- Revenue 2025
- $1,948,208
- Expenses 2025
- $2,310,877
Program services were 36.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- M40
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1742 FAIRVIEW AVE
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).
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO IMPLEMENT AN INFORMED, CONSENSUS-BASED NATIONAL OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT WILL INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL ANGLING AND BOATING AND THEREBY INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE NEED TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE THIS NATION'S AQUATIC NATURAL RESOURCES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL ANGLING AND BOATING - SEE SCHEDULE O.RBFF'S MISSION IS TO IMPLEMENT AN INFORMED, CONSENSUS-BASED NATIONAL OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT WILL INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL ANGLING AND BOATING AND THEREBY INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE NEED TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE THIS NATION'S AQUATIC NATURAL RESOURCES.
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CONSUMER ENGAGEMENTTHE OBJECTIVE OF RBFF'S CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING BY RECRUITING NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH A NATIONAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF FISHING, BOATING, AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION; DISPEL NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES; AND ENCOURAGE CONSIDERATION, TRIAL, AND ULTIMATELY, PARTICIPATION.SEE SCHEDULE OCONSUMER ENGAGEMENT (CONT'D)TAKE ME FISHING IS THE BRAND THAT CARRIES RBFF'S MESSAGES AND THE APPEAL OF BOATING AND FISHING TO GENERAL MARKET CONSUMERS. THE BACKBONE OF THE BRAND IS THE TAKEMEFISHING.ORG WEBSITE, WHICH FEATURES OPTIMIZATION FOR ALL SCREEN SIZES AND FORMATS, PROMINENT STATE INFORMATION, HOW-TO VIDEOS, AND A RESOURCE CENTER FOR STAKEHOLDERS. IN FY26, THE WEBSITE CONTINUED TO OPERATE AND GENERATED APPROXIMATELY 160,000 VISITS PER MONTH EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO CONTENT UPDATES DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.RBFF'S PSA CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS UPDATED AT THE END OF FY25, GENERATED IN-KIND ADVERTISING IN FY26. ALL OTHER CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE SUSPENDED IN FY26 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.
Expenses $435,189
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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTTHE OBJECTIVE OF RBFF'S STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IS TO CONSOLIDATE STAKEHOLDER STRENGTHS, IDEAS, AND ENTHUSIASM TO ACHIEVE COMMON OBJECTIVES. HISTORICALLY, THIS APPROACH LED TO NEW EFFICIENCIES AND CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATE, INDUSTRY, AND FEDERAL AGENCY PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE ON INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION IN FISHING AND BOATING. WHETHER TARGETING MULTICULTURAL MARKETS, ACTIVE WOMEN, OR LAPSED BOATERS, RBFF STAKEHOLDERS DISCOVERED INNOVATIVE WAYS TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND REACTIVATE PARTICIPANTS.ALL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE SUSPENDED IN FY26 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.
Expenses $401,950
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.
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CRAIG BONDS
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOE LEWIS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHY FENNEL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHELLEY TUBAUGH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DIANE BRUSOE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JEFF PONTIUS
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ELLEN BRADLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RESE CLOYD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HEATHER DUGAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EMILY COPE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEVE GUERTIN
NON-VOTING REPRESENTATIVE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KEN HAMMOND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GLENN HUGHES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CARLY HYSELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DOUG CRAVEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DANIEL NUSSBAUM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROB OHNO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BILLY POPE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RON REGAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JON SCHLOSSER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRYAN SETI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PHIL SMOKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RONNIE GREEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WAYNE HUBBARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOBY O'ROURKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2025
- Revenue
- $1,948,208
- Expenses
- $2,310,877
- Contributions
- $1,742,745
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2024
- Revenue
- $13,827,555
- Expenses
- $13,734,726
- Contributions
- $13,787,260
- Grants paid
- $197,923
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2023
- Revenue
- $13,785,521
- Expenses
- $13,774,772
- Contributions
- $13,753,473
- Grants paid
- $389,300
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2022
- Revenue
- $14,435,169
- Expenses
- $14,400,219
- Contributions
- $14,389,810
- Grants paid
- $542,173
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
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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
- $14,302,457
- Expenses
- $14,307,330
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,596,637
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,100,462
- Expenses
- $13,177,203
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,482,536
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,225,501
- Expenses
- $12,452,009
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,547,815
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,341,736
- Expenses
- $12,480,038
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,475,280
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,449,956
- Expenses
- $12,411,264
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,335,869
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
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2024 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2023 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2022 GEORGE H.W. BUSH VAMOS A PESCAR EDUCATION FUND GRANT- SEE PART IV
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2022 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2022 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2022 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2023 GEORGE H.W. BUSH VAMOS A PESCAR EDUCATION FUND GRANT- SEE PART IV
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2023 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2022 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
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2023 R3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS- SEE PART IV
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2022 TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION, HABITAT RESTORATION AND IMPROVED ACCESS FOR RECREATIONAL ANGLERS.
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2024 TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION, HABITAT RESTORATION AND IMPROVED ACCESS FOR RECREATIONAL ANGLERS.
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 PC.
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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.