Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

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.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 19.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings