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Pennsylvania Trout Inc

To conserve, protect, restore, and sustain Pennsylvanias cold water fisheries especially our wild trout resources.

$136k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Environment$519k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $120,396 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $136,244 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $15,848 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
$14,984
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Clinton County Conservation Distric$15,000
Tub Mill Trout Club Unlimited$15,000
Lehigh County Conservation District$15,000
Kettle Creek Watershed Assoc$15,000
Western PA Conservancy$14,984
Elk County Conservation District$12,663
Western PA Conservancy$12,104
Western PA Conservancy$7,500
Huntington County Conservation Dist$7,342
Somerset Conservation District$5,803
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Heritage Conservancy: $7k → 6%Perkiomen Valley TU: $8k → 7%Cumberland Valley TU: $8k → 8%Tub Mill Trout Club Unlimited: $15k → 10%Elk County Conservation District: $13k → 10%Berks County Conservation District: $9k → 11%Audubon Society of Western PA: $7k → 11%Lehigh County Conservation District: $15k → 11%Patriots Cove: $8k → 12%Clearfield County Conservation Dist: $14k → 12%Clinton County Conservation Distric: $15k → 13%Huntington County Conservation Dist: $7k → 13%LACKAWANNA CTY CONS DISTRICT: $6k → 13%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 13%Warren County Conservation District: $9k → 14%Western PA Conservancy: $12k → 14%Mifflin County Conservation D: $8k → 15%Penns Valley Conservation Assoc: $8k → 16%Chestnut Ridge Chapter of TU: $8k → 17%Trout Unlimited - Advocacy Pgm: $13k → 7%Delaware Riverkeeper Network: $8k → 6%Perkiomen Valley TU Chapter: $8k → 7%Tub Mill Trout Unlimited: $8k → 10%Elk County Conservation District: $8k → 10%American Rivers: $8k → 11%Clearfield County Conservation Dist: $7k → 12%Kettle Creek Watershed Assoc: $9k → 13%Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: $10k → 14%Tubmill Trout Club Unlimited: $7k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $15k → 10%WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY: $6k → 11%Kettle Creek Watershed Assoc: $8k → 13%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 14%Kettle Creek Watershed Assoc: $15k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 10%Bushkill Stream Conservancy: $8k → 11%Trout Unlimted Cold Water Habitat: $8k → 13%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 14%TUBMILL TROUT CLUB UNLIMITED: $6k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 10%TU - PA Coldwater Habitat Pgm: $8k → 13%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 14%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $8k → 10%Western PA Conservancy: $7k → 10%WESTERN PA CONSERVANCY: $6k → 10%WESTERN PA CONSERVANCY: $6k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$328k · 10 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +125% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$328k
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+125%
-4%

Still filing today

60%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WP
    WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +70%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $39k · revenue +133%
  • TT
    TUBMILL TROUT CLUB UNLIMITED
    4× · 2017–2024 · $36k · revenue +125% · 34% of their budget

Funded once

  • FL
    FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLINGWATER
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • WC
    Warren County Conservation District
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • BC
    BERKS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2023 · $9k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Trout Unlimited

Cold water conservation and restoration for clean flowing rivers that support native fish habitat

Animals
2
Chalfant Run-Thompson Run Watershed Association

Clean up waterways in the western pa region increase habitat for specific native wildlife

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3
Montgomery Creek Preserve
Philanthropy
4
French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc

To preserve, steward, and connect people to the land in northern chester county pennsylvania. see additional information on schedule o.french & pickering is recognized as a leader in regional land conservation, the organization is…

Environment
5
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
6
Trout Unlimited

To conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.

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7
Lancaster County Conservancy

The mission of the lancaster county conservancy is "providing wild and forested lands and clean waterways for our community forever". the charitable purposes of the lancaster county conservancy include preservation of natural lands,…

Environment
8
Upper Mcmichael Creek Conservancy

Conservation efforts to study and maintain high quality, clean water on portions of the mcmichael creek in monroe county, pa, and education programming in stream biology and ecology.

Environment
9
New York State Council of Trout Unlimited Inc

NYSCTU's Mission Statement:To unite people to care for conserve, protect, restore, and sustain coldwater fisheries and their watersheds in New York and bordering states.Council Vision:NYSCTU envisions a future in which the challenges of an…

Animals
10
Tar River Land Conservancy

Tar river land conservancy preserves the natural and cultural resources of the tar river basin and surrounding areas by working in partnership with private landowners, public agencies and others to protect rural land, riparian corridors…

Environment
11
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
12
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc

Upper missouri waterkeeper protects fishable, swimmable, drinkable water throughout the 25,000 square miles of montana's upper missouri river basin of montana. to accomplish this mission we actively engage with citizens, stakeholders and…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hunts for Healing Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr18%23%20–35yr16%50%35–55yr17%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr16%32%35–55yr17%34%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
8%
2,573/32,034

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $111,900 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYTUBMILL TROUT CLUB UNLIMITED — $36,300 · EnvironmentTUBMILL TROUT CLUB UNLIMITEDNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $17,000 · EnvironmentNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYPenns Valley Conservation Association — $8,280 · EnvironmentCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY INC — $8,000 · EnvironmentBUSHKILL STREAM CONSERVANCY — $8,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $8,000 · Environment+5 more — $28,990 · Environment+5 moreKETTLE CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — $32,000 · OtherKETTLE CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INCELK COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $21,123 · OtherELK COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICTLEHIGH COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $21,098 · OtherLEHIGH COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICTCLEARFIELD COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $20,870 · OtherCLEARFIELD COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT332 PERKIOMEN CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED — $15,781 · Other332 PERKIOMEN CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITEDClinton County Conservation Distric — $15,000 · OtherClinton County Conservation DistricWestern PA Conservancy — $14,984 · OtherWestern PA ConservancyFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLINGWATER — $13,000 · OtherFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLINGWATERWarren County Conservation District — $9,000 · OtherBERKS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $8,550 · OtherDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK — $8,000 · OtherMifflin County Conservation District — $8,000 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITED CHESTNUT RIDGE CHAPTER — $7,650 · Other+5 more — $29,445 · Other+5 moreTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $39,300 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIM…TROUT UNLIMITED-Cumberland Valley — $13,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIM…HUNTS FOR HEALING INC — $8,000 · Public BenefitHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC — $7,310 · Arts & Culture
Environment$226,470Other$224,501Animals$52,300Public Benefit$8,000Arts & Culture$7,310

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $111,900 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $39,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTUBMILL TROUT CLUB UNLIMITED — $36,300 over 4y, 34% of budgetNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $17,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED-Cumberland Valley — $13,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetPenns Valley Conservation Association — $8,280 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK — $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY INC — $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTS FOR HEALING INC — $8,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA — $7,470 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC — $7,310 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $6,120 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA COALITION FOR ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION — $5,400 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDONEGAL CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBRODHEADS WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundation for Pennsy…National Fish and Wil…WeconservepaTrout Unlimited IncPpl FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Foundation for Pennsylvania WatershedsPA34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Weconservepa · Trout Unlimited Inc · Ppl Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Pennsylvania Trout Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $28k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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