Boone and Crockett Club
“Promote conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game, and its habitat.”
The work
What they do
Founded by Theodore Roosevelt. Wildlife conservation, fair chase hunting ethics, and habitat stewardship. Operates the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch. Policy advocacy.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “PERFORM FUNDRAISING FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The work as filed
$1.5MTHE FOUNDATION MADE CASH AND NONCASH DONATIONS TO THE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION (BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB, INC., A SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY) FOR THE BENEFIT AND FURTHERANCE OF THEIR MISSION.
Including $1,481,616 granted onward, most of it $1,455,853 to Boone & Crockett Club Inc.
Read it as they filed it
THE FOUNDATION MADE CASH AND NONCASH DONATIONS TO THE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION (BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB, INC., A SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY) FOR THE BENEFIT AND FURTHERANCE OF THEIR MISSION.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
75 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$1,481,616 programs, $230,420 management, $252,581 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Succeeds R Terrell Mccombs in the officer table.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. This one caught a changing of the guard in the act: the FY2025 officer table lists R Terrell Mccombs, the return itself is signed by Charles W Hartford. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at Boone and Crockett Club? Claim this page.
Those 30 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Boone and Crockett Club is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 31The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $1,130,588 |
| 2012 | $2,804,769 |
| 2013 | $1,157,137 |
| 2014 | $2,108,360 |
| 2015 | $2,609,051 |
| 2016 | $1,052,546 |
| 2017 | $3,974,552 |
| 2018 | $1,857,057 |
| 2019 | $1,940,107 |
| 2020 | $2,268,890 |
| 2021 | $2,600,877 |
| 2022 | $1,881,297 |
| 2023 | $1,371,632 |
| 2025 | $2,745,657 |
From $1.1M in 2011 to $2.7M in FY25, across 14 public filings.
The record
On the Hill
Boone and Crockett Club has hired federal lobbyists: 30 filings from 2019 to 2026, naming 2 bills. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources.
Boone and Crockett Club files one related organization on its return: Boone And Crockett Club (501(c)(3)). A related organization shares people or purpose; it does not share the books.
Ways in
How to help
75 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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139 years on the ground, 30 volunteers, 75 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.