Grants Library

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supports vital conservation projects across the United States and its territories. Please search our grants library for additional information on individual grants.

Year Name Organization Location Award Amount
2024 Mauka-to-Makai Stewardship Project within Moku O Kula on Maui (HI) Maui County Moku O Kula, East Maui, Hawai?i $1,500,000.00
2024 Riparian Restoration and Community Engagement on the South Branch of the Chicago River (IL) Shedd Aquarium Society This project will occur in an 11.4-acre zone of the Chicago River Watershed’s South Branch at Ping Tom Memorial Park (41°51'25”N 87°38'5”W) - a natural area in Chicago, Illinois’ Chinatown neighborhood. $49,660.01
2024 Leveraging Grassland Conservation for Rangeland and Wildlife Resiliency (MT, ND, SD, WY) American Bird Conservancy Eastern Montana (city of Miles City; Carter, Custer, and Powder River counties), western South Dakota (towns of Bison and Timber Lake; Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach counties), western North Dakota (Adams, Bowman, and Sioux counties), Wyoming (Campbell and Crook counties). $213,256.51
2024 Engaging Communities in Bird Conservation through Habitat Restoration, Monitoring, and Recreation (NY) New York City Bird Alliance, Inc. New York City's 5 boroughs: Northwest Bronx, South Bronx, and Morris Park, Bronx; Long Island City, Queens; Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn; Richmond Terrace, Staten Island; Lower Manhattan, Midtown West, Columbus Circle, Central Park North, and Harlem in Manhattan. $59,959.95
2024 Reforestation and Enhancement of Wetland habitat Along Little Sister Creek (NY) Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc. Cradle Beach Campus in Angola, NY. $423,209.58
2024 Restoring Migratory Bird Habitat through Community Engagement in Albuquerque and Phoenix (AZ, NM) National Audubon Society, Inc. Residents statewide will be invited to participate in projects and programs in the urban centers of Albuquerque and Phoenix. $60,000.00
2024 Water Rights Acquisition to Benefit Walker Lake #8 (NV) Walker Basin Conservancy Walker Basin, Nevada $4,055,081.76
2024 Protecting Marsh Migration Corridors for Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (MD) Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and the Nanticoke River watershed in Dorchester County, Maryland $499,996.31
2024 Applying Grazing Management Plans on Rangelands for Resiliency and Habitat Management (CO) Colorado Cattlemen's Association Ranches will be selected in the eastern Colorado grasslands through a request for proposals process. The selected ranches will be in and/or around the Lesser Prairie Chicken estimated occupied range. $563,828.96
2024 Catalyzing Conservation Easement Protection Across the Northern Great Plains (MT; SD; WY) The Nature Conservancy • MT: Phillips CTY
• SD: Easment - Custer CTY; Capacity - Butte, Lawrence,
Meade, Pennington, Custer and Fall River CTYs
• WY: Statewide position
$1,955,305.29