Who’s standing up for trout?

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

One group is on the record for trout, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other 2 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

Also in the fight

Advocacy · Arlington, VA

Trout Unlimited

Founded by Michigan anglers in 1959 to care for and recover rivers and streams for wild and native trout and salmon

508 staff + 15,000 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1959

Meet them Give directly

Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight

Coalition · San Francisco, CA

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations

To preserve and improve the ocean and river resources upon which the commercial fishing industry depends.

2 staff$107K revenue in 2023Founded 1976

Meet them Their site

Advocacy · Washington, DC

Ocean Conservancy

To protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges.

174 staff + 566,079 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 1972

Meet them Their site

Trout have defenders. They need more.

1 group on the record, 2 more likely to care, Trout Unlimited with 508 staff + 15,000 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

Sources and method

Group crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for trout: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.