Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club
Dedicated to conservation preservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club at a glance
- Total assets
- $305,330
- +35.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $119,170
- +75.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $904
- -48.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $46,132
- +4.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2019) to $7K (2023). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $5K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Michael J Brodsho Detroit Lakes MN, MN | — | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $305,330 | $119,170 | $46,132 | — | — | $904 |
| 2024 | $226,250 | $68,108 | $44,325 | $5,000 | 1 | $1,743 |
| 2023 | $203,756 | $111,756 | $47,081 | $7,000 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | $140,814 | $-38,850 | $8,888 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $207,799 | $92,608 | $21,714 | — | — | $32 |
| 2020 | $133,359 | $8,047 | $53,513 | $6,365 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | $178,825 | $67,521 | $42,565 | $5,000 | Total only | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club
Based on IRS filings
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Audubon, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $305K in total assets. Net investment income was $904.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club is led by Wayne McDunn, President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Wayne McDunn
President
Director → Past President, 2022
Past President → President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meg Balvitsch
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tammy Odegaard
Director
2nd Vice President → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edwin Koepp
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Mohn
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joann McDunn
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Gooselaw
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sherri Zaeska
Scretary
Secretary → Scretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$2K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Linda Walz
2nd Vice President
Director → 2nd Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roxy Bauer
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sonny Ranz
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (11)
- Former: Rick White (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Rick Julian (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Chuck Odegaard (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Jeremy Nelson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jon Larson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Lorry Zaeske (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Kevin Sather (2022–2023) — 1st Vice President
- Former: Fred Johnson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Gene Walz (2019–2021) — 2nd Vice President
- Former: Lonnie Ludwig (2019–2021) — 1st Vice President
- Former: Matt Rosing (2019–2021) — 2nd Vice President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2021 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2021 filing was $2K, to Sherri Zaeske (Secretary). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club
How large is Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club?
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club reported $305K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $119K.
What is Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club?
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Audubon, MN. It holds $305K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club operate?
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club has awarded grants in Minnesota, North Dakota.
What is Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club's EIN?
Cormorant Lakes Sportsmen's Club's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1515332. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 27, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
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