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
2024 Planning to Improve Water Quality Working with Local Government (NH, VT) Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission Greater Upper Valley along the Connecticut River and its tributaries, New Hampshire, and Vermont $499,935.61
2024 Assessing and Removing Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage on the Upper Blackwater River (WV) Friends of the Cheat Upper Blackwater River, Canaan Valley, West Virginia $341,347.28
2024 Planning for a Resilient Community and Thriving Waterbird Population in Molokai (HI) Molokai Land Trust Punalau Pond, Ohiapilo Pond, and Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge in South Shore Molokai, Hawaii $255,278.46
2024 Planning for Restoration and Management of Idlewild Marsh (NY) Natural Areas Conservancy This project will be located in Idlewild Preserve. $311,072.19
2024 Developing Final Designs for Buffalo Creek Floodplain Reconnection in the Town of West Seneca (NY) Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc. This project is located on Buffalo Creek in the Town of West Seneca just upstream of where Buffalo Creek joins with Cayuga Creek to form the Buffalo River. The Town of West Seneca is a first ring suburb of Buffalo, NY having a population of 45,000 individuals within a 21 square mile footprint. $516,182.59
2024 Improving Habitat for Monarchs and Rusty Patched Bumble Bees in the Twin Cities (MN) Friends of the Mississippi River Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota $233,250.00
2024 Partnering with Stakeholders to Build Enforceable On-Demand Gear for Commercial Fisheries (MA, ME) smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society Coastal Massachusetts and Maine $1,458,234.03
2024 Solving On-Demand Ropeless Interoperability with a Multi-Manufacturer Deck Box (CA, MA, ME) DESERT STAR SYSTEMS LLC Marina, California; Coastal Maine and Massachusetts
$1,354,770.00
2024 Restoring Greenspace and Engaging Residents in Conservation Efforts in Northwest Indiana Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Inc. Northwest Indiana $346,106.16
2024 Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery through Priority Prey Habitat Restoration (WA) Friends of the San Juans The project location is active Pacific herring spawning grounds and eelgrass habitat utilized by outmigrating juvenile chinook salmon in San Juan County, Washington. $129,086.05