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TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED

TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,016 to it, the largest being TROUT UNLIMITED INC ($11,016). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$119k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$183k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Tennessee Council (9042) Trout Unlimited does

Mission

The tennessee council (9042) of trout unlimited's primary exempt purpose is to support its member chapters and to conserve, protect, and restore cold-water fisheries and their watersheds in tennessee consistent with the mission and purpose(s) of trout unlimited, inc.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Grants to member chapters in the state of tennessee for conservation and service projects

    $34,139 spentof which $34,139 as grants
    39% of program spending
  2. John thurman great smoky mountain trout adventure camp is a council sponsored non-school related program for youth ages 12-15 designed to instill the importance of conserving, protecting, and restoring our aquatic resources. The program, in its tenth year, renamed the john thurman trout adventure camp, after its founding and longtime camp director, john thurman, offers campers an opportunity to study aquatic invertebrates, stream hydrology, cold water ecosystems an d the fundamentals of fly fishing and fly tying. The program is based at the great smoky mountain institute at tremont. Additional information is located at tntroutadventure.org.

    $36,175 spent
    42% of program spending
  3. Trout in the classroom is a council sponsored school related environmental education program in which students, grades k through 12, raise trout from eggs to fry, monitor tank water quality and engage in stream habitat study. The objective of the program is fostering a conservation ethic, appreciation of water resources, and understanding the ecosystem. The program ends the year by releasing the trout in a state-approved stream in cooperation with the tennessee wildlife resources agency (twra)

    $16,602 spent
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,916.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($106k) Expenses 100 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($166k)2023 Revenue 113 ($120k) Expenses 123 ($125k) Net assets 97 ($160k)2024 Revenue 110 ($116k) Expenses 140 ($143k) Net assets 80 ($133k)2025 Revenue 114 ($121k) Expenses 93 ($95k) Net assets 96 ($159k)2026 Revenue 112 ($119k) Expenses 93 ($95k) Net assets 111 ($183k)
20222023202420252026
Revenue (112)Expenses (93)Net assets (111)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $160k to $133k (−17%).

$166k
$160k
$133k
$159k
$183k
20222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’22
−$6k
’23
−$27k
’24
$26k
’25
$24k
’26

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Ryan Turgeon

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
$11k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.

VA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Tennessee

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED?
TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,016 to it, the largest being TROUT UNLIMITED INC ($11,016). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,016 in grants to TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED.
Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED?
TROUT UNLIMITED INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TENNESSEE COUNCIL (9042) TROUT UNLIMITED find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing