• Close-up underwater photograph of a butterflyfish swimming beside a branching coral colony. The fish has a bright yellow body with a large black patch across its upper side, two white markings on the black area, and thin white stripes near its eye. Pale, knobby coral fills the right side of the image, while the blue-green reef background is softly out of focus.
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    NFWF Awards $2.1 Million to Advance Next Generation of Coral Reef Restoration

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  • A bull elk stands on a grassy bank beside a mist-covered stream in a conifer forest. Soft morning light filters through the trees, illuminating drifting fog and highlighting the elk's large antlers against the shadowed woodland backdrop.
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    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Welcomes Cam Sholly to Leadership Team

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  • Two elk cross a paved roadway in a forested mountain landscape as a pickup truck approaches nearby, illustrating the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions on busy roads.
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    Reconnecting Colorado: How wildlife crossings are making highways safer for people and wildlife

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  • A brightly colored palila bird with a golden-yellow head and chest, gray back, and white belly perches among the twisting branches of a leafy tree. The bird appears to be feeding on a green seed pod, surrounded by dense green foliage and patches of lichen.
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    NFWF Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Conserve Hawai‘i’s Native Birds and Watersheds

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  • White-tailed doe standing in a lush green meadow with a spotted fawn sheltered beneath her. Tall grasses and reeds surround the pair, while sunlit trees and soft-focus vegetation create a warm woodland backdrop.
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    NFWF and Partners Announce $5 Million in Grants to Restore Forests and Wetlands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

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Current grant opportunities
Where We Work
Grants Library
How to apply for a grant
NFWF focal species
NFWF’s annual reports

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The Foundation awards grants through its portfolio of competitive grant programs.

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Coral Reef Stewardship Fund

Mallards flying over wetlands

Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund

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NFWF Awards $2.1 Million to Advance Next Generation of Coral Reef Restoration
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Welcomes Cam Sholly to Leadership Team
NFWF Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Conserve Hawai‘i’s Native Birds and Watersheds