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 Assessing Nature-Based Solutions to Improve Flood Hazard Management (WA) The Tulalip Tribes of Washington Tulalip Reservation Shoreline, Washington $366,337.73
2023 Assessing and Prioritizing Tidal Restriction Restoration Projects in Ten Kennebec Estuary Towns (ME) Kennebec Estuary Land Trust Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoinham, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, West Bath, Westport Island, and Woolwich Maine $249,819.90
2023 Building a Resilient Coastal Communities Collaborative Program in South Carolina South Carolina Office of Resilience The South Carolina Resilient Coastal Communities Collaborative Program will target the Salkehatchie Watershed which includes all or portions of Barnwell, Bamberg, Allendale, Hampton, Jasper, Colleton & Beaufort Counties and will work with 10 communities within that watershed. $750,625.60
2023 Designing Habitat Restoration and Flood Reduction Strategies at Willapa River (WA) Pacific Conservation District Lower Willapa River System, South Bend and Raymond, Washington $940,000.00
2023 Assessing Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate Flood Impacts along the Cove River (CT) CITY OF WEST HAVEN City of West Haven, County of New Haven, State of Connecticut.
The Cove River head waters originate in the Maltby Lakes watershed at the northern border of the City of West Haven, Town of Orange, and City of New Haven.

The river meanders southerly to Long Island Sound through a coastal estuary.
$505,001.50
2023 Creating Flood Resilience through Community Land Use Planning in Norwalk (CT) City of Norwalk, Connecticut Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut $211,750.00
2023 Restoring Riparian and Tidal Wetlands at Bolinas Lagoon (CA) Marin County Parks Bolinas Lagoon, Bolinas, Marin County, California $3,675,600.00
2023 Designing Nature-Based Solutions to Build Resiliency in Virginia's Eastern Shore The Nature Conservancy Oyster (Northampton County, VA) is highly vulnerable to SLR and flooding. Oyster’s creeks and marshes lead across shallow bays protected by marsh and barrier islands to the east. Focus of the proposed project are three eroding marsh islands within Hillcrest Shellfish Sanctuary, protecting Oyster. $414,048.52
2023 Designing for a Resilient Future in the Merrimack River Watershed (NH, MA) The Nature Conservancy Merrimack River watershed, NH & MA $360,386.88
2023 Rancho Cañada Floodplain Restoration (CA) California State Coastal Conservancy Carmel River, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California $10,000,000.00