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
2025 Community Driven Restoration and Resilience in the Bagaduce River Watershed (ME) Maine Coast Heritage Trust Mill Creek, Bagaduce River Watershed, Town of Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine $2,094,120.26
2025 Sustaining and Expanding Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Across the Great Plains (CO, SD) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies The project takes place in three states across the Great Plains (CO and SD) where land is primarily privately owned. Land use is dominated by farming and ranching and cattle grazing is common. The average poverty rate in Colorado is near 20% and poverty rates exceed 50% on Indigenous Reservations. $749,121.06
2025 Creating a Breeding Colony of Ainley's Storm-petrel on Guadalupe Island (Mex) Pacific Rim Conservation This project will occur on Morro Prieto, a small islet off the western coast of Guadalupe Islands, and at Punta Sur at the southern tip of Guadalupe Island. $41,386.54
2025 Predator Control, Forest Restoration, and Monitoring for Hawai‘i's Native Forest Birds (HI) State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources Project administration will occur in District 1 (Honolulu on Oahu island); on-the-ground conservation activities will occur in District 2 (Kauai, Maui and Hawaii islands) $205,385.50
2025 Planning Peatland Restoration in the Southern Kenai Peninsula (AK) Alaska Wildlife Alliance Kenai Peninsula, Alaska $398,489.65
2025 Partnering to Restore Grassland Habitat for Whooping Crane and Other Migratory Birds (ND) U.S Fish and Wildlife Service - Devils Lake Wetland Management District This project will be located in and cover the whole state of North Dakota. We aim to work in all of the physiographic regions of North Dakota. $274,999.74
2025 Conserving the Piney Creeks Ranch (WY) Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust Marbleton, Sublette County, Wyoming $275,000.00
2025 Landscape Planning and Mapping Salmon Habitat for Protection in the Kenai Peninsula Borough (AK) Kenai Watershed Forum Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska $550,679.87
2025 Increasing Technical Support for Priority Conservation Practices in Illinois Watersheds American Farmland Trust This project includes multiple watersheds of eastern Illinois: Vermilion Headwaters (Illinois Basin), Vermilion (Wabash Basin), Little Wabash, Lower Wabash, Embarras, and Skillet Watersheds. $571,206.02
2025 Mammalian Exclusion Fence Construction at James Campbell NWR (HI) Pacific Rim Conservation James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge $2,499,670.54