Turkeys for Tomorrow

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Auburn, AL501(c)(3)Since 2020AnimalsEIN 85-2918057Revenue $804K in FY2025

On file with the IRSturkeysfortomorrow.orgPo Box 3810, 36831-3810 · Auburn, ALTax-exempt since Dec 2020Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To promote america's hunting traditions, conservation, and education through the collaboration of hunters and wildlife professionals to ensure there are Turkeys for Tomorrow.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$152K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$152K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 95% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$125K
75% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 75% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$804K
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$856K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$41K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$804K
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$57K
FY2022$294K
FY2023$350K
FY2024$645K
FY2025$804K
Expenses
$856K
FY2025▲ +39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$191K
FY2023$413K
FY2024$616K
FY2025$856K
Net assets
$41K
FY2025▼ -56%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$22K
FY2022$126K
FY2023$63K
FY2024$93K
FY2025$41K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $544K Management & general 25% · $214K Fundraising 11% · $97K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $152K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$30,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Lupardus’s $110K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1221 $100K–1M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Jason Lupardus$110,000$65,000—
Reid Duvall$30,000$26,000$6,000
Kevin Mathews——$12,500
Kevin Matthews$12,000$12,000—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes hunting traditions, conservation, and education for future wild turkeys.

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1 program · $544K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

To fund research projects and other conservation programs to find solutions to problems facing wild turkeys.

$544Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$804K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$602K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$201K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$856K
Ln 25
Programscol B$544K
Managementcol C$214K
Fundraisingcol D$97K
Owns and owesPt X
$41K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$60K
Total assetsLn 16$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$125K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$201K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$602K
Total revenueLn 12$804K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$60K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K
Other assetsLn 15$524
Total assetsLn 16$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$125K
Net assetsLn 32$41K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$73K$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$13K
Total assetsLn 16$152K$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K$125K
Net assetsLn 32$93K$41K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$152K$100K$52K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$105K$69K$36K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$16K$8K
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$11K
TravelLn 17$57K$56K$595
InterestLn 20$908$908
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$368K$271K$97K
All other expensesLn 24e$83K$32K$52K
Total functional expensesLn 25$856K$544K$214K$97K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $804K$856K−$52K$41K 990 PDF
FY2024 $645K$616K$30K$93K 990 PDF
FY2023 $350K$413K−$63K$63K 990 PDF
FY2022 $294K$191K$104K$126K 990 PDF
FY2021 $57K$22K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $803,687 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $226,495$200,598
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $485$1,187
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $418,394$601,902
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $645,374$803,687
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $193,385$280,679
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $422,265$575,032
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $615,650$855,711
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $29,724−$52,024
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $803,687 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$4,370 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$48,276
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$152,322
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$200,598
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,187$1,187
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $606,272$606,272
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$3,183 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $606,272$803,687
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $855,711 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $100,320 · Management $51,680$152,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $69,339 · Management $35,720$105,059
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,589 · Management $8,031$23,620
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,210$10,210
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,095$32,095
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $8,129$8,129
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $10,796$10,796
IX-17 TravelPrograms $55,968 · Management $595$56,563
IX-20 InterestManagement $908$908
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,923$2,923
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,746$1,746
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $271,377 · Fundraising $96,888$368,265
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31,848 · Management $51,549$83,397
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $544,441 · Management $214,382 · Fundraising $96,888$855,711
Part X · Balance sheet $165,519 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $73,087$60,087
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,566$10,566
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $62,544$81,690
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,753$12,652
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $524$524
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $152,474$165,519
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $35,961$53,826
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,500$1,500
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $22,366$69,328
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$242
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $59,827$124,896
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $72,647$30,623
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,000$10,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $92,647$40,623
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $152,474$165,519
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $40,623 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$803,687
XI-2 Total expenses$855,711
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$52,024
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$92,647
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$40,623

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