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Long Island Sound Futures Fund 2025 Request for Proposals

RFP GUIDANCE

NFWF is committed to operating in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Executive Orders.

Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program

The Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program restores and sustains healthy forests, rivers and streams that provide habitat for diverse native bird and aquatic species populations. Priority is given to projects within 10 focal geographies. The program supports projects in portions of the Appalachian region of Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund is dedicated to protecting the bay by working to advance local on-the-ground watershed restoration, helping local communities clean up and restore their polluted rivers and streams, and restoring and protecting key Chesapeake Bay species.

Chi-Cal Rivers Fund

The Chi-Cal Rivers Fund is a public-private partnership working to restore the health, vitality and accessibility of the waterways in the Chicago and Calumet region by supporting nature-based solutions, habitat enhancement, and public-use improvements and stewardship.

Colorado River Delta Restoration Program

With an initial grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NFWF established the Colorado River Delta Restoration Fund in early 2013 to support habitat restoration projects and related measures under “Minute No. 319,” which operates under the 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty.

Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program

The Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program (CBWTP) was developed in 2002 to address chronically diminished stream flows in tributaries of the Columbia River.

ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program

The ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program is a public-private partnership focused on improving habitat quality and quantity for both migratory and non-migratory bird populations. Within landscapes heavily dominated by working lands, the program places a high priority on partnering with ranchers, farmers and other private and public land managers to help improve landscape connectivity and habitat quality for birds and other wildlife. The program awards grants to protect, restore and enhance grassland, sagebrush, wetland, and coastal habitats and accelerate innovations for understanding bird conservation needs across their ranges.

Conservation Partners Program

The Conservation Partners Program provides vital grant funding to support organizations that provide staff and technical assistance to private landowners in order to maximize the benefits of Farm Bill programs on working lands.

Coral Reef Stewardship Fund

Since 2000, NFWF has responded to the alarming decline in both the quantity and productivity of the world’s coral reef ecosystems through multiple coral conservation initiatives that aim to improve management, increase public awareness, and reduce threats to coral reefs both domestically and internationally. NFWF works with local, state, federal and regional partners to explore new techniques for addressing persistent, practical challenges faced by coral reef managers – such as non-point source pollution, over harvest of functional reef species, vessel damage and environmental stressors.

Cosco Busan Oil Spill Settlement - Recreational Use Grant Program

The Cosco Busan Oil Spill Settlement - Recreational Use Grant Program administers funds from settling defendants in the matter of the United States of America v M/V Cosco Busan, et al. These funds will be used for grants to restore, expand, or enhance recreational opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area as public compensation for the loss of use and enjoyment of public beaches, parks, and other public or natural resources as a result of the Cosco Busan oil spill.