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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.

60 grants matching “passage” · $7.9M

$510,950
Potter County Conservation District · Coudersport, PA · 2023
Restoring pa streams for brook trout passage
$275,000
Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District · Cortland, NY · 2023
Improving fish passage along grout brook in ny
$242,213
Town of Camden Maine · Camden, MA · 2023
Megunticook river watershed fish passage
$207,037
Oceans Initiative · Seattle, WA · 2023
Connect aquatic passage for chinook salmon in wa
$199,999
Michigan Trout Unlimited · Dewitt, MI · 2023
Connecting brook trout passage at au sable mi
$147,267
Lake County Swcd · Two Harbors, MN · 2023
Restore passage for brook trout in hockamin creek
$99,221
Maine Department of Marine Resources · Augusta, ME · 2023
Designs for fish passage along the sabattus river
$84,406
Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve · Two Rivers, WI · 2023
Enhancing fish passage at woodland dunes wi
$76,063
Central Coast Salmon Enhancement · Arroyo Grande, CA · 2023
Arroyo grande creek steelhead passage improvement
$68,646
Suffolk County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America · Farmingville, NY · 2023
Fish passage planning for herring and eel
$58,850
Town of Clinton · Clinton, CT · 2023
Fish passage at the upper mill pond dam
$50,852
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife · Jackson, MS · 2023
Coastal culvert surveys to boost fish passage
$50,765
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Restoring and monitoring fish passage in maine
$50,000
Electric Power Research Institute (Epri) · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Eel passage project
$48,488
Tennessee Aquarium · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Remove fish passage barriers on cumberland plateau
$40,704
Valley Conservation Council · Staunton, VA · 2023
Protect shenandoah corridors for wildlife passage
$40,313
Friends of the Cheat · Kingwood, WV · 2023
Restoring fish passage on cheat river wv
$34,609
Cawaco Resource Conservation and Development Council · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Improve trispot darter passage in big canoe creek
$34,441
Center for Natural Capital · Orange, VA · 2023
Improve fish passage on rapidan river va
$30,624
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District · Eureka, CA · 2023
Restore ca salt river channel for salmon passage
$30,024
Kenai Watershed Forum · Soldotna, AK · 2023
Fish passage improvements in lower kenai river
$30,000
Clackamas Trout Unlimited · Gladstone, OR · 2023
Improving fish passage for salmon in oregon
$29,259
Resource Institute · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Angeles forest creek passage for stickleback frogs
$28,256
Alaska Department of Fish and Game · Juneau, AK · 2023
Culvert fixes for salmon passage in alaska
$762,933
California Trout · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Fish passage design
$508,515
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$450,000
City of Plainwell · Plainwell, MI · 2022
Improving fish passage
$417,211
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Restoring fish passage
$333,391
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Improving fish passage
$317,031
Ozaukee County · Port Washington, WI · 2022
Improving fish passage
$250,000
Electric Power Research Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Eel passage research
$232,603
Lake County Soil & Water Conservation · Two Harbors, MN · 2022
Improving fish passage
$191,480
Maine Department of Marine Resources · Augusta, ME · 2022
Improving fish passage
$191,140
Town of Camden Maine · Camden, MA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$125,269
Cawaco Resource Conservation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Fish passage restoration
$92,783
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2022
Improving fish passage
$83,934
Merrimack River Watershed Council · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$83,146
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2022
Improving fish passage
$80,627
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$75,829
Androscoggin River Watershed Council · Bethel, ME · 2022
Improving fish passage
$50,116
East Quabbin Land Trust · Hardwick, MA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$34,500
Biomark · Boise, ID · 2022
Fish passage maintenance
$32,573
Northwest Ca Resource Conservation · Weaverville, CA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$21,016
Friends of the Cheat · Kingwood, WV · 2022
Improving fish passage
$17,204
Alger Conservation District · Munising, MI · 2022
Improving fish passage
$16,266
Ipswich River Watershed Association · Ipswich, MA · 2022
Improving fish passage
$7,904
Cape Fear Resource Conservation Develop · Hampstead, NC · 2022
Improving fish passage
$250,000
Electric Power Research Institute · Chicago, IL · 2021
Eel passage research
$178,290
Alger Conservation District · Munising, MI · 2021
Improving fish passage
$135,000
Keweenaw County Road Commission · Mohawk, MI · 2021
Improving fish passage
$125,000
Wyoming County Soil and Water Cons Dist · Warsaw, NY · 2021
Improving fish passage
$87,428
Resource Institute · Winstonsalem, NC · 2021
Aquatic organism passage
$50,743
Androscoggin River Watershed Council · Bethel, ME · 2021
Restore fish passage
$44,896
Merrimack River Watershed Council · Lawrence, MA · 2021
Restore fish passage
$41,148
City and Borough of Sitka · Sitka, AR · 2021
Improving a fish passage
$40,500
Aspetuck Land Trust · Westport, CT · 2021
Fish passage
$31,504
Thames Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited · Hanover, CT · 2021
Planning for fish passage
$31,169
Maine Department of Marine Resources · Augusta, ME · 2021
Design fish passage solution
$25,000
Maine Rivers · Yarmouth, ME · 2021
Restore fish passage
$20,904
Town of Sprague · Baltic, CT · 2021
Planning for fish passage

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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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.