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Fishamerica Foundation

To unite the sportfishing and boating industry with non-endemic corporations, foundations and government agencies to invest in fisheries and habitat in the u.s.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$407kAnimals$317kRecreation & Sports$46kArts & Culture$30kEducation$30kHuman Services$25kHousing & Shelter$13kYouth Development$11k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
$18,113
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERSHED COALITION$22,575
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION$18,113
OVERMOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED$12,170
FRIENDS OF CHICAGO RIVER$9,527
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FISH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%FOUNDATION OF WESTERN FISH & WILDLIFE: $18k → 8%GREAT RIVER GREENING: $20k → 14%CLARK FORK COALITION: $86k → 9%BUILDING CONSERVATON TRUST: $10k → 16%ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $80k → 17%INTERNATIONAL GAME AND FISH ASSN: $15k → 13%BONEFISH TARPON TRUST: $85k → 15%NATURAL SHORELINES FOREVER: $15k → 5%MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $9k → 16%KIAP TROUT UNLIMITED: $15k → 5%GREEN LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT: $15k → 11%HARRY & LAURA NOHR TU: $25k → 13%TENNESSEE BASS NATION HIGH SCHOOL BASS NATION CENTRAL TENNESSEE REGION: $11k → 21%NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION: $25k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION: $74k → 12%LOON LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: $13k → 9%CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERV: $12k → 9%INDIANA BASS FEDERATION: $10k → 10%PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $18k → 9%SOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERSHED COALITION: $23k → 8%KENAI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $50k → 11%FRIENDS OF CHICAGO RIVER: $10k → 14%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $19k → 7%South Dakota Game Fish & Parks: $36k → 10%NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $18k → 8%Friends of Fletchers Cove: $11k → 12%INTERNATIONAL GAME AND FISH ASSN: $15k → 13%CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $8k → 9%TROUT UNLIMITED: $12k → 7%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $8k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ID
MT
MN
WI
MI
SD
IN
NE
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 4 repeat orgs$817k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +133% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
23

Total granted

$116k
$755k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+133%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $46k · revenue +133%
  • IG
    INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $30k · revenue +101%
  • CL
    CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • MF
    MONTANA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TR
    one grant, 2022 · $90k
  • CF
    CLARK FORK COALITION
    one grant, 2023 · $86k · revenue +11%
  • BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC
    one grant, 2024 · $85k · revenue -56%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
2
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
3
Idaho Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

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4
Wafwa Species Restoration Foundation

To provide assistance to western association of fish and wildlife agencies (wafwa), the member states and fish wildlife agencies of wafwa, and othe rnatural resources support entities for a wide range of conservation projects and programs.

Environment
5
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
6
Fishery Foundation of California

To improve fisheries resources in the state of california.

Animals
7
Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources

The coalition to protect michigan resources's mission is to be a strong voice for the equitable co-management of michigan's fisheries, with both the great lakes and inland lakes and streams, to insure that conservation principles remain in…

Environment
8
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

—
9
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
10
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
11
American Fisheries Society

To improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.

Animals
12
Florida Wildlife Federation

To safeguard Florida's water, wildlife, and wild spaces by taking action today to prevent irreversible loss tomorrow.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Western Fish and Wildlife; the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTANA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TR: $89,857 · OtherMONTANA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $73,860 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INCKENAI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $50,000 · OtherKENAI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTSouth Dakota Game Fish & Parks: $36,000 · OtherSouth Dakota Game Fish & ParksNC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION: $25,000 · OtherNC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSIONHARRY & LAURA NOHR TU: $25,000 · OtherHARRY & LAURA NOHR TUNATURAL SHORELINES FOREVER: $15,310 · OtherGREEN LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT: $15,000 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITED: $14,748 · Other+6 more: $65,212 · Other+6 moreBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $85,030 · AnimalsBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INCARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $80,000 · AnimalsARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATIO…TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $46,063 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INCGREAT RIVER GREENING: $20,437 · AnimalsGREAT RIVER GREENINGFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $19,554 · AnimalsFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FL…FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN FISH AND WILDLIFE: $17,900 · AnimalsFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN FISH AND …CLARK FORK COALITION: $85,500 · EnvironmentCLARK FORK COALITIONFISHING EDUCATION FOUNDATION NATIONAL FLYFISHING IN SCHOOLS PROG: $25,000 · EnvironmentFISHING EDUCATION FOUNDAT…SOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERSHED COALITION: $22,575 · EnvironmentSOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERSHE…CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentCLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND …NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $18,113 · EnvironmentNATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY…PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $17,731 · EnvironmentPUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANC…THE BUILDING CONSERVATION TRUST: $10,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $8,723 · EnvironmentINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER: $9,527 · Arts & CultureTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Education
Other$409,987Animals$268,984Environment$207,642Arts & Culture$39,527Education$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLARK FORK COALITION: $85,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $85,030 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $73,860 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $46,063 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFISHING EDUCATION FOUNDATION NATIONAL FLYFISHING IN SCHOOLS PROG: $25,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetGREAT RIVER GREENING: $20,437 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $19,554 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN FISH AND WILDLIFE: $17,900 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $17,731 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUILDING CONSERVATION TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA BASS FEDERATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER: $9,527 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $8,723 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $8,204 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

PatagoniaorgNational Fish and Wil…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
PatagoniaorgCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fishamerica Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fishamerica Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • International Game Fish Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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