Federal grants to Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Trout Unlimited, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia received $126 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 208 awards. Its largest program was Habitat Conservation, with $47.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $13.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$126 million
- Awards208
- Awarded in FY 2025$13.3 million
- Largest award$10.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 50 | $5.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 49 | $11.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 55 | $40.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 54 | $56.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 41 | $13.3 million |
Programs that fund Trout Unlimited, Inc.
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Habitat Conservation | 9 | $47.9 million |
| National Fish Passage | 23 | $18.3 million |
| Aquatics Resources Management | 12 | $17.6 million |
| WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) | 8 | $10.8 million |
| Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | 47 | $9.7 million |
| Partners for Fish and Wildlife | 41 | $7.3 million |
| Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act | 10 | $3.6 million |
| Cooperative Watershed Management | 10 | $2.2 million |
| Office for Coastal Management | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief | 1 | $1.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 192 | $74.6 million |
| Department of Commerce | 10 | $49.6 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 5 | $1.9 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $332,285 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: trout unlimited will design and install engineered log jams in reaches of the queets-clearwater watershed and perform riparian restoration treatments that include thinning and planting to provide future shade, wood recruitment and restore old forest characteristics. The lack of stable wood | Habitat Conservation | August 7, 2024 | $10.0 million |
| Funding opportunity: L23AS00308GOALS: develop and prioritize an initial list of watershed and aquatic restoration projects for implementation through this initiative in coordination with the blm.establish an initial work plan for 2023, incorporating the initial list of watershed and aquatic restorati | Aquatics Resources Management | August 30, 2023 | $8.9 million |
| Purpose: olympic peninsula coldwater connection campaign fish passage project phase 2 recipient: trout unlimited recommended federal funding*: $8.36 million congressional district(s): WA-008 summary: trout unlimited will restore access to high quality spawning and rearing habitat within the olympic | Habitat Conservation | July 26, 2024 | $8.4 million |
| Trout unlimited will be awarded $7,071,627 to replace eight fish passage barriers as part of the coldwater connection campaign, a partnership between non-profits; state, federal and local agencies; and stakeholders to reconnect 125 miles of high quality salmon and steelhead streams in Washington's c | Habitat Conservation | February 2, 2023 | $7.1 million |
| Trout unlimited will be awarded $6,222,830 to support removal of nine high priority barriers in the eel, noyo, navarro, and big rivers of coastal northern California. Funding will support the design of two projects and construction of seven projects. The projects have been prioritized in multiple re | Habitat Conservation | March 22, 2023 | $6.2 million |
| The confederated tribes of the colville reservation and trout unlimited with support from the upper and lower similkameen indian bands will complete an assessment of the feasibility of removing enloe dam on the similkameen river in Washington state. Funding from the usfws will support the collection | National Fish Passage | July 11, 2024 | $4.9 million |
| Trout unlimited will be awarded $4,784,222 to remove or replace eight fish passage barriers and open 55 miles of spawning, rearing, and refuge habitat on high-quality great lakes cold water streams. These projects are expected to yield significant benefits for native migratory and non-migratory fish | Habitat Conservation | March 27, 2023 | $4.8 million |
| Purpose: pathways home: removing barriers to salmon migration and increasing community resilience in the tongass national forest recipient: trout unlimited recommended federal funding*: $4.2 million congressional district(s): AK-001 summary: trout unlimited will address several stream crossing barri | Habitat Conservation | August 16, 2024 | $4.2 million |
| Purpose: trout unlimited will remove 7 fish passage barriers as part of the ongoing salmon superhighway effort, contributing to the initiative?s overall 180-MILE goal. Collectively, the initiative will support salmon, steelhead, and other species by addressing priority fish passage concerns and impr | Habitat Conservation | July 26, 2024 | $4.0 million |
| Award purpose: the purpose of this initiative is to improve drought resiliency, promote aquatic connectivity, and conserve ecosystems, habitats, and the species that depend upon them. This initiative would utilize process-based and low-tech restoration techniques, among other methods to increase aqu | Aquatics Resources Management | September 19, 2024 | $3.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Trout Unlimited, Inc. get?
$126 million in 208 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Trout Unlimited, Inc. the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $74.6 million in 192 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is Trout Unlimited, Inc.'s largest federal grant?
$10.0 million under Habitat Conservation, with its first action in the period on August 7, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Trout Unlimited, Inc.?
Its largest are Habitat Conservation, National Fish Passage and Aquatics Resources Management.
Other grant recipients in Arlington
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc.
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc
- National Council on the Aging, Inc.
- Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
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