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
2025 Enhancing Northeast Forest Resilience and Habitat Management using Large Forest Blocks (NY, VT) The Ruffed Grouse Society St Lawrence Valley of Northern New York and Champlain Valley of Vermont $274,340.43
2025 Improving Grasslands and Riparian Forests for Northern Bobwhite in the Pee Dee River Basin (SC) Carolina Wildlands Foundation Chesterfield County, South Carolina $150,000.00
2025 Provide Nighttime Whale Detections and Measure Vessel Noise with a Long-Term Hydrophone (WA) Washington Maritime Blue Puget Sound, Washington $110,103.69
2025 Developing Artificial Intelligence for Sea Scallop Research Fishery Data Collection (MA, RI, NJ) Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Coastal Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island $241,528.87
2025 Monitoring Program for Wintering Grassland Birds in the Chihuahuan Desert: 2025-2027 (NM, TX) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Locations are on public and private land in New Mexico and Texas. Federal sites will be Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range and Big Bend National Park. State-owned locations such as New Mexico’s State Land Office and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. All other locations are private. $525,000.00
2025 Electronic Dockside Monitoring in the New England Groundfish Fishery (MA, ME) New England Marine Monitoring, Inc. Coastal Massachusetts. $335,998.14
2025 Determining Western Yellow Rail Distribution and Drought Resilience of Shallow Wetland Habitats (OR) Oregon State University Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Wood River Valley, Summer Lake, Goose Lake, Sycan Marsh, Agency Lake $24,041.82
2025 Improving Sustainability Outcomes on Dairy Farms in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (MD, NY, PA) Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. Chesapeake Bay watershed in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland $1,000,000.00
2025 Engaging Landowners in Voluntary Conservation Activities to Improve Water Quality and Quantity (FL) Golden Triangle RC&D, Inc. Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Walton, and Washington counties, Florida $595,000.00
2025 Buffalo Gap Hogbacks Conservation Easements (SD) Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hawkwright is 7 mi west of Argyle, SD in Custer County. It’s 6 mi west of State Hwy 89 and between 2 areas of the Black Hills Natl Forest. Buffalo Gap Hogbacks is 5 mi east of Provo, SD in Fall River County. State Hwy 471 bisects the property and it’s adjacent to BLM and School Board land. $201,840.00