Foundation Partners

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation partnered with NFWF in 2007 on the Pacific Grassroots Salmonid Initiative—a program that strengthened local capacity for stewardship of priority salmonid habitat on the Pacific coast. Beginning in 2008, Bechtel joined NFWF to support the Nature Restoration Trust—a program that benefits fish, wildlife, and plants by providing educational opportunities and encouraging community involvement in conservation efforts in northern and central California.

Houston Endowment, Inc.

The Houston Endowment is supporting NFWF's initiative to bolster the population of the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken in Texas. Decimated by the loss of its Texas coastal prairie habitat to human development, the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken teeters on the brink of extinction with only 75 birds remaining in the wild. Strategic investments in research, habitat acquisition, and breeding/rearing facilities could allow the species to grow by 1,250 percent in the next ten years.

Jackson Hole One Fly Capital Foundation

The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation (One Fly) and NFWF established a partnership in 2003 to leverage both organizations’ funding and interest in native trout conservation, particularly in the Upper Snake River and Yellowstone basins in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. The One Fly was created to generate, manage, and invest funds for projects that benefit trout and fly-fishing environments.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is supporting NFWF's National Fisheries Innovation Fund, which will assist the transition of United States fisheries to catch share programs by encouraging fishermen to pursue innovative management strategies through a competitive grant award process.

Walton Family Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation is supporting NFWF's National Fisheries Innovation Fund, which will assist the transition of United States fisheries to catch share programs by encouraging fishermen to pursue innovative management strategies through a competitive grant award process.

The William Penn Foundation

William Penn has been a partner of NFWF’s Delaware Estuary Watershed Program since the program’s inception six years ago. NFWF’s Delaware Estuary program provides support to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the estuary, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Now in its sixth year, the program has awarded 134 grants, providing over $3.8 million in federal and private funds that were leveraged with an additional $11 million in matching funds raised by grantees. 

Turner Foundation, Inc.

The Turner Foundation, founded in 1990 by Ted Turner, seeks to fund organizations focusing on initiatives that highlight habitat restoration and sustainable living. Their partnership has further amplified the ability of NFWF to carry out our mission of sustaining, restoring, and enhancing the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats. Most recently the Turner Foundation has supported NFWF’s Acres for America program and their funds helped protect more than 11,000 acres of longleaf pine forest in Florida’s panhandle.