN IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA TO ASSESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FACING THE MISSOURI RIVER ECOSYSTEM, RESTORE THE RIVER'S NATURAL FLOWS, IMPROVE FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND PROVIDE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION. AS PART OF THIS ONGOING EFFORT, IWLA COORDINATES RIVER CLEANUPS AND HOSTS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALONG THE RIVER. CONVENTION: IWLA'S ANNUAL CONVENTION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT GOVERNS IWLA AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADVANCE IWLA'S CONSERVATION, OUTDOOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION MISSION.

    Expenses $606,992 · Grants $1,675

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SCOTT KOVAROVICS

    EXEC. DIR E

    Total calculated
    $233,716
    From this org
    $216,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,165
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,551
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,396
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,769
    Filer's total
    $233,716

  • JARED MOTT

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $121,211
    From this org
    $102,926
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,285
    Hours/week
    50

  • MARY RUBIN

    DIR. MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $138,374
    From this org
    $121,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,785
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHAEL REINEMER

    COMMNICATION

    Total calculated
    $111,317
    From this org
    $107,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,799
    Hours/week
    40

  • RACHEL MCBRIDE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUANN NOLL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT MEYER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES STORER

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANITA STONEBRAKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRAIG ENNEKING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANNY BRABHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK CERWICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE FUGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD GRAHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL KELLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JODI LABS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDA SWARTZ

    DIRECTOR

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,965,623
    Expenses
    $3,752,852
    Contributions
    $3,051,944
    Grants paid
    $1,675
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,209,152
    Expenses
    $3,196,494
    Contributions
    $2,598,329
    Grants paid
    $6,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,241,523
    Expenses
    $3,111,827
    Contributions
    $3,708,698
    Grants paid
    $5,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,691,037
    Expenses
    $3,150,438
    Contributions
    $2,204,482
    Grants paid
    $6,200

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,929,642
    Expenses
    $2,765,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,223,043

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,929,642
    Expenses
    $2,765,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,223,043

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,892,505
    Expenses
    $2,379,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,723,549

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,724,543
    Expenses
    $2,616,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,650,457

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,749,611
    Expenses
    $2,495,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,707,776

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,764,065
    Expenses
    $2,407,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,486,934

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,540,770
    Expenses
    $2,327,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,977,982

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Robin phillips
Mailing address
Po box 4485Leesburg VA 20177
Website
Www.va-Iwla.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.