Trout Unlimited Inc
Trout Unlimited Inc is a public charity based in Arlington, Virginia. Founded in 1959, it is a national conservation organization whose work centers on caring for and recovering rivers and streams and their trout and salmon populations.
Trout Unlimited Inc at a glance
In short: Trout Unlimited Inc gave $1.1M across 12 grants in 2025 (avg $91K), top state Wyoming. 42% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,095,812
- +15.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 12
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $91,318
- -13.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $61,498
- Total assets
- $60,716,792
- +26.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 42% first-time grantees (5 of 12, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Wyoming (37% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Trout Unlimited Inc
- How to Apply
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The Embrace A Stream process is for TU chapters and councils, which apply online after working on a draft with their regional representative.
- Contact
Mailing address: 1777 North Kent Street 100, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 522-0200
Website: https://tu.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Trout Unlimited Inc
Who Trout Unlimited Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Uinta County Conservation District ($408K). Together the top 10 received $1.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
106 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 77 grants of 106 (73%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grants went to recipients in multiple states. By share of grant dollars, Wyoming received 37%, Washington 31%, Colorado 12%, West Virginia 9%, and New Hampshire 4%. Listed projects also included recipients in Utah, Oregon, and Alaska.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 12 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Trout Unlimited Inc open to new grantees?
42%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 5 of 12 grantees (42%) were first-time recipients. With only 12 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $58K; repeat grants $115K. How we count
Medians: $41K first-time, $82K repeat.
- 50% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−12%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $462K (2021) to $1.2M (2022). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $1.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Uinta County Conservation District Lyman, WY | Restore approximately 6,300 feet of the bear river with natural channel design restoration techniques and replace a failing irrigation diversion that inhibits fish migration. | $408,000 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Nespelem, WA | This project supports project planning and a feasibility study for the removal of enloe dam. | $160,000 |
| The Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership Pagosa Springs, CO | Improve and restore san juan river and enhance aquatic habitat and recreational flows | $133,491 |
| Cascadia Conservation District Wenatchee, WA | Implementation of low-tech process-based restoration and the reintroduction of beavers on to national forest system (NFS) lands. | $100,000 |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation Morgantown, WV | Restoring and reconnecting brook tout strongholds in the south branch of the potomac (wv, va) | $96,566 |
| Clallam County Port Angeles, WA | Replace three existing fish passage culvert barriers with new stream crossing structures to restore fish passage. | $82,000 |
| Town of Colebrook Colebrook, NH | Bear Rock Road Culvert Replacement | $40,996 |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | Climate adaptation to support resilience and reverence: weaving knowledge for tribal stewardship of the boa ogoi massacre site | $33,167 |
| Klamath Watershed Partnership Klamath Falls, OR | Supports a collaboration to implement low-tech process-based restoration techniques throughout the sprague river watershed. | $16,780 |
| Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Homer, AK | Advancing community plans to address climate change and improve salmon habitat in seward, Alaska | $10,565 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The organization reported 12 grants in 2025, 9 in 2024, and 27 in 2023.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $60,716,792 | $109,528,553 | $104,578,566 | $1,095,812 | 12 | $1,406,480 |
| 2024 | $47,970,885 | $83,453,958 | $88,335,935 | $948,292 | 9 | $667,852 |
| 2023 | $46,514,067 | $62,668,640 | $66,964,069 | $1,044,882 | 27 | $316,133 |
| 2022 | $51,595,446 | $73,589,857 | $62,204,790 | $1,242,519 | 32 | $621,656 |
| 2021 | $44,248,127 | $70,259,099 | $63,808,381 | $462,269 | 26 | $319,803 |
| 2020 | $30,704,564 | $60,391,561 | $57,903,753 | $779,028 | 28 | $-453,849 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization states its mission as conserving, protecting, and restoring North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Its website describes work to protect, reconnect, and restore priority waters, and its 2025 grants supported projects including river restoration, fish passage improvements, dam-removal planning, and aquatic habitat work.
Grantees’ own mission statements describe a range of supported organizations. The Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership says it implements projects benefiting streams and the environment and conducts related community education and outreach. The West Virginia University Research Corporation says it fosters and supports research at WVU and provides services related to faculty, staff, and student inventions. The Klamath Watershed Partnership says it works to conserve, enhance, and restore the Klamath Basin’s natural resources while supporting the regional economy and local communities. Kachemak Heritage Land Trust says it conserves the natural heritage of the Kenai Peninsula, and Sustainable Northwest says it forges community-led solutions for nature, people, and jobs.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Trout Unlimited reported 12 grants totaling $1,095,812. Grants ranged from $5,080 to $408,000, with a median of $61,498. The largest awards included $408,000 to Uinta County Conservation District for Bear River restoration and an irrigation diversion replacement; $160,000 to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation for planning and a feasibility study for Enloe Dam removal; and $133,491 to the Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership for San Juan River restoration and aquatic habitat and recreational flows. Other notable grants included $100,000 to Cascadia Conservation District for restoration and beaver reintroduction, and $96,566 to West Virginia University Research Corporation for brook trout restoration and reconnection in the South Branch of the Potomac.
Trout Unlimited’s Embrace A Stream program is a matching grant program for its chapters and councils. For its 2026 cycle, the listed application milestones included initial contact by May 1, a draft application by June 15, and a final application by August 15, followed by committee review and a vote scheduled for September 26. Those dates have passed. The program requires a TU chapter or council to apply and calls for significant TU involvement; proposals are evaluated on conservation impact, public education and outreach, technical merit, and their ability to strengthen TU’s impact.
The Stanley Weber Projects Fund, described as currently open, provides grants totaling no more than $5,000 each year to organizations for conservation and coldwater fisheries. It values projects benefiting coldwater fisheries and their habitats, as well as public education on these issues. It requests recognition through an on-site plaque or local media announcement. Its stated eligibility condition is that projects must not discriminate in hiring or providing services on specified protected grounds.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Christopher Wood, President and CEO; Harris Hyman, Chairman; Rich Thomas, Vice Chair/Chair NLC; Lawrence Garlick, Treasurer; and Linda Rosenberg Ach, Secretary. Trustees listed are Stewart Alsop, Tony Brookfield, John Burns, Amy Cordalis, and Josh Crumpton.
Trout Unlimited Inc is led by Christopher Wood, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; 8 of 41 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Christopher Wood
President & CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$364K (2020) → $468K (2025)
Rich Thomas
Vice Chair & Chair Nlc
Secretary Nat'l Leadership Council → National Secretary, 2022
National Secretary → Vice Chair & Chair Nlc, 2025
On filings since 2020
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harris Hyman
Chairman
On filings since 2022
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Al Perkinson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregory A. McCrickard
Trustee
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Witten
Trustee
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Scott
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence Finch
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mac Cunningham
Trustee
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phoebe Muzzy
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terry Turner
Trustee
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Candice Price
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Hill
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Josh Crumpton
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Judi Sittler
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Doscher
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Grua
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amy Cordalis
Trustee
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Placone
Trustee
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Sweedish
Trustee
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph De Briyn
Trustee
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Blain Tomlinson
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Burns
Trustee
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Weldon
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Sweeny Fee
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stewart Alsop
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stewart Parker
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Greer
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tony Brookfield
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dwight Scott
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Geof Wyatt
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul McKay
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joanne Theurich
Chief Operating Officer
COO → Chief Operating Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$218K (2021) → $276K (2025)
James Hughey
Chief Financial Officer
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$96K (2023) → $260K (2025)
Peter Barber
Vice President Marketing
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$218K (2023) → $309K (2025)
Lindsay Slater
Vice President Government Affairs
Vice President Gov't Affairs → Vice President Government Affairs, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$174K (2024) → $257K (2025)
David Kinney
Vice President Communications & Brand
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$180K (2025)
Rob Masonis
Vice President Western Conservation
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$192K (2025)
Steven King
General Counsel
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$230K (2025)
Linda Rosenberg Ach
Secretary
Trustee → Trustee & Then Secretary, 2024
Trustee & Then Secretary → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence Garlick
Treasurer
On filings since 2022
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (39)
- Former: Alex Maher (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Donald Dwight Scott (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jim Walker (2020–2024) — Vice Chair & Chair Nlc
- Former: Patsy Ishiyama (2020–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Robert Masonis (2020–2024) — Vice President Western Conservation
- Former: Thomas L. Jones (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Keith Curley (2022–2024) — Vice President Eastern Conservation
- Former: Elena Parkin (2023–2024) — Controller
- Former: Elizabeth North (2023–2024) — Vice President Development
- Former: Scott Blackley (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Noel Skip Dunn (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: R. Scott Blackley (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Sherry Brainerd (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Steven Moyer (2020–2023) — Vice President Gov't Affairs
- Former: Tim O'Leary (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Julisa Edwards (2022–2023) — General Counsel
- Former: Lisa McKenna (2023) — Vice President People & Culture
- Former: Bernard C. Bailey (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Maclin (2020–2022) — Former Executive Vice President
- Former: Henry E. Koltz (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Oden Jr. (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen Moss (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Snyder (2021–2022) — Senior Director
- Former: Matthew Renaud (2021–2022) — CFO
- Former: R. Joseph De Bruyn (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: David D. Armstrong (2020–2021) — Legal Advisor
- Former: Larry Garlick (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lori Held (2020–2021) — Senior Director & Member Support
- Former: Roderick Vogel (2020–2021) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Stephen Trafton (2020–2021) — Managing Director & Coldwater Conservation
- Former: Terry Hyman (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Daniel Plummer (2020) — Trustee
- Former: James E. Nevels (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Ken Olivier (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kerri Russell (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kirk Deeter (2020) — Vice President of Trout Media
- Former: Linda Rosenberg (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mark A. Taylor (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Matt Renaud (2020) — CFO
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $468K, to Christopher Wood (President and CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Trout Unlimited Inc
How much does Trout Unlimited Inc give each year?
Trout Unlimited Inc gave $1.1M across 12 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $948K across 9 grants.
What is Trout Unlimited Inc's typical grant size?
Trout Unlimited Inc's median grant in 2025 was $61,498, and its average grant was $91,318, across 12 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Trout Unlimited Inc that year got $58K on average.
Where does Trout Unlimited Inc give grants?
Trout Unlimited Inc's top state is Wyoming, with 37% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Washington (31%) and Colorado (12%).
Does Trout Unlimited Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 12 grants with a stated purpose on Trout Unlimited Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Trout Unlimited Inc's largest grantees?
Trout Unlimited Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Uinta County Conservation District ($408,000), Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ($160,000) and The Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership ($133,491), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Trout Unlimited Inc?
Trout Unlimited Inc reported $60.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $109.5M.
What does Trout Unlimited Inc fund?
The organization states its mission as conserving, protecting, and restoring North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Trout Unlimited Inc?
The Embrace A Stream process is for TU chapters and councils, which apply online after working on a draft with their regional representative. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Trout Unlimited Inc's EIN?
Trout Unlimited Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-1612715. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 29, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 13, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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