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
2023 Building a Community-Based Network to Monitor Forage Fish for the Chinook Salmon Food Web (WA) Kwiaht: Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Marine waters of Puget Sound from Nisqually Delta to Bellingham Bay and San Juan Islands. $40,104.45
2023 Utilizing the Delmarva Wetland Partnership to Address Barriers Inhibiting Wetland Restoration (DE, MD, PA) The Nature Conservancy Delmarva Peninsula within Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay watershed $997,612.00
2023 Cover Crop Technical Assistance for the Farmers for Soil Health Partnership (20 States) The Curators of the University of Missouri Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, North Carolina, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. $694,711.92
2023 Creating and Enhancing a Climate Resilient Habitat Mosaic in Upper Tributary Watersheds and Forest Systems (PA) American Bird Conservancy Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and York Counties in Pennsylvania $749,581.23
2023 Designing Nature-Based Solutions to Build Resiliency in Virginia's Eastern Shore The Nature Conservancy Oyster (Northampton County, VA) is highly vulnerable to SLR and flooding. Oyster’s creeks and marshes lead across shallow bays protected by marsh and barrier islands to the east. Focus of the proposed project are three eroding marsh islands within Hillcrest Shellfish Sanctuary, protecting Oyster. $414,048.52
2023 Community Decision-Making and Innovation to Advance Nature-Based Resiliency in the Asqinaq (AK) Alaska Wildlife Alliance Hooper Bay region, Alaska $250,000.00
2023 Floodplain and Tidal Wetland Restoration Design in the Yolo Bypass of the Sacramento River (CA) California Department of Water Resources The analysis of biological samples will include archived samples collected from Yolo and Sutter Bypasses (both are targets for increased access for juvenile salmonids during periods of inundation) and through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. $1,500,000.00
2023 Supporting Landowners in Using Prescribed Fire Regimes to Restore Nebraska's Sandhills (NE) Pheasants Forever, Inc. Nebraska Sandhills $1,000,000.00
2023 Restoring the Hydrology of the South Platte River (CO) Colorado Open Lands Park County, Colorado. $312,030.46
2023 Restoring Hutchinson River Shoreline with Education, Community Interaction and Active Cleanups (NY) Hutchinson River Restoration Project Westchester county and the Bronx, New York $39,929.69