Virginia · Public charity
Trout Unlimited Inc
To conserve, protect, and restore north america's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $82,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $408,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $61M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 89% of the organizations Trout Unlimited Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $861k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $948k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.0M | 59% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $1.2M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $462k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $734k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $1.3M | 97% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $681k | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Environment$7.1MEducation$97kHuman Services$64kArts & Culture$56kRecreation & Sports$42kPublic Benefit$40kAnimals$30kHealth$20kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uinta County Conservation District | $708,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Resource Conservation District | $683,286 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $452,540 | 4 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | $320,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District | $316,867 | 1 | n/a |
| Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Distric | $305,661 | 4 | n/a |
| Northern Colorado Water | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Complete the Loop Coalition | $231,368 | 1 | 51% |
| Cascadia Conservation Trust | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Clallam County Sheriffs Office | $164,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uinta County Conservation District | $708,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Resource Conservation District | $683,286 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $452,540 | 4 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | $320,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District | $316,867 | 1 | n/a |
| Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Distric | $305,661 | 4 | n/a |
| Northern Colorado Water | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Complete the Loop Coalition | $231,368 | 1 | 51% |
| Cascadia Conservation Trust | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Clallam County Sheriffs Office | $164,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Trout Unlimited | $144,262 | 5 | 5% |
| Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group | $143,080 | 1 | 5% |
| Trout Unlimited Mianus Chapter | $136,681 | 4 | 47% |
| Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership | $133,491 | 1 | 11% |
| Utah State University | $132,669 | 2 | n/a |
| US Forest Service | $110,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sageland Collaborative | $104,196 | 3 | 6% |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | $103,278 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $96,566 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $91,331 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $71,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation | $70,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Ogden City - Cares Grants | $68,481 | 1 | n/a |
| Weber Pathways | $63,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited | $55,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Jefferson County Sheriffs Office | $53,754 | 1 | n/a |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $45,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Fund of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | $43,645 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Colebrook NH | $40,996 | 1 | n/a |
| Tandem Stills Motion Inc | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Klamath Watershed Partnership Bill Lehman | $33,560 | 2 | 1% |
| Trout Unlimited | $33,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $33,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $32,550 | 3 | 39% |
| City of Missoula | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| UPPER KLAMATH WATER USERS ASSOCIATION co Matt Walter | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $29,144 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited Jackson Hole 051 | $23,250 | 3 | 7% |
| TROUT UNLIMITED-Cumberland Valley | $22,925 | 3 | 34% |
| Dinsdale Water Company Inc | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Florence | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited 109 Bellevue Issaquah | $19,900 | 2 | 7% |
| Trout Unlimited Ted Trueblood Chapter | $19,550 | 2 | n/a |
| O'Connor Environmental Inc | $19,485 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $19,125 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $18,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $18,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $17,448 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $17,075 | 2 | n/a |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $16,182 | 1 | 0% |
| 332 Perkiomen Chapter of Trout Unlimited | $16,127 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $15,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $15,290 | 2 | n/a |
| Weber River Partnership | $15,013 | 1 | n/a |
| Clinton County Conservation Distric | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $13,495 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Inc | $13,350 | 2 | 1% |
| New York State Council of Trout Unlimited Inc | $12,985 | 1 | 51% |
| Trout Unlimited | $12,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Gila Trout Chapter 530 | $12,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $12,138 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $11,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand County Public Health | $11,299 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $11,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Council (9042) Trout Unlimited | $11,016 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Inc | $10,565 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Northwest | $10,160 | 2 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trout Unlimited | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catskill Watershed Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conserving Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited Spring Creek Chapter | $9,178 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Eklutna | $9,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Forge Chapter of Trout Unlimited | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| 291 Fort Bedford Chapter Trout Unlimited | $8,755 | 1 | n/a |
| Snake River Cutthroats Trout Unlimited Chapter 163 | $8,500 | 1 | 15% |
| Trout Unlimited | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Kitsap-Olympic | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiap-Tu-Wish Chapter of Trout Unlim | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $7,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $7,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $7,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited Sebago Chapter | $7,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Nemacolin | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,615 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Environmental Network | $6,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Sustainable Business Institute Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bass Lakes Area Environmental Partnership Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Slope Chapter Trout Unlimited | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,805 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,780 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Star Valley | $5,645 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc | $5,499 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Fish Creek Restoration LLC | $5,157 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,035 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Rouge | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blandford Nature Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($695k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Trout Unlimited Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.
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.
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC31.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Resources Legacy Fund · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Patagoniaorg · Pennsylvania Trout Inc · American Rivers Inc · Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund · National Wildlife Federation · National Forest Foundation · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Windward Fund
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.
About Trout Unlimited Inc
- How much does Trout Unlimited Inc give?
- Trout Unlimited Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,095,872 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Trout Unlimited Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (95%), Education (1%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Trout Unlimited Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Uinta County Conservation District ($708k), Sonoma Resource Conservation District ($683k), Regents of the University of California at San Diego ($453k).
- Does Trout Unlimited Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trout Unlimited Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Resources Legacy Fund.
- Where is Trout Unlimited Inc based?
- Trout Unlimited Inc is based in VA.
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