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
2015 Maximizing Sediment Reductions in the James River with Cost Effective Community-Based Strategies (VA) James River Association Project locations will include sites selected in these four Soil and Water Conservation Districts: Natural Bridge, Monacan, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee. The Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District will receive access to the high resolution land cover data. $498,780.00
2015 Restoring Fish Passage on the Noroton River (CT) Save the Sound, Inc. The project is located at the intersection of the Noroton River and Interstate 95 in the towns of Darien and Stamford in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Coordinates: N41°03’46” W73°30’30” $150,000.00
2015 Precision Conservation Management: A Farm Enterprise Approach to Conservation Implementation (IL) Illinois Corn Growers Association In years 1 and 2 (2015 and 2016), PCM will be piloted in three key regions comprising 11 counties in IL. The regions were selected as a result of promising conservation programs already present in the area or due to water quality concerns in the area. $209,693.29
2015 CleanScape Communities (MD) Howard County, Maryland The project location is within the upper Little Patuxent River sub-watershed, for reasons specified within the grant narrative. $20,090.00
2015 Constructing a Wetlands Education Dock at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (MN) Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Inc. Oak Savanna Learning Center site at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Zimmerman, MN $9,603.84
2015 Building Enforcement Capacity for Sea Turtle Protection in the Caribbean and Central America MPA Enforcement International LLC Panama (Bocas del Toro and Comarca Nogobe-Bugle) and Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán). $60,000.00
2015 Delmarva Choptank River Watershed Water-Column Habitat Pilot University of Delaware DELMARVA Region, Choptank River watershed $49,829.24
2015 Driftless Area Monarch Habitat Restoration and Education (IL) Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, Inc. All direct habitat restoration and enhancement activities will take place in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Education and outreach efforts will be offered to an audience from a wider geographic area, including NE Iowa, SW Wisconsin, and north central Illinois. $83,640.00
2015 Salish Sea Marine Survival - Project Coordination (WA, BC) Long Live the Kings The Salish Sea, including Puget Sound and Strait of Georgia. $49,788.53
2015 Developing a Killer Whale Standardized Health Assessment Protocol and Health Index (WA) University of California, Davis While the majority of this work will occur at workshops in Seattle (King County), Washington, the project will benefit free-ranging endangered southern resident killer whales, which range throughout the coastal and inland waters from Monterey Bay, California through the inland waters of WA state. $59,997.50