Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
“To guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish.”
The work
What they do
Unites sportsmen and women to guarantee access to quality places to hunt and fish.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “TO GUARANTEE ALL AMERICANS QUALITY PLACES TO HUNT AND FISH.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Reading every lease sale
$7.5MTHE THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP (TRCP) WORKS TO GUARANTEE ALL AMERICANS QUALITY PLACES TO HUNT AND FISH.
Read it as they filed it
THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP (TRCP) WORKS TO GUARANTEE ALL AMERICANS QUALITY PLACES TO HUNT AND FISH. FOUNDED IN 2002, THE TRCP IS THE LARGEST COALITION OF CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, UNITING AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN BY CONVENING HUNTING AND FISHING GROUPS, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, AND OUTDOOR BUSINESSES TO A COMMON PURPOSE. TODAY, THE ORGANIZATION'S PARTNER NETWORK INCLUDES OVER 100 NONPROFITS AND BUSINESSES ALL UNITED AROUND THE CONSERVATION LEGACY OF FORMER-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Guarding the water
IN PURSUIT OF ITS WORK, THE TRCP HAS EARNED A STRONG REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING NONPARTISAN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL TO STRENGTHEN BROAD-BASED CONSERVATION EFFORTS, PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND...
Read it as they filed it
IN PURSUIT OF ITS WORK, THE TRCP HAS EARNED A STRONG REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING NONPARTISAN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL TO STRENGTHEN BROAD-BASED CONSERVATION EFFORTS, PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND FISH HABITAT, AND ENSURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE NATION'S LANDS AND WATERS. THE TRCP HAS FOUR POLICY CENTERS: PUBLIC LANDS, PRIVATE LANDS, MARINE FISHERIES, AND WATER RESOURCES. PRIORITIES FOR EACH POLICY CENTER ARE AS FOLLOWS: PUBLIC LANDS: TO CONSERVE PUBLIC LANDS, THE TRCP SUPPORTS MANAGEMENT THAT BALANCES DEVELOPMENT WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE NEEDS INCLUDING THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF MIGRATION CORRIDORS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION PLANS, INTEGRATING THE BACKCOUNTRY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT APPROACH INTO MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISIONS, DEFENDING PUBLIC LANDS FROM SALE OR TRANSFER, AND IMPROVING ACCESS BY MODERNIZING AGENCY DATA AND OPENING LANDLOCKED PUBLIC LANDS. PRIVATE LANDS: TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION OF PRIVATELY-OWNED AGRICULTURE OR FOREST LANDS, THE TRCP ADVOCATES FOR AN EXPANDED CONSERVATION TITLE IN THE FARM BILL, STRONG IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKING LANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND ACTION TO CURB THE SPREAD OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE. MARINE FISHERIES: TO PROTECT SALTWATER FISHERIES, THE TRCP ADVOCATES FOR MODERNIZING FISHERIES MANAGEMENT APPROACHES REGIONALLY AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, RESTORING COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS, AND PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF FORAGE FISH. WATER RESOURCES: TO CONSERVE HEALTHY WATERWAYS AND HABITAT, THE TRCP DEFENDS AND MAINTAINS FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR STREAMS AND WETLANDS THAT PROMOTE DROUGHT RESILIENCY AND ADVANCE NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
81 cents of every dollar goes to the work
That ratio is a good sign, not a scorecard. Plenty of great groups run leaner and lumpier. What matters is the extremes, and TRCP is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Pew Charitable Trusts, Walton Family Foundation, Western Conservation Foundation and 7 others, latest filing FY25.
$7,524,637 programs, $340,129 management, $1,390,980 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at TRCP? Claim this page.
Those 28 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If TRCP is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 29The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $3,496,197 |
| 2012 | $3,154,897 |
| 2013 | $3,854,462 |
| 2014 | $4,060,502 |
| 2015 | $5,110,923 |
| 2016 | $3,254,247 |
| 2017 | $5,986,580 |
| 2018 | $5,061,204 |
| 2019 | $7,238,554 |
| 2020 | $7,521,022 |
| 2021 | $7,861,411 |
| 2022 | $8,316,057 |
| 2023 | $9,182,480 |
| 2025 | $11,546,406 |
From $3.5M in 2011 to $11.5M in FY25, across 14 public filings. The 2025 peak of $11.5M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.
The record
On the Hill
TRCP files its own federal lobbying reports: 62 filings from 2019 to 2026, naming 78 bills. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources, agriculture and marine/maritime/boating/fisheries.
Their ground
The places they defend
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Ways in
How to help
81 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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24 years on the ground, 28 volunteers, 81 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.