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
2023 Restoring the South Branch of the Chicago River through Community Science and Engagement (IL) Shedd Aquarium Society This project will occur in a 41-acre zone of the Chicago River Watershed's South Branch. Specifically, the partnership will monitor four urban river habitat sites in the area (barge slips, turning basin, main channel, and floating wetland habitat). $45,170.00
2023 Increase Coral Restoration Capacity in American Samoa Through Training Coral Restoration Foundation, Inc. CRF Facilities (Key Largo, FL, USA) will be the location of grant management and center for centralized learning. Additional field applications will occur in American Samoa. $103,226.00
2023 Restoring and Protecting Marsh Habitat in Bayou Bienvenue (LA) Common Ground Relief, Inc. Bayou Bienvenue Central Wetland area, St. Bernard Parish, Southeast Louisiana $30,612.15
2023 Reducing Sediment in Owasco Lake (NY) Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council, Inc. Cayuga County, New York $457,839.92
2023 Conserving Native Grasslands and Sagebrush Habitat via Conservation Easements (MT) The Montana Land Reliance Central Montana $750,000.00
2023 Increasing Indigenous Natural Resource Management Capacity in the Northern Great Plains Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota $220,000.00
2023 Final Design of Saginaw Bay Habitat and Sediment Transport Reef System (MI) Michigan Department of Natural Resources The proposed project location in southwest Saginaw Bay nearest Bangor Township, Michigan - just north of the Saginaw River. The 3 proposed reef system locations are:
1.Kawkawlin River Mouth Reef Spawning Site
2.Spoils Island Near-shore Reef Site
3.Wenona Beach Estates Near-shore Spawning Marsh
$425,000.00
2023 Restoring and Enhancing Longleaf Pine Habitat within the Sewee Region (SC) The Nature Conservancy Charleston, Berkeley, Williamsburg, and Georgetown counties, South Carolina $299,875.55
2023 Restoring Longleaf Pine and Bottomland Hardwood Forests on Public and Private Lands in Mississippi Mississippi Forestry Association Central and southern Mississippi $999,889.78
2023 Improving Water Quality Through Ecological Restoration in the Pike River (WI) Kenosha County Division of Parks Kenosha County, Wisconsin $300,000.00