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Trout Unlimited Inc

To conserve, protect, and restore north america's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$408k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $102k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $572k
  • $250k+1 grant · $408k
$82,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$61M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UINTA COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT$408,000
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION$160,000
THE UPPER SAN JUAN WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT PARTNERSHIP$133,491
CASCADIA CONSERVATION DISTRICT$100,000
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$96,566
CLALLAM COUNTY$82,000
TOWN OF COLEBROOK$40,996
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$33,167
KLAMATH WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP$16,780
KACHEMAK HERITAGE LAND TRUST$10,565
NATIVE VILLAGE OF EKLUTNA$9,167
SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST$5,080
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VALLEY FORGE 349: $9k → 6%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

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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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 31 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
97

Total granted

$3.9M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+29%

Still filing today

39%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $324k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CT
    COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED
    5× · 2017–2023 · $144k · revenue +148%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED MIANUS CHAPTER
    4× · 2018–2023 · $137k · revenue +112% · 47% of their budget
  • SC
    Sageland Collaborative
    3× · 2020–2024 · $104k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • YF
    YES FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING
    one grant, 2018 · $572k
  • NC
    NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
    one grant, 2023 · $317k
  • NC
    Northern Colorado Water
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
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
Trout Unlimited

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

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2
Montana Trout Unlimited

To conserve, protect and restore montana's coldwater fisheries and watersheds.

Recreation & Sports
3
Trout Unlimited Inc

To conserve, protect, and restore north america's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.

Animals
4
Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited, Clackamas River Chapter seeks to restore habitat and improve water quality for fish and people. We do this by providing project management services to agencies in our chapter area. We also seek to educate youth and adults…

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5
Trout Unlimited-Wyoming Council

Conserve, protect, reconnet, restore and sustain coldwater fisheries and their watersheds in the geographic area of the the council.

Animals
6
Upper Colorado River Alliance
Environment
7
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
8
Idaho Wildlife Federation

The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.

Animals
9
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
10
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
11
Henrys Fork Foundation Inc

The henry's fork foundation is the only organization who's sole purpose is to conserve, protect and restore the unique fisheries, wildlife and aesthetic qualities of the henry's fork and it's watershed. specifically, hff works diligently…

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12
California Trout Inc

Caltrout's mission is ensuring healthy water and resilient wild fish for a better california. we share a common vision of a california where healthy waters flow from headwaters to sea. where the diversity and resilience of our waters and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Trout Unlimited; the most unlike its peers is Cascadia Conservation Trust. 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

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 135 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
30/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UINTA COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $708,000 · OtherUINTA COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICTSONOMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $683,286 · OtherSONOMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTYES FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING: $571,750 · OtherYES FOR RESPONSIBLE MININGREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $452,540 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGOCONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION: $320,000 · OtherCONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATIONNORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT: $316,867 · OtherNORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTGOLD RIDGE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRIC: $305,661 · OtherNorthern Colorado Water: $250,000 · OtherCOMPLETE THE LOOP COALITION: $231,368 · Other+95 more: $2,005,347 · Other+95 moreCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $144,262 · AnimalsCASCADE COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT GROUP: $143,080 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED MIANUS CHAPTER: $136,681 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED: $32,550 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED JACKSON HOLE 051: $23,250 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED-Cumberland Valley: $22,925 · Animals+2 more: $26,335 · AnimalsUPPER SAN JUAN WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT PARTNERSHIP: $133,491 · EnvironmentSageland Collaborative: $104,196 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $90,000 · EnvironmentDONEGAL CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED: $55,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · EnvironmentKLAMATH WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP BILL LEHMAN: $33,560 · Environment+7 more: $67,246 · EnvironmentUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $103,278 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $96,566 · EducationUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $29,144 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCASCADIA CONSERVATION TRUST: $200,000 · PhilanthropyWEBER PATHWAYS: $63,000 · Civil RightsCEDAR FUND OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION: $43,645 · Community ImprovementSUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST: $10,160 · Community ImprovementAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $6,250 · Community Improvement
Other$5,844,819Animals$579,083Environment$533,493Education$233,988Philanthropy$200,000Civil Rights$63,000Community Improvement$60,055

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 budgetCOMPLETE THE LOOP COALITION: $231,368 over 1y, 51% of budgetCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $144,262 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetCASCADE COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT GROUP: $143,080 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED MIANUS CHAPTER: $136,681 over 4y, 47% of budgetUPPER SAN JUAN WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT PARTNERSHIP: $133,491 over 1y, 11% of budgetSageland Collaborative: $104,196 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $96,566 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEBER PATHWAYS: $63,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDONEGAL CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED: $55,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION OF: $44,915 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKLAMATH WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP BILL LEHMAN: $33,560 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED: $32,550 over 3y, 39% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $29,144 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED JACKSON HOLE 051: $23,250 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED-Cumberland Valley: $22,925 over 3y, 34% of budgetTrout Unlimited 109 Bellevue Issaquah: $19,900 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $16,182 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $13,350 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK STATE COUNCIL OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $12,985 over 1y, 51% of budgetSUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST: $10,160 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERSHED COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCATSKILL WATERSHED CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConserving Carolina: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSNAKE RIVER CUTTHROATS TROUT UNLIMITED CHAPTER 163: $8,500 over 1y, 15% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED SEBAGO CHAPTER: $7,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetEvangelical Environmental Network: $6,250 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $6,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWEST SLOPE CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED: $6,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMainspring Conservation Trust Inc: $5,499 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROUGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds COMPLETE THE LOOP COALITION ↗
  • Who funds CASCADIA CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE COLUMBIA FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED MIANUS CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds UPPER SAN JUAN WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Sageland Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WEBER PATHWAYS ↗
  • Who funds DONEGAL CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION OF ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR FUND OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION ↗
  • Who funds KLAMATH WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP BILL LEHMAN ↗

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 Wil…The Nature ConservancyResources Legacy FundThe Conservation Fund…PatagoniaorgPennsylvania Trout IncAmerican Rivers IncBass Pro Shops & Cabe…National Wildlife Fed…National Forest Found…Environmental Defense…Windward Fund
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Klamath Watershed Partnership Bill Lehman: 100% of income from government
  • Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 135 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home