Grants for hunting and fishing clubs

Name: Top 25 grants made to hunting and fishing clubs
Creator: Cause IQ
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252 hunting and fishing clubs received at least $266,727 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 153 grants made from 85 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 85 foundations, 90% made just a single grant to hunting clubs, and 1% made grants to four or more hunting clubs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$266,727

Total grant dollars given to hunting and fishing clubs

153

Number of grants made annually to hunting and fishing clubs

Number of grantmakers funding hunting and fishing clubs

$1,000

Median grant size to hunting and fishing clubs

Foundations that support hunting and fishing clubs

Out of all grants made to hunting and fishing clubs, 71% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 50% of the dollar-value of grants to hunting clubs. Foundations funding hunting clubs also made grants to animal shelters, multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, high schools, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	61
Medium	14
Large	10

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	1
Private	59
Corporate	12
Other	13

Grants made

Grants made to hunting clubs	Number of grantmakers
1	77
2-3	7
4-10	0
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting hunting and fishing clubs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to hunting clubs	Number of grants made to hunting clubs	Median grant size
NRA Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	60	$2,494
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	3	$1,500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	3	$1,090
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)	MT	National	0.3%	2	$5,000
The Foundation for Youth Firearms Safety	SD	State	5.4%	2	$3,500
He Hill Founadation	FL	Metro	0.3%	2	$1,510
Gee Family Foundation	NC	Regional	2.4%	2	$1,500
The Jones Family Foundation	MI	National	0.1%	2	$1,000
M and J Foundation	NC	Metro	1.4%	1	$5,000
Deerfield Charitable Trust XXX-XX-XXXX	PA	State	1.5%	1	$5,000

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Hunting and fishing clubs grantees

Hunting and fishing clubs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 13% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 13% of all hunting clubs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	153
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,980
$1M-$5M	$681
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Maryland	16
Pennsylvania	12
Minnesota	10
Illinois	10
Other	105

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	16
Minneapolis	7
Pittsburgh	5
Miami	5
Other	83

Top 25 grants made to hunting and fishing clubs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Take A Kid Fishing Foundation	$5,000	Support Mission of Organization	M and J Foundation
Cowanesque Valley Anglers	$5,000	General Operations	Deerfield Charitable Trust XXX-XX-XXXX
Union Sportsmen's Alliance	$5,000	Financial Support	International brotherhood of electrical Workers lu 654
Leek Hunting and Mountain Preserve	$5,000	Program	Whitetails Unlimited
Clark County Fish and Game Club	$5,000	For Local Elderly Asstistance	The Kentland Foundation
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	The Wilson Family Foundation
Cast / Take A Warrior Fishing	$5,000	Operations	Los Altos Community Foundation
First Hunt Foundation	$5,000	Hunting Heritage	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)
Hunt With Heart	$5,000	Hunting Heritage	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)
Scope	$5,000	General Purpose	Weinbergnewton Family Foundation
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing	$5,000	General Fund	Daniel Island Community Fund
Bi-State Sportsmans Association	$5,000	Range Improvements	NRA Foundation
Fishing with Vets	$5,000	Provide Both Summer and Ice Fishing Opportunities for Vets	Yontz Valor Foundation
Back in the Maine Stream	$5,000	Incr. Qual. of Life FR Disabled Vets	Gwendolen Elwell Flanagan Foundation
City Kids Adventures	$5,000	Provides Funds To Accomplish Charitable Purpose	The Ellen and Edward Randall Iii Foundation
Texas Game Warden Association	$5,000	General Operations	Simon and Louise Henderson Foundation
Masters of Foxhounds Association of America	$5,000	General	The Homestead Foundation
Union Sportsmen's Alliance	$5,000	Shooting Sports Development	National Shooting Sports Foundation
Hudson Rod and Gun Club	$4,900	Range Improvements	NRA Foundation
West Salem Rod and Gun Club	$4,900	Range Improvements	NRA Foundation
Presque Isle Fish and Game Club	$4,708	Training, Safety, Education, Range Improvements	NRA Foundation
Kachemak Gun Club	$4,700	Training, Safety, Education	NRA Foundation
Kern County Gun Club	$4,608	General Shooting Program, Competitive Shooting	NRA Foundation
Northland Shooting Sports	$4,521	To Fund Youth Shooting Sports	MidwayUSA Foundation
Buxton and Hollis Rod and Gun Club	$4,428	General Shooting Program	NRA Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Hunting and fishing clubs" category for this page is determined by the "N61: Fishing and Hunting Clubs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.