Funding search · EIN 521384139 · Washington, DC

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Name: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

3,150
grants reported: $1.09B
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $77,254
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

conservation restoration habitat river coastal restoring chesapeake restore

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Coastal marsh, oyster reef and shoreline restoration on the Gulf
Salmon, steelhead and trout habitat in rivers and estuaries
Grassland, prairie and sagebrush habitat for birds and game species
Chesapeake Bay watershed stream, buffer and nutrient work
Named species recovery: sage-grouse, sea turtles, saltmarsh sparrow, ferrets
Water rights, leasing and flow transactions in western basins

Typical grant

Median grant is about $77,000, with the middle half between $29,000 and $199,000. The eight-figure checks go almost entirely to state agencies, parishes and county commissions doing Gulf coastal restoration construction, much of it flowing from post-spill settlement money; the $50,000 to $500,000 range covers nonprofits, tribes, conservation districts and universities doing design, monitoring and on-the-ground restoration. With 3,150 grants to 1,991 recipients over three years, many organizations show up more than once, and large multi-phase projects clearly get renewed.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“habitat”
“restoration”
“restore”
“resilience”
“watershed”
“living shoreline”
“working lands”

Positioning adjacent work

Name the target species and the acres or stream miles restored, the way their own grant titles do.
Ask in the $150,000 to $800,000 band for research, monitoring, design or planning components.
Attach to an existing landscape effort: Chesapeake, Gulf coast marsh, Great Plains grasslands, Pacific salmon.
Partner with a state agency, tribe or local government; those are the largest and most frequent recipients.

Worth knowing: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida absorb the largest single awards through coastal settlement-driven restoration, so raw grant counts in California and Pennsylvania hide where the money concentrates. Big national partners like Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited and Audubon recur, and pure research is funded mainly when it monitors or designs a restoration project rather than standing alone.

87 grants matching “monitored” · $21.1M

$3.0M
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Chesapeake stream restoration monitoring plan
$799,891
US Geological Survey · Reston, VA · 2023
Long-term walker basin hydrologic monitoring
$651,821
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Integrating ai to gulf reef fish monitoring
$649,972
Aleutians East Borough · King Cove, AK · 2023
Improve data quality for electronic monitoring, ak
$542,189
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · Seattle, WA · 2023
Columbia river salmon monitoring
$417,229
University of California - Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Mono lake limnology monitoring program
$338,765
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
Montana invasive grass monitoring and mitigating
$277,267
Four Peaks Environmental Science & Data Solutions · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
Support for transaction monitoring and evaluation
$273,919
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Acoustic bird monitoring in the delaware river
$255,891
Ais · North Dartmouth, MA · 2023
Ai chute monitors new england groundfish discards
$228,347
New England Marine Monitoring · Portland, ME · 2023
Improve lobster fishery practices in central maine
$217,197
Great Burn Study Group Dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance · Missoula, MT · 2023
Monitoring noxious weeds in national forests
$215,950
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
Electronic monitoring for new england groundfish
$189,414
Great Basin Institute · Reno, NV · 2023
Monitoring mojave desert tortoises
$174,030
College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2023
Monitor invasive algae in papahanaumokuakea reefs
$168,000
Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff New York · Sea Cliff, NY · 2023
Water quality monitoring for long island sound
$120,943
Alaska Longline Fishermen'S Association · Sitka, AK · 2023
Alaska's fixed gear electronic monitoring program
$111,831
Coonamessett Farm Foundation · East Falmouth, MA · 2023
Testing electronic monitoring for scallop boats
$91,284
Aifish Llc · Kailua, HI · 2023
Ai for fishing vessel catch monitoring
$88,745
Gentner Consulting Group · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Fish restoration monitoring & evaluation
$63,524
Friends of Skagit Beaches · Anacortes, WA · 2023
Salish sea stormwater monitoring for killer whales
$62,281
Center for Environmental Health Monitoring and Management Dba Cehmm · Carlsbad, NM · 2023
Restoring grasslands for lesser prairie-chicken
$50,765
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Restoring and monitoring fish passage in maine
$46,840
Woodland Park Zoological Society · Seattle, WA · 2023
Amphibian monitoring community science, wa
$46,586
Alpine Watershed Group · Markleeville, CA · 2023
Monitoring fire impacts for habitat recovery in ca
$43,326
Cornell University · Itahca, NY · 2023
Ca forest bird monitoring after fire restoration
$35,235
Archipelago Research and Conservation (Arc) · Kalaheo, HI · 2023
Restoring and monitoring seabirds in kauai
$33,326
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
Wyoming golden eagle monitoring plan expansion
$29,504
Foodshed Alliance a Nj Nonprofit Corporation · Blairstown, NJ · 2023
Water quality monitoring for the paulins kill
$28,814
Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership · Denver, CO · 2023
Monitor water quality and wildlife habitat in co
$28,261
Alaska Groundfish Data Bank · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Testing electronic monitoring on alaska rockfish
$22,401
Georgia Department of Natural Resources · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Fish and mussel monitoring at holly creek
$18,938
Midwater Trawlers Cooperative · Newport, OR · 2023
West coast groundfish monitoring innovation
$15,996
Maine Coast Fishermen'S Association · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Electronic monitoring gulf of maine scallop fleet
$15,881
New York Restoration Project · New York, NY · 2023
Restoring, reforesting, and monitoring in new york
$8,325
Copper River Watershed Project · Cordova, AK · 2023
Alaska salmon temp monitoring in copper river
$7,516
Klamath Watershed Partnership · Klamath Falls, OR · 2023
Upper klamath lake water quality monitoring
$5,641
California State University - Stanislaus · Turlock, CA · 2023
Tipton kangaroo rat monitoring
$5,366
Blair Witherington · Melbourne Beach, FL · 2023
Gulf sea turtle monitoring plan for restoration
$3.6M
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Species monitoring & shorebird conservation
$955,961
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory · Brighton, CO · 2022
Grassland bird monitoring
$814,576
United Catcher Boats · Seattle, WA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$762,235
College of William & Mary Va Institute · Gloucester Point, VA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$636,609
Stantec Consulting Ltd · Rochester, NY · 2022
Sea turtle monitoring
$479,735
Swca Environmental Consulting · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Desert tortoise monitor.
$444,998
US Fish and Wildlife Service · Anchorage, AL · 2022
Species monitoring
$396,372
University of California - Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Mono lake monitoring
$363,134
University of California - Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Tortoise monitoring
$290,780
The Ocean Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Sea turtle monitoring
$182,006
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$175,323
US Forest Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Sockeye salmon monitoring
$168,470
Ironwood Consulting · San Bernardino, CA · 2022
Desert tortoise monitor.
$132,841
The Whale Museum · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022
Killer whale monitoring
$119,039
Alaska Trollers Association · Juneau, AL · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$116,853
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Fisheries monitoring
$113,022
Lower Ms River Conservation Committee · Vicksburg, MS · 2022
Species monitoring
$102,714
Real Time Data North America Llc · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$83,775
Coral Restoration Foundation · Tavernier, FL · 2022
Coral monitoring
$81,820
Oyster Recovery Partnership · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$78,471
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2022
Wy eagle monitoring
$73,672
New England Marine Monitoring · Portland, ME · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$68,906
Alaska Groundfish Data Bank · Kodiak, AL · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$65,750
Fieldwork Communications Llc · Seattle, WA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$61,394
Bluefin Data Llc · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Alaska fishery monitoring
$54,948
Southern Sierra Research Station · Weldon, CA · 2022
Species monitoring
$49,529
Midwater Trawlers Cooperative · Newport, OR · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$42,229
Ais · North Dartmouth, MA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$31,823
Pfleger Institute Environmental Research · Oceanside, CA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$27,452
Plumas Audubon Society · Quincy, CA · 2022
Species monitoring
$25,154
Ca Dept of Fish & Wildlife · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Guadalupe trust monitoring
$24,359
The Florida Aquarium · Tampa, FL · 2022
Coral monitoring
$22,269
Texas a&M University-Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Coral monitoring
$16,810
Scuba Dogs Society · San Juan, PR · 2022
Sea turtle monitoring
$13,250
Pelagic Strategies Llc · Gloucester, MA · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$11,836
Saltwater · Anchorage, AL · 2022
Habitat monitoring
$9,842
Takshanuk Watershed Council · Haines, AL · 2022
Monitoring water quality
$6,398
Alabama Coastal Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2022
Sea turtle monitoring
$476,539
Sundance Biology · Paso Robles, CA · 2021
2022 raven monitoring
$134,403
United Catcher Boats · Seattle, WA · 2021
Implementing e-monitor
$130,614
Corvus Ecological Consulting Llc · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
2022 raven monitoring
$83,431
New England Marine Monitoring · Portland, ME · 2021
Conservation projects
$44,225
Chordata Llc · Juneau, AR · 2021
Examining electronic monitor
$31,675
Stephen F Austin State University · Nacogdoches, TX · 2021
Monitoring avian response
$29,615
Tennessee Aquarium · Chattanooga, TN · 2021
Monitoring status of birds
$26,631
Integrated Monitoring · Charlestown, MA · 2021
Conservation projects
$10,271
City of Roanoke Stormwater Division · Roanoke, VA · 2021
Pcb monitoring in river
$5,075
Friends of Skagit Beaches · Anacortes, WA · 2021
Monitoring stormwater pollute

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

La Coastal Protection & Restoration1 grant · $99.0M
Ms Department of Environmental Quality2 grants · $39.3M
Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority1 grant · $36.9M
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $36.6M
Town of Dauphin Island3 grants · $29.8M
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana1 grant · $29.0M
Texas General Land Office3 grants · $28.9M
Mobile County Commission3 grants · $25.8M
Walker Basin Conservancy3 grants · $23.7M
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium Dauphin Island Sea Lab1 grant · $23.5M

Giving over time

$333.2M

2021

$323.0M

2022

$432.4M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,150 grants.

$99.0M
La Coastal Protection & Restoration · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
Conservation projects
$36.9M
Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Barrier island restoration
$34.0M
Ms Department of Environmental Quality · Jackson, MS · 2022
Marsh creation
$29.0M
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
Restoring louisiana wetlands for marsh habitat
$24.7M
Mobile County Commission · Mobile, AL · 2023
Dauphin island causeway shoreline
$24.6M
Town of Dauphin Island · Dauphin Island, AL · 2023
Restore al bay marsh & oyster reefs for resilience
$23.5M
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium Dauphin Island Sea Lab · Dauphin Island, AL · 2023
Saltmarsh stabilization and restoration
$18.0M
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality · Jackson, MS · 2023
Mississippi coastal habitat restoration & mgt
$17.2M
Texas General Land Office · Austin, TX · 2022
Beach/dune restoration
$15.0M
Walker Basin Conservancy · Reno, NV · 2023
Establishment of walker basin conservancy phase ii
$14.3M
The Nature Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2021
Conservation projects
$12.5M
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
N great plains grassland habitat for birds
$12.4M
The Nature Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2022
Oyster restoration
$12.0M
Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Coastal habitat protection
$10.4M
Galveston Bay Foundation · Webster, TX · 2021
Conservation projects
$9.9M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Mn prairie restoration - monarch & skipper habitat
$7.4M
Texas General Land Office · Austin, TX · 2023
Restore tx coastal marsh for wildlife habitat
$6.6M
Galveston Bay Foundation · Webster, TX · 2022
Land acquisition
$5.9M
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Pacific salmon habitat restored in eklutna river
$5.9M
Great Basin Land & Water · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Walker basin
$5.6M
Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Conservation projects
$5.6M
Walker Basin Conservancy · Yerington, NV · 2022
Walker basin
$5.4M
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Coastal habitat protection
$5.2M
Ms Department of Environmental Quality · Jackson, MS · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.7M
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.6M
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.5M
Town of Dauphin Island · Dauphin Island, AL · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.5M
Ducks Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2022
Marsh restoration
$4.4M
Texas General Land Office · Austin, TX · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.3M
City of Foley · Foley, AL · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.3M
American Littoral Society · Highlands, NJ · 2021
Conservation projects
$4.2M
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
Columbia basin
$4.0M
Walker River Irrigation District · Yerington, NV · 2023
Walker basin water leasing demonstration program
$3.9M
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe · Nixon, NV · 2023
Pyramid lake water rights and management projects
$3.9M
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co · Centennial, CO · 2021
Usmc - flood structure
$3.9M
Apalachee Regional Planning Council · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Fl reefs & marshes protect 12 miles of coast
$3.7M
Department of the Interior US Fish and Wildlife Service · Fairhope, AL · 2023
Florida wading bird & beach mouse habitat
$3.6M
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Species monitoring & shorebird conservation
$3.4M
Town of Navassa · Navassa, NC · 2021
Conservation projects
$3.3M
Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Marine debris removal
$3.2M
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Richmond, VA · 2022
Conservation projects
$3.2M
Walker Basin Conservancy · Yerington, NV · 2021
Conservation projects
$3.0M
Dtn · Chicago, IL · 2023
Reporting services for farmer partnerships
$3.0M
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Stormwater infrastructure
$3.0M
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Chesapeake stream restoration monitoring plan
$3.0M
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Fl marine debris cleanup protects coastal waters
$2.9M
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Restoring long island marsh for saltmarsh sparrow
$2.8M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.8M
Pheasants Forever · St Paul, MN · 2022
Sagebrush ecosystem conserv
$2.8M
City of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Restore marsh habitat on lake erie's shoreline
$2.6M
The Conservation-Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
Coastal habitat protection
$2.5M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Restoring mt grassland meadows for sage-grouse
$2.5M
Pheasants Forever · St Paul, MN · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.5M
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Protect alaska rivers for sockeye salmon spawning
$2.4M
Quileute Tribe · La Push, WA · 2023
Quillayute river restoration for salmon habitat
$2.4M
Fl F&W Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Oyster restoration
$2.3M
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Shoreline restoration
$2.3M
Alabama Dept of Marine Resources · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Install artificial reefs
$2.3M
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.3M
Town of Braintree · Braintree, MA · 2023
Restoration of the monatiquot river
$2.2M
Ducks Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.2M
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Richmond, VA · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.2M
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2023
Protecting hawaii's forest birds & dry landscapes
$2.2M
City of Mobile · Mobile, AL · 2021
Gulf env benefit fund
$2.2M
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources · Biloxi, MS · 2023
Install artificial reefs
$2.1M
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department · Austin, TX · 2023
Reduce white-nose syndrome bat mortality in texas
$2.0M
Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs · Gretna, LA · 2023
Restoring la marsh & shoreline for fish habitat
$2.0M
American Bird Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Delaware river watershed
$2.0M
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium · Dauphin Island, AL · 2021
Conservation projects
$2.0M
Groundwork Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Final design to restore hogans creek
$2.0M
City of Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Wetland restoration
$1.9M
Pheasants Forever · St Paul, MN · 2023
Grassland bird conservation in western sd prairies
$1.9M
City of Mobile · Mobile, AL · 2023
Mobile waterways cleared of storm debris
$1.9M
North Carolina Coastal Federation · Newport, NC · 2023
Building a living shoreline along the neuse river
$1.9M
The Conservation-Fund · Arlington, VA · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.8M
American Littoral Society · Highlands, NJ · 2023
Nj beach habitat for horseshoe crabs & red knots
$1.7M
State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Restoring coral reefs in west maui, hi
$1.7M
US Forest Service · Portland, OR · 2023
Restoring upper trout creek for native steelhead
$1.7M
Village of Kotlik · Kotlik, AK · 2023
Restore alaska wetlands for salmon habitat
$1.7M
The Longleaf Alliance · Andalusia, AL · 2023
Advancing longleaf restoration and management
$1.7M
South Alabama Land Trust · Fairhope, AL · 2022
Coastal habitat protection
$1.7M
Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project · Kailua, HI · 2023
Removing debris from papahanaumokuakea reefs
$1.6M
Great Basin Land & Water · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.6M
Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.6M
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.6M
St Bernard Parish Government · Chalmette, LA · 2023
Restoring cypress & tupelo forests along bayou
$1.6M
Mississippi Dep'T of Marine Resources · Biloxi, MS · 2022
Install artificial reefs
$1.6M
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.5M
Escambia County · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Watershed restoration
$1.5M
City of Niceville · Niceville, FL · 2023
Watershed restoration
$1.5M
The Longleaf Alliance · Andalusia, AL · 2022
Species recovery in the gulf
$1.5M
California Fire Safe Council · McClellan, CA · 2022
Wildfire mitigation
$1.5M
National Wildlife Federation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.5M
Native Village of Napakiak · Napakiak, AL · 2022
Coastal resilience
$1.5M
Uss North Carolina Battleship Commission · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Nc shoreline and marsh habitat restoration
$1.5M
The Longleaf Alliance · Andalusia, AL · 2021
Conservation projects
$1.4M
Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2023
Protect lancaster streams via riparian buffers pa
$1.4M
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Water conservation for minnow in middle rio grande
$1.4M
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium · Dauphin Island, AL · 2022
Watershed restoration
$1.4M
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Conservation projects

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