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
2012 Growing Capacity for the Green Economy (WI) Growing Power Inc. This project is focused in Milwaukee, WI. Although the community is rich with cultural diversity the rate of unemployment among some populations is over 50%. $50,000.00
2012 Capacity Building As Regional Leaders in Urban Forestry (WA) Friends of Trees This project will take place on private property planting strips primarily in the City of Vancouver but also on Port of Vancouver and Clark County properties. $44,979.51
2012 Grand Central Outdoor Learning Center (AZ) Valley Forward Association Located along the Grand Canal and light rail in an area of downtown Phoenix housing four high schools in a moderate income tract and adjacent major municipal park, veterans hospital and business hub. $20,000.00
2012 Protecting Brook Trout Habitat on Private Land: Phase II Trout Unlimited, Inc. Eastern U.S. range of brook trout, from New York south to
Georgia. Project investments to be guided by NFWF and
EBTJV priorities, including new catchment/patch-scale
population data.
$70,291.28
2012 Save The Bay Volunteer Restoration Opportunities (RI) Save The Bay, Inc. These projects will take place in multiple locations, depending on the project(s) chosen: Westerly, Charlestown or Newport, RI. $25,000.00
2012 Nature Appreciation and Environmental Education in Chicago (IL) Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance East Garfield Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The project site is owned and operated by the Chicago Park District but will be managed by the Alliance, its non-profit programming partner. $50,000.00
2012 Turtle-Friendly Design for Beach Restoration (FL) Martin County Board of County Commissioners The test site is located in Martin County on the southeast coast of Florida. Beachfront property includes both public and private lands. $634,770.00
2012 McArthur Lake Wildlife Safety (ID) The Nature Conservancy The McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor straddles Hwy 95 in Boundary and Bonner Counties of northern Idaho. It connects the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Mountains linking over a million acres of public lands. $99,268.20
2012 Restoration Benefits to Wading Bird Habitat in Florida Bay The Everglades Foundation The project is at the interface of the C-111 canal and Everglades National Park but will benefit habitat along the estuarine ecotone of lower Taylor Slough, the C-111 basin, and eastern Florida Bay. $200,000.00
2012 Damariscotta Mills "Lower Middle" Fish Ladder Restoration Nobleboro Historical Society The 1807 historic fish ladder on the Damariscotta River, in the village of Damariscotta Mills, shared by the towns of Newcastle and Nobleboro, Maine $92,505.00