Clark Skamania Flyfishers
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Preservation of wild fish stocks and their habitats, education of people in the community about fly fishing and the need to preserve wild fish.
- Income
- $115,044
- Spending
- $36,955
- Reserves
- 49.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 64%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (4)
- $4,100 spent. Grant to Onalaska School District for hands-on outdoor fisheries program for High School students interested in careers in fisheries management.
- $3,000 spent. Grant to the Non-profit Reel Recovery. THis grant funds the organization's series of retreats to support men living with all forms of cancer.
- $2,500 spent. Grant to Klineline Kids' Fishing. To pay for expenses incurred in conducting an annual event to introduce youg kids to fishing and help them catch what is often their first fish.
- $2,625 spent. Other Program Services: Annual Beginners' Fly Fishing School. Expenses incurred to teach the basics of fly fishing to people in the community; Annual Beginners' Fly Tying School. Provides people in the community with basic instruction to get them started with the fly tying hobby.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 December 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 May 1998.
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 November 4, 2026.
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