RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C300

Classification

2000

Street

100 HIGH TOWER BLVD STE 101

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 3255), covering 116 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.

• 73 NUTMEG CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 46-4298384 · WATERBURY, CT

• 110 GEORGIA CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 46-3422575 · ROSWELL, GA

• 160 IOWA CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 90-1025156 · MARION, IA

• 140 T STANTON ARMOUR CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 52-1754329 · MUNDELEIN, IL

• 150 INDIANA CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 52-1754339 · CLOVERDALE, IN

• 222 BRIAN HAYS

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 46-4286221 · CHARLTON, MA

• 220 SOUTH SHORE BOSTON CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 82-2516706 · N SCITUATE, MA

• 221 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER

  RUFFED GOUSE SOCIETY · EIN 55-0913445 · WARE, MA

• 090 POTOMAC VALLEY CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 52-1640161 · KEEDYSVILLE, MD

• 091 BACKBONE MOUNTAIN CHAPTER

  RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY · EIN 52-1640160 · OAKLAND, MD

All 116 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2025

• CHAPTER OPERATIONS: RGS CHAPTERS UNDERSTAND AND FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT, FOREST HEALTH AND PROMOTE CONSERVATION ETHICS. WITH THE HELP OF RGS ENGAGEMENT STAFF, CHAPTERS ORGANIZE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, HABITAT DAYS, YOUTH OUTINGS, SOCIAL EVENTS, UPLAND HUNTS, AND MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.

  Expenses $2,236,534

• HABITAT PROJECTS: RGS WORKS WITH VARIOUS LANDOWNERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENHANCE FOREST HABITAT FOR RUFFED GROUSE AND ALL FOREST WILDLIFE USING SCIENCE-SUPPORTED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND GUIDED BY FOREST CONSERVATION DIRECTORS AND OTHER CONSERVATION DELIVERY STAFF EMPLOYED TO CARRY OUT THE ORGANIZATION'S HABITAT MISSION.

  Expenses $5,218,484

• MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: RGS COMMUNICATES AND EDUCATES MEMBERS ON HABITAT, FOREST MANAGEMENT AND UPLAND HUNTING THROUGH THE RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY MAGAZINE, WEBSITE (WWW.RUFFEDGROUSESOCIETY.ORG), EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION.

  Expenses $1,066,505

• GENERAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: THE RGS RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS RECRUIT, RETAIN AND REACTIVATE CONSERVATIONISTS TO ENSURE CURRENT AND FUTURE FOREST STEWARDSHIP WORK THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO CREATING, PROTECTING AND RESTORING FOREST HEALTH AND FOREST DIVERSITY FOR RUFFED GROUSE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, AND ALL FOREST WILDLIFE.

  Expenses $77,604

• RESEARCH; RGS PROVIDES FUNDING TO DEVELOP SOUND SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT FOSTER DIVERSE, HEALTHY FORESTS FOR RUFFED GROUSE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK AND ALL FOREST WILDLIFE.

• ADVOCACY: RGS ADVOCATES FOR THE APPLICATION OF SOUND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, AND RECRUITMENT, REACTIVATION, AND RETENTION OF HUNTER CONSERVATIONISTS.

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.

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

  $10,982,779

  Expenses

  $9,646,330

  Contributions

  $10,275,864

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $7,223,449

  Expenses

  $7,420,068

  Contributions

  $4,696,022

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,824,713

  Expenses

  $7,124,140

  Contributions

  $4,606,367

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,553,723

  Expenses

  $5,813,406

  Contributions

  $3,030,368

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2025 · 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

  $6,572,928

  Expenses

  $3,948,582

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,438,836

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,577,780

  Expenses

  $4,135,582

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,039,762

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,166,056

  Expenses

  $5,595,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,414,639

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,530,224

  Expenses

  $5,368,847

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,930,719

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,787,997

  Expenses

  $5,496,791

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,759,128

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,496,130

  Expenses

  $4,019,168

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,467,068

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.

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

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $535,665

  2024 · RESTORE FOREST BLOCKS FOR GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $333,689

  2022 · HABITAT FOR TORTOISE & QUAIL

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $220,368

  2023 · RESTORE APPALACHIAN FORESTS FOR WARBLERS IN VA

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $182,325

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $104,250

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC

  $102,425

  2022 · HABITAT ENHANCEMENT

• ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2023 · HABITAT STEWARDSHIP

• CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $88,375

  2024 · HEALTHCARE SUPPORT

• COALITIONS AND COLLABORATIVES INC

  $35,295

  2023 · MITIGATION & CAPACITY BUILDING

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $34,500

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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.

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