Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
“To guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish.”
8 comments to the agencies, 81 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Unites sportsmen and women to guarantee access to quality places to hunt and fish.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The 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.
In pursuit of its work, the TRCP has earned a strong
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…
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
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$7,524,637 programs, $340,129 management, $1,390,980 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed on the record by Pew Charitable Trusts, Walton Family Foundation, Western Conservation Foundation and 7 others, latest filing FY25.
The people
Who does the work
Took the helm from Joel Pedersen, who drew $308,695 in the final year on file.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. 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.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap 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 (none on record for 2024). FY25 is the highest year on file.
On the Hill
TRCP files its own federal lobbying reports: 62 filings from 2019 to 2026, naming 76 bills. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources, agriculture and marine.
The record
On the record with the agencies
8 comments on federal decisions since 2023, each filed under the group’s own name on regulations.gov. The latest on decisions we track:
Year by year
The record, in order
- 2002Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is formed.the return, formation year
- 2022First appears in the grants of Walton Family Foundation, Western Conservation Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.the funders’ returns
- 2023First appears in the grants of Pew Charitable Trusts, 444S Foundation and Wilderness Society.the funders’ returns
- 20251 comment to the Interior Department, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20267 comments, most to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Green, a funder’s return. Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 8 comments filed under its own name, 10 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
The places they defend
Welcomed BLM’s 2024 denial of the Ambler road, which the Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range coalition had urged
Who’s defending it In the fight · Threat developingRuby MountainsIts Nevada field representative advocated for the Ruby Mountains oil and gas withdrawal as part of the sportsmen’s coalition celebrating the December 2024 moratorium.
Who’s defending itMost urgent first: open comment windows, then live federal cases, then the threat level. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
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Ways in
How to help
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