Trout Unlimited
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Protect, reconnect and restore watersheds and cold water resources in southwest Idaho and educate people about the importance of fisheries and watersheds.
- Income
- $43,322
- Spending
- $46,081
- Reserves
- 112.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 43%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $27,903 spent. Conservation of trout, salmon and coldwater habitats, primarily volunteer work in the field. Activity planning for future years when expanded conservation projects will occur. One large grant award will be invested in a future project currently in planning stages. Two ongoing conservation projects with 41 volunteers. Two ongoing science and monitoring projects with 12 volunteers. Total volunteer hours = 1,180.
- $13,598 spent. Youth education programs including annual Trout Camp, youth fly fishing club, the Woolly Buggers, Trout in the Classroom. Trout in the Classroom includes sixty schools in southwest Idaho. Fifty school-related events with 6,880 youth affected. Ten non-school events with 512 youth affected (Woolly Buggers and trout camp). Total youth education volunteer hours = 3,044
- $3,448 spent. Education of members and the public about the value of coldwater habitat and protection and restoration of trout and salmon. Four community engagement events with 303 people. Seven chapter meetings with 392 attending education programs. Twenty-nine veterans/first responder events with 512 participating. Total veterans/ first responder volunteer hours = 361.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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