Grand Rapids, MI

Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited (Trout Unlimited — Chapter 021)

EIN 52-1766265

Environment & Animal Welfare Wildlife & Habitat Conservation

Mission

To conserve, protect and restore West Michigan’s coldwater streams, fisheries, and their watersheds while providing education and a forum for exchange about coldwater fisheries and trout angling.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited (Trout Unlimited — Chapter 021)

This profile documents Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited (Trout Unlimited Chapter 021). The chapter’s EIN (52-1766265) corresponds to the Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited chapter as listed in IRS/charity records and in national Trout Unlimited chapter listings.

Schrems West Michigan TU is a long-established, donor-facing local chapter founded in 1962 and based in Grand Rapids, MI. The chapter runs education programs (including a multi-school Salmon in the Classroom program), awards the Cornelius M. Schrems scholarship for fisheries students, and organizes local habitat restoration, river cleanups, and monitoring in West Michigan watersheds (Rogue, Muskegon, White, Coldwater and others).

The chapter operates as a local nonprofit chapter under the national Trout Unlimited umbrella (group exemption) and remains active in fundraising, grant partnerships with regional foundations, volunteer restoration work, and school outreach events through at least 2023–2025.

Notable achievements

Salmon in the Classroom — multi-school program

Sustained Salmon in the Classroom programming that supports roughly 20 regional schools; students hatch and raise salmon in classroom tanks and participate in spring release days, providing hands-on aquatic education and watershed stewardship experiences.

Cornelius M. Schrems Scholarship

Long-running scholarship fund that supports Michigan State University graduate students working on coldwater fisheries research; the chapter has maintained and promoted this scholarship for multiple decades.

Local habitat restoration & stewardship

Regular on-the-ground restoration projects and volunteer events (river cleanups, in-stream structure surveys, tree planting along tributaries) — including documented plantings and surveys in 2023 — that advance coldwater habitat recovery in West Michigan watersheds.

At a glance

Total assets: $179K
Annual revenue: $50K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 52-1766265
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Website: swmtu.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Affiliated chapter of Trout Unlimited (national conservation organization); operates under the national organization’s group exemption structure.

Listed in public nonprofit databases and charity directories under EIN 52-1766265 as '021 Schrems West Michigan Chapter of Trout Unlimited' (local chapter presence verified).

Recipient of local foundation and partner support for education and habitat work (chapter grants and partnerships with regional funders and community foundations have supported programs in recent years).

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