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Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program

The Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program (Hurricane Sandy Program) was designed to restore key habitats and bolster natural systems, enabling them to withstand the impacts of future storms. The Program funded 78 projects in 12 states and Washington, D.C., with the bulk of projects in states hardest hit by the hurricane, including: New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Hurricane Sandy Program is no longer active. Applicants seeking grants for coastal resilience projects are encouraged to consider the National Coastal Resilience Fund, and NFWF’s regionally-focused coastal programs, including the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund and Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund.

Killer Whale Conservation Program

The Killer Whale Conservation Program supports efforts to advance the knowledge and conservation of killer whales with a primary focus on activities that aid in the recovery of the Southern Resident killer whale Distinct Population Segment. The program may also support catalytic projects in other killer whale populations.

Klamath Basin Restoration Program

NFWF has been active in conservation activities throughout the Klamath Basin for 30 years, awarding funds to help stabilize and increase populations of native and anadromous fish. These projects have been carried out by diverse organizations and entities including local, state, federal, and tribal governments and agencies, non-profit organizations, irrigation districts, watershed councils, and academic institutions.

Klamath River Coho Enhancement Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Klamath River Coho Enhancement Fund supports the survival and recovery of Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho salmon.

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

The goal of NFWF's Lahontan Cutthroat Trout initiative was to protect existing pure populations from contact with non-native trout, sustain Lahontan cutthroat populations in lakes, connect isolated populations into larger, more resilient populations, and increase Lahontan cutthroat angling opportunities.

Long Island Sound Futures Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Futures Fund supports projects to fully restore the health and living resources of Long Island Sound. It operates within a partnership of federal and state agencies, foundations, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, user groups, and individuals dedicated to restoring and protecting the Sound.

Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund expands, enhances and accelerates longleaf pine ecosystem restoration across longleaf pine’s historical range throughout the southeastern United States.

Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund

The Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund invests in on-the-ground projects to restore, enhance and conserve bottomland hardwood forest and wetland habitats to benefit wildlife and improve water quality within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley region of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.

Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund

The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund supports work that advances the conservation of the monarch butterfly and other at-risk native insect pollinators. Originally named the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund, the fund added the term ‘Pollinators’ to its title in 2018 to reflect an increased focus on a broader set of priority species.

National Coastal Resilience Fund

The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), established in 2018, invests in nature-based solutions that protect coastal communities while enhancing habitats for fish and wildlife. The National Coastal Resilience Fund invests in conservation projects that restore, increase and strengthen natural infrastructure such as coastal marshes and wetlands, dune and beach systems, oyster and coral reefs, rivers and floodplains, coastal forest, and barrier islands that mitigate the impacts of storms and other coastal hazards to communities.