RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATION (EIN 54-1915490)
Tax period
2015-04-01 to 2016-03-31
Filed
2016-09-15
IRS object ID
201602599349301265
Schema version
2015v2.1
Source
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DescConsumer Engagement: In FY 2016 awareness of the Take Me Fishing brand rose dramatically among RBFF's target audiences and contributed to the roughly eleven percent increase in the likelihood that consumers exposed to Take Me Fishing media will go fishing, take someone else fishing, or boat for the purpose of fishing. The focus on families by RBFF and the Walt Disney World Resort is core to the success of its alliance. Take Me Fishing-branded catch-and-release fishing and boating experiences at three Resort locations delivered millions of impressions and navigated guests to TakeMeFishing.org. A research study found that target audiences exposed to Take Me Fishing messages by way of the Disney alliance are more aware of the campaign, more likely to go fishing and boating and believe that Take Me Fishing is dedicated to helping families lead healthy and active lives. An RBFF-hosted press trip to the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL, showcasing the alliance led to nearly 8 million impressions via English and Spanish print, digital and social media. This year, the Catch the Magic Sweepstakes presented by TakeMeFishing.org attracted 247,000 online entries for the chance to win a Take Me Fishing-sponsored vacation for four at the Walt Disney World Resort, complete with a guided fishing excursion.The #FirstCatch campaign leveraged social media followers and engagement, TakeMeFishing.org, Green Bay Packers' Jordy Nelson and earned media as it encouraged boaters and anglers to post their first fishing memories and try for a sweepstakes prize of an all-new Evinrude E-TEC G2 250 H.O. powered Ranger Z521C Bass Boat. The campaign hauled in 37 million media impressions and generated over 10,000 uses of the campaign hashtag on Twitter and Instagram.In FY 2016, 10.6 million consumers visited TakeMeFishing.org or VamosAPescar.org. Following lessons learned from two initial pilot programs in Texas and Florida, the Vamos A Pescar campaign expanded into California, New York and Illinois and nationally with digital, radio and social media campaigns. The VamosAPescar.org website was enriched, boosting brand awareness almost 50 percent in just one year. The Vamos a Pescar campaign became the very first campaign to receive the Marine Marketers of America's Neptune Award for Marketing Excellence. The campaign won all three components of the competition's new Best Diversity Initiatives category, winning for Best Social, Best Website and Best Campaign overall.With an assist from its namesake, the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund made public its first grant recipients. A total of $50,000 in grant donations will fund programs in Texas and Florida that introduce Hispanic community members to the pleasures of boating and fishing, basic skills, conservation and water safety.Desc

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DescState Engagement: RBFF is working with the Aquatic Resources Education Association (AREA) to develop recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) guidelines for State Agencies, based on the Wildlife Management Institute's (WMI) previous R3 work for hunting and shooting sports. Phase I completed a literature review that summarized current R3 strategies and research, while Phase II will develop recommendations for effective R3 programs.RBFF awarded nearly $75,000 to three State Agencies as part of its new State Innovative R3 Grants Program. The winning proposals from Georgia, Nebraska and Vermont focused their programs on boat registration renewals, fishing license communications and marketing to young adults. Case studies will help other State Agencies use these successful programs as models.The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division partnered with RBFF to implement a retention pilot program that encourages first-time fishing license buyers to renew. If successful, the customer engagement program may help other State Agencies catch active anglers before they become lapsed anglers.Fortune 500 strategist Jay Baer challenged the Workshop's record-breaking 128 attendees to rethink their approach to marketing and customer service through R3 activities. Held in Dallas, Texas, the workshop focused on innovation and R3 collaboration to meet 60 in 60 goals.Desc

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DescIndustry Engagement:RBFF is supporting the Recreational Boating Leadership Council's production of a 45-minute industry training module. The online module will incorporate best practices by marine retailers and others already finding success selling to diverse, multicultural markets. RBFF followed up last year's Mystery Shopper study with research into fly fishing customers' shopping experiences. Retailers scored a high 73 percent satisfaction rate. The study also identified opportunities for customer service strategies and in-store training. The Take Me Fishing "Places to Fish and Boat" interactive map is showing up on the websites of dozens of retailers and manufacturers. Embedding the map builds retail site traffic, and connects brands with the local, where-to information consumers want most.South Bend teamed up with RBFF to recruit newcomers with its quick-start, easy and affordable Ready2Fish kits. Co-branded with the Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar logos, the kits were featured in special displays in over 1,000 Walmart retail stores and promoted by RBFF through trade press releases and social media. Packaging included links to TakeMeFishing.org and VamosAPescar.org.Our "Reaching the Hispanic Community" webinar shared insights into transforming Hispanic consumers into loyal customers. The webinar attracted a record 225 attendees.RBFF played a role in multiple industry events across the country, sharing its experience in reaching tomorrow's customers and engaging new markets in fishing and boating. At the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show, a Kids Corner introduced youngsters to Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar brands.Desc
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EOY$5,681,011EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$146,203ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$12,148,748CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,954,384CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$12,949,082CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$11,409,543CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$12,906,871CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$62,368,628TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$12,148,748CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,954,384CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$12,949,082CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$11,409,543CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$12,906,871CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$62,368,628TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$62,368,628PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,768CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,063CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$490CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,348CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$8,692CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16,361TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$62,384,989TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$229,677GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.99970PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.99990PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$426,840OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$256,104DepreciationAmt
Book Value$170,736BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$190,621OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$190,621DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$170,736TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDeferred rentDesc
Amt$308,760Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$308,760TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$12,996,874TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$12,996,874RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$12,996,874TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$12,850,671TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$12,850,671ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$12,850,671TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationManagement has evaluated the Foundation's tax positions and has concluded that the Foundation has taken no uncertain tax positions that qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the accompanying financial statements.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Aquatic Resources Education Association
23 Joe Hogan LaneLonokeAR72086450438164501(c)(3)$50,000Research for evaluation of aquatic education programs as groundwork for national angler recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) program.
Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2070 US Hwy 278 SESocial CircleGA30025581130945$35,000Development of innovative programs to advance angle recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3).
Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife
1 National Life DriveMontpelierVT05620036000264501(c)(3)$17,005Development of innovative programs to advance angle recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3).
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida
2574 Seagate Drive Suite 100TallahasseeFL32301593277808501(c)(3)$23,750George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund grant to advance minority participation in angling and boating.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School RoadAustinTX78744741680372$25,000George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund grant to advance minority participation in angling and boating.
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
PO Box 30370LincolnNE68503470491233$22,904Development of innovative programs to advance angle recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3).
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org6Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationExplanation: Education grants: All RBFF sub-grantees were required to submit a monthly or quarterly progress report, as spelled out in the sub-grant agreement. Progress reports include the following five distinct sections: 1. General Grant Information - date of report, report period, grant project period, name of grant recipient and grant recipient contact person. 2. Progress in Accomplishing Goals & Objectives - goals and objectives (actual) which are expected to correspond to the goals and objectives (planned) of the approved grant application. 3. Difficulties Encountered - information on specific reasons why goals and objectives were not met and resolution/schedule of corrective action plan. 4. Financial Status - detailed line item report (per grant application) which compares actual (year to date) expenses to budget (yearly operating) planned expenses with a final indication of the unspent line item dollars. 5. Activity Anticipated Next Reporting Period - work planned for next reporting period. In addition to submitting scheduled progress reports, all sub-grantees were required to submit an annual report summarizing accomplishments as well as explaining any milestones not accomplished along with two copies of all printed products and news articles published about the project, as detailed in the sub-grant agreements.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Frank Peterson
President/CEO$220,277$0$25,707$0$515$0$24,599$0$27,669$0$298,767$0$0$0
James Hemenway
VP - Finance & Admin$169,865$0$16,500$0$792$0$18,637$0$27,764$0$233,558$0$0$0
Maria Knight
Director, Digital Strategy$100,263$0$8,000$0$92$0$10,826$0$33,299$0$152,480$0$0$0
Stephanie Vatalaro
Director, Communications$100,332$0$8,000$0$62$0$10,883$0$33,300$0$152,577$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4The Articles of Incorporation were amended during the year to describe the process for election of Directors (including board composition and term limits), in accordance with state law.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aTwenty-two members of the Foundation's Board of Directors are appointed by certain organizations whose purposes relate to recreational boating and fishing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The 990 will be reviewed in detail by the President and the Vice President of Finance & Administration. It will then be posted to a web portal for review by the full Board of Directors prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cConflict of interest disclosure forms are completed annually by all directors and employees. Forms are reviewed by the VP of Finance & Administration to ensure compliance. Board members who have a potential conflict of interest with any board action recuse themselves from voting on such action.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15aCompensation for the President/CEO is reviewed annually by the Executive Committee of the board of directors. Compensation is documented in an annual review memorandum. Initial compensation for officers and other key employees is approved by the Executive Committee. Annual compensation adjustments are reviewed and approved by the President/CEO. Total compensation for the organization is reviewed and approved annually by the Finance Committee of the board of directors and incorporated into the annual budget which is approved by the full board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The Foundation makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11gConsulting services: Program service expenses 9,432,077. Management and general expenses 45,532. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,477,609. Temporary services: Program service expenses 44,480. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 44,480.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:RBFF's Board of Directors assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit, including selection of the independent accountant. This process is consistent with prior years.

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