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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.

61 grants matching “riparian” · $6.6M

$1.4M
Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2023
Protect lancaster streams via riparian buffers pa
$437,114
Blair County Conservation District · Hollidaysburg, PA · 2023
Install riparian buffers for water quality pa
$320,238
River Partners · Chico, CA · 2023
Riparian habitat restoration in fallow ag fields
$298,645
North Jersey Rc&D Area · Ashbury, NJ · 2023
Riparian restoration for wood turtles in pequest
$225,000
City of Greenfield · Greenfield, WI · 2023
Restoring biodiversity and riparian habitat in wi
$201,439
Shirley Heinze Land Trust · Valparaiso, IN · 2023
Restore deep river riparian habitat for birds in
$198,854
Lummi Indian Business Council · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Restore nooksack riparian habitat for chinook
$157,923
National Wildlife Refuge Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Riparian restoration for pecos pupfish, new mexico
$134,521
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2023
Removing tamarisk to restore riparian habitat, co
$109,137
Ventura Audubon Society · Ventura, CA · 2023
Ca riparian surveys for endangered bell's vireo
$105,394
Friends of Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2023
Riparian restoration in long island sound
$101,179
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Prairie and riparian restoration for bison in co
$99,551
Costilla County · San Luis, CO · 2023
Restoring riparian habitat in the rio grande, co
$97,563
Mesa County Land Conservancy · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
Riparian restoration for sage-grouse and ungulates
$84,887
Tamarisk Coalition Dba Riversedge West · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
Western co riparian wilderness enhancement
$75,467
Cumberland River Compact · Nashville, TN · 2023
Stream and riparian buffers for fish and mussel
$72,925
Maryland Department of Natural Resources · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Improving riparian buffers for trout md, pa, va, wv
$70,300
City of Ecorse · Ecorse, MI · 2023
Restoring riparian habitat at ecorse creek
$67,720
Groundwork Elizabeth · Elizabeth, NJ · 2023
Riparian restoration and stewardship in new jersey
$56,572
Marquette County Conservation District · Marquette, MI · 2023
Restore riparian habitat in marquette michigan
$48,063
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Restoring riparian forests and habitats in vermont
$39,967
Monroe Public Schools · Monroe, MI · 2023
Restoring riparian ecosystems in michigan
$32,321
The Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Restoring riparian forests in wv watersheds
$31,482
Central Colorado Conservancy · Salida, CO · 2023
Restore riparian habitat for trout in badger creek
$30,903
Houston Advanced Research Center · The Woodlands, TX · 2023
Houston riparian habitat and prairie restoration
$30,475
Green Interchange · Nashville, TN · 2023
Riparian restoration at garrison creek
$28,709
Groundwork Hudson Valley · Yonkers, NY · 2023
Hudson valley riparian restoration
$28,612
Earth Conservation Corps · Washington, DC · 2023
Riparian restoration of barnaby run and oxon cove
$28,252
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Restoring riparian habitat along pogue's run
$28,000
County of Macomb · Mount Clemens, MI · 2023
Restoring mi riparian habitat for monarchs
$24,622
Bedford County Soil Conservation District · Shelbyville, TN · 2023
Duck river watershed riparian buffer initiative
$23,684
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Pa riparian habitat for birds and pollinators
$19,853
Allegheny County Parks Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Restoring riparian buffers in a pennsylvania park
$17,324
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority · San Jose, CA · 2023
Fisher creek riparian wildlife habitat restoration
$11,211
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Improving riparian buffers for birds in vermont
$8,189
Southern Sierra Research Station · Weldon, CA · 2023
Ca lake riparian bird surveys protect vireos
$7,002
American Songbird Management and Recovery (Asmar) · Ahmeek, MI · 2023
Vireo surveys in ca desert & valley riparian zones
$247,218
Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation · Alamosa, CO · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$204,831
County of Macomb · Mount Clemens, MI · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$39,052
Groundwork Hudson Valley · Yonkers, NY · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$34,685
Summit County Government · Breckenridge, CO · 2022
Riparian restoration
$29,494
Allegheny County Parks Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Riparian restoration
$24,652
Mesa County Land Conservancy · Grand Junction, CO · 2022
Riparian restoration
$22,226
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Riparian tree planting
$13,818
Green Interchange · Nashville, TN · 2022
Riparian restoration
$10,364
County of Oakland · Waterford, MI · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$9,485
Earth Conservation Corps · Washington, DC · 2022
Riparian restoration
$8,788
Univ of Wisconsin-Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$6,906
Mountain Studies Institute · Durango, CO · 2022
Riparian habitat restoration
$346,249
Central Colorado Conservancy · Salida, CO · 2021
Restoring riparian and wetland
$265,315
Summit County Government · Breckenridge, CO · 2021
Restoring riparian
$217,805
Mesa County Land Conservancy · Grand Junction, CO · 2021
Restoring riparian
$103,207
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2021
Restoring riparian and wetland
$65,141
County of Macomb · Mount Clemens, MI · 2021
Restoring riparian habitat
$37,915
Vermont Land Trust · Richmond, VT · 2021
Restoring riparian forest
$34,970
Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2021
Restoring riparian
$31,782
Groundwork Hudson Valley · Yonkers, NY · 2021
Wallkill-saw mill riparian
$13,859
Walking Mountains Science · Avon, CO · 2021
Eagle river preserve riparian
$13,370
Houston Wilderness · Houston, TX · 2021
Restoring riparian habitat
$12,200
City of Ecorse · Ecorse, MI · 2021
Restoring riparian habitat
$6,504
Bedford County Soil Conservation District · Shelbyville, TN · 2021
Duck river watershed riparian

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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