PHEASANTS FOREVER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

1783 BUERKLE CIR

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 9466), covering 19 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.

• EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 99-3127292 · BLUFFTON, IN

• 3115 WABASH VALLEY CHAPTER

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 26-4183632 · BRAZIL, IN

• 628 MARSHALL COUNTY CHAPTER

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 35-2096825 · BREMEN, IN

• 479 IRQUOIS RIVER CHAPTER

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 35-2096823 · BROOK, IN

• 688 EEL RIVER CHAPTER

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 35-2145169 · COLUMBIA CITY, IN

• 3320 SOUTHERN INDIANA

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 86-1830362 · CORYDON, IN

• PHEASANTS FOREVER IN

  EIN 92-2275577 · DELPHI, IN

• 976 REGION RINGNECKS

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 86-1804783 · HEBRON, IN

• 182 NORTHEAST INDIANA CHAPTER

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 35-2096826 · LAOTTO, IN

• 556 NORTHWEST INDIANA

  PHEASANTS FOREVER INC · EIN 35-2096817 · LA PORTE, IN

All 19 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

• Wildlife Habitat Initiatives: During the 2025 fiscal year, Pheasants Forever, Inc. completed over 2,500 habitat projects impacting 88,600 acres. Since its inception in 1982, Pheasants Forever has spent $1.34 billion and completed 589,000 habitat projects. These projects include land acquisitions, shelterbelts, wetlands, food plots, nesting cover, tree planting, maintenance and include the purchase of habitat equipment. Following are current year highlights of the various projects completed by Pheasants Forever: Land Acquisitions-Land acquired by, or with the help of, Pheasants Forever is generally donated to state and federal wildlife agencies for public wildlife management areas. During the year, Pheasants Forever spent $16.9 million to help purchase 941 acres of land, including conservation easements Since inception, Pheasants Forever has helped purchase, and put into public domain, more than 205,000 acres of land at a cost of $341 million. Shelterbelts- A well designed shelterbelt can effectively protect wildlife from exposure to harsh weather conditions. Shelterbelts also provide loafing, feeding, roosting and escape cover for pheasants and other upland wildlife throughout the year. In harsh winters, shelterbelts become rescue cover, allowing a nucleus of breeding individuals to survive the winter and repopulate the rural landscape the next spring. During the year, Pheasants Forever expended $4.8 million to plant trees and has spent $32.7 million on planted trees since 1982. Wetlands - Wetlands provide an excellent source of winter cover and provide the best overall survival rates for pheasants. A wetland's dense network of stems provides effective insulation from cold temperatures and wind chill and provides shelter from blowing and drifting snow. Pheasants Forever restored 410 acres of wetlands during the year and 89,751 acres of wetlands since inception. Food Plots- Winter cover is much more effective with a high energy food source nearby. Well-placed food plots establish safe foraging patterns, restrict unnecessary movements, and provide a dependable food source. A dependable high energy food source is needed to carry female birds through harsh winters in good condition and leads to a reduction in mortality rate during the following spring nesting season. During the year, Pheasants Forever planted 53,223 acres of food plots and has planted 2,351,900 acres of food plots since 1982. Nesting Cover - Throughout the pheasant range, nesting cover is the single most important limiting factor for wildlife populations. Establishing the right vegetation and managing it properly will provide pheasants with concealment from predators and protection from various weather conditions. Additionally, our nesting and brood-rearing projects that plant prairie grasses and forbs (flowering plants) also improve habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Pheasants Forever established or improved 18,162 acres of nesting cover during the year, and more than 3,245,000 acres since 1982. Maintenance - During fiscal year 2025 Pheasants Forever completed 452 projects to maintain quality habitat on over 15,000 acres. Since 1999 the organization has completed more than 59,000 maintenance projects covering more than 3,763,000 acres. Equipment - Pheasants Forever chapters purchase specialized habitat equipment which is either donated to local wildlife agencies or made available to local landowners to aid in establishing and/or maintaining their own habitat projects. During the year, Pheasants Forever expended $985,000 to purchase habitat equipment and has spent $23.3 million on habitat equipment since inception. Farm Bill Biologist Program - Pheasants Forever has developed a network of more than 350 trained biologists that work directly with local landowners, state and federal agencies and others around the country. These Farm Bill Biologists, Coordinating Wildlife Biologists, Habitat Specialists and others assist landowners and property managers in designing, developing, and funding habitat improvements on private lands and public lands. PF Biologists and other trained field staff possess the knowledge of federal, state, and local programs to assist landowners in finding the right program to meet their personal habitat and land use goals. Through a unique partnership, Farm Bill Biologists are located in local USDA service centers in priority habitat areas throughout the pheasant and quail range. During fiscal year 2025, Pheasants Forever biologists worked with more than 43,600 landowners to improve wildlife habitat on more than 2.04 million acres.

  Expenses $87,975,572 · Revenue $3,185,418

• Public Awareness, Education and Outreach: The education and outreach component of Pheasants Forever provides year-round youth programs that offer a pathway of activities that cultivate and grow land stewards and hunting conservationists of all ages. The focus is on hunter recruitment, retention, and reactivation. This initiative is carried on in part through the No Child Left Indoors(R) Initiative and other outreach activities. The organization's publications, The Pheasants Forever Journal of Upland Conservation (published four times a year) and The Quail Forever Journal of Quail Conservation (published four times a year) and the joint Upland Hunting SUPER issue (published once for both PF and QF audiences) are distributed to members along with a variety of printed and electronic communications disseminated to educators, chapter leaders, and other stakeholders. These periodicals contain information pertaining to the need for wildlife habitat development and restoration, the benefits of water and soil conservation, current issues and policies affecting conservation and the tradition of hunting, chapter activities and other special features. During the 2025 fiscal year, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever hosted over 2,000 outreach events that introduced habitat education, our hunting heritage, shooting sports and conservation engagement to 44,253 youth and 45,876 adult participants across the country. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever outreach events include events, workshops, educational materials and resources. Education & Outreach efforts support PF and QF chapters in community activities that engage youth and their families in outdoor, hands-on activities aimed at recruiting, retaining & reactivating hunter conservationists and engaged advocates for wildlife habitat. Such events include hunter safety classes, learn to hunt events, pollinator habitat projects, summer camps, shooting programs and outdoor field days. Youth 17 or younger can become Ringnecks and/or Whistler members. Over 11,000 youth members receive the youth publication Upland Tales four times a year. Youth leadership is encouraged at the local level and through state youth leadership councils. Educational brochures also are available on subjects such as habitat and pheasant population dynamics.

  Expenses $8,188,505

• Chapter, Volunteer and Member Services: Pheasants Forever's regional field representatives provide support, information, hands-on education to the public, and work on implementation of wildlife habitat development and restoration. PF's representatives also assist members and chapter volunteers to improve wildlife habitat in the most efficient and effective way. In addition, Pheasants Forever provides support for and informs and updates, the more than 165,000 members and nearly 750 chapters, as to the need for ongoing work in wildlife conservation and provides assistance to accomplish that goal.

  Expenses $3,233,433 · Revenue $1,590,354

• Pheasants Forever's governmental affairs function provides policy advice on and advocates for issues impacting wildlife habitat throughout the United States.

  Expenses $954,408

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $118,599,546

  Expenses

  $116,416,519

  Contributions

  $97,950,187

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $132,707,799

  Expenses

  $125,555,728

  Contributions

  $109,206,572

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $89,635,688

  Expenses

  $85,314,691

  Contributions

  $71,067,387

  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

• 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

  $87,003,226

  Expenses

  $80,212,273

  Assets (EOY)

  $64,541,610

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $80,454,099

  Expenses

  $73,227,322

  Assets (EOY)

  $58,234,567

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $67,643,527

  Expenses

  $68,004,998

  Assets (EOY)

  $51,710,315

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $62,741,195

  Expenses

  $60,903,669

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,065,428

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $76,082,998

  Expenses

  $75,117,807

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,291,693

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 2013

Tax period

1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

Principal officer

Pheasants Forever Greater Columbus Ohio Chapter

Mailing address

1783 Buerkle CircleSt Paul MN 55110

Website

http://pheasantsforever.org/Contact-Us.aspx

Doing business as

Pheasants Forever

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $4,395,566

  2024 · GRASSLAND & SAGEBRUSH HABITAT FOR WY BIRDS

• FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  $3,275,475

  2023 · GRANT FUNDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $2,791,805

  2022 · SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEM CONSERV

• FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  $2,678,653

  2022 · GRANT FUNDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  $2,205,510

  2024 · GRANT FUNDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $1,885,669

  2023 · GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION IN WESTERN SD PRAIRIES

• WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF MCLEOD COUNTY INC

  $890,000

  2024 · LAND FOR STATE WILDLIFE MGMT AREA

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $266,424

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $245,659

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC

  $232,893

  2024 · HABITAT STEWARDSHIP

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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