SPARTA HUNTING AND FISHING CLUB
EIN 26-0749495 · Fishing & Hunting (N61)
What they do
THE CLUB OFFERS ITS MEMBERS OUTDOOR PISTOL and RIFLE RANGES, SHOTGUN EVENTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, and ORGANIZED PISTOL/RIFLE EVENTS DURING SUMMER MONTHS. TRAP SHOOTING and 5-STAND SHOOTING is OFFERED to MEMBERS and THE PUBLIC EACH WEEK. ARCHERY HAS BECOME AN ACTIVE PART of THE CLUBS ACTIVITIES AS WELL, WITH THE CLUB HOSTING ORGANIZED SHOOTS EACH YEAR. FROM MAY to SEPTEMBER, THE CLUB OFFERS OPEN ARCHERY SHOOTING ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WITH AN OUTDOOR PRACTICE AREA and A 3D TARGET COURSE. THE CLUB ALSO OFFERS MEMBERS ACCESS to ITS PRIVATE LAKE for FISHING. THE CLUB ALLOWS ITS FACILITIES to BE USED AT NO CHARGE for HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT of NATURAL RESOURCES, and IT ALSO ALLOWS ITS FACILITIES to BE USED for CPR/AED TRAINING AT NO CHARGE. THE CLUB HOSTS PISTOL USE and SAFETY CLASSES AS WELL. THE CLUB HOSTS MICHIGAN TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION and AMATEUR TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION EVENTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, and ALSO HOSTS U.S. PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCIATION
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Board and leadership roster (21)
LOREN AMBROSEDIRECTOR
WAYNE OUTENTREASURER
TONI FALKDIRECTOR
TIM STOFFERDIRECTOR
SUE BLACKALLDIRECTOR
STEVE FALKDIRECTOR
ROB CLOSSERDIRECTOR
RANDY BAKERDIRECTOR
MIKE GUARDDIRECTOR
MIKE BENNETTVICE-PRESIDE
LYLE HANNADIRECTOR
BOB THOMASDIRECTOR
KRIS HEMMESDIRECTOR
KRIS BLANCHARDDIRECTOR
JIM BLACKALLPRESIDENT
JAY RYBSKISECRETARY
FRED LONGCOREDIRECTOR
DAVE CHITTENDENDIRECTOR
DALE BRASPENNINXDIRECTOR
CLIFF ADAMSDIRECTOR
CINDY CLOSSERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- PO BOX 264, SPARTA, MI 49345-0264
- County
- Kent
- In care of
- % MORRIE SEITES
- Primary officer
- JIM BLACKALL, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BRICKLEY DELONG PC
- NTEE classification
- Fishing & Hunting (N61)
- IRS tax category
- Fishing & Hunting