Fin Fur & Feather Club
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What it says it does
Sporting Club
- Income
- $247,320
- Spending
- $203,858
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 40
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $29,923 spent. Game Preserve and Trout Pond: Fin Fur and Feather offers members and their guests an upland bird hunting experience on over 100 acres of natural brush, grasses and woodland cover located on the Charles River in Millis, Massachusetts. The Trout Pond is stocked in the spring and can be fished 7 days per week from sunrise to sunset. We host a Scout Fishing Derby and a Member Fishing Derby in May of each year.
- $7,143 spent. Rifle and Pistol Ranges and Activities: The pistol ranges at the Fin, Fur and Feather offer Club members, their families and guests a safe, well maintained, and clean location to enjoy shooting year-round. The Fin Fur and Feather team competes on Wednesday evenings at various locations against other teams in the Maspenock Handgun and Worcester County Pistol Leagues from September through April.
- $23,880 spent. Skeet and Trap Ranges: The Fin, Fur, and Feather Club offers its members three well maintained fields for skeet and trap, normally available for shooting on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, as well as holidays. Two fields are set up as combination fields for both skeet and trap. The third field is a regulation size trap field utilized for practice and special events.
- $17,341 spent. Our club offers a competitive youth shooting team called the Hot Shots. Teens from middle school through high school are welcome to join. Participants start with firearm safety then build skills alongside certified coaches. The practices and competitions reinforce personal responsibility in a fun and nurturing team environment.
- $10,022 spent. Outreach: The Club sponsors educational programs including hunter safety, CPR and trauma classes, new shooter workshops, gun law reviews, pepper spray training, intra club tournaments, refuse to be a victim training, and introduction for basic laws and familiarization with firearms for women. The Club also provides a venue for local boy and girl scout troops for encampments, training, and cookouts.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(7) social or recreational club.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(7) social or recreational club as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1990.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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