Davis Conservation Foundation

What they fund

conservationmainecommunitytrailforestclimateriverland

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.

Top recipients

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

• Maine Coast Heritage Trust1 grant · $181,000
• Manomet2 grants · $166,443
• Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests2 grants · $107,000
• Northwoods Stewardship Center2 grants · $51,000
• Scarborough Land Conservation Trust2 grants · $50,000
• Upper Saco Valley Land Trust1 grant · $50,000
• American Forest Foundation1 grant · $50,000
• Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust1 grant · $50,000
• Northern Forest Center1 grant · $45,000
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences2 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 192 grants.

• $181,000

  Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

  Marsh Restoration on the Coast of Maine

• $151,275

  Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2024

  Mud Matters: Improving our Understanding of Mudflat Habitat to Benefit Shellfish Resources and Harvester Livelihoods

• $76,000

  Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests · Concord, NH · 2024

  Connecting with our Community in Concord, NH - $75,000. General support - $1,000.

• $50,000

  Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  Conservation of Pleasant Hill Road Corridor - Hill Property

• $50,000

  Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · Conway, NH · 2024

  Chain of Ponds Community Forest - A Landmark Conservation Effort for Biodiversity, Education and Climate Resilience

• $50,000

  American Forest Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  The Family Forest Carbon Program

• $45,000

  Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2024

  Building Local Capacity for Climate Resilience and Community Forest Stewardship

• $40,000

  Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2023

  100 Resilient Yards and Reducing Stormwater Pollution and Increasing Climate Resiliency

• $37,170

  University System of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2024

  Integrated Assessment of PFAS Contamination in the Southern Gulf of Maine Marine Food Web

• $35,000

  Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

  Fiscal Sponsor for Healthy Ocean Coalition's Gulf of Maine Healthy Ocean Advocacy Academy - $15,000. Maine Dam Removal and River Restoration - $20,000.

• $35,000

  Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

  Nature-Based Solution to Sea Level Rise & Loss of Salt Marsh Habitat: Philbrick Pond and Katahdin Accessible Trail

• $34,950

  National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024

  Engaging Tribes and Indigenous Partners to Advance Northeast Conservation

• $31,000

  Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests · Concord, NH · 2023

  $30,000 - Lombard Parcel Land Protection Project. $1,000 unrestricted contribution.

• $30,065

  National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023

  Habitat Management on Jenny Island and Eastern Egg Rock to Benefit Terns in the Gulf of Maine and Integrating Climate-Smart Forest Management Content into Healthy Forest Initiative Programs

• $30,000

  Scarborough Land Conservation Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2024

  Silver Brook Preserve

• $30,000

  Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2023

  Enhancing Local Trails in Riverton

• $30,000

  Union Salmon Association · Ellsworth, ME · 2023

  Environmental & Economic Impact Study of Ellsworth Dam on Union River

• $30,000

  Audubon Society of New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2022

  The State of New Hampshire's Birds: Spreading the Message

• $29,790

  Connecticut River Watershed Council · Greenfield, MA · 2024

  Engineering Fieldwork for Stream Restoration Projects on the Ammonoosuc and Ashuelot Rivers

• $27,294

  Loon Preservation Committee · Moultonborough, NH · 2024

  PFAS in New Hampshire's Loons

• $26,000

  Northwoods Stewardship Center · E Charleston, VT · 2022

  Clyde River Access and Trails - A Collaborative Conservation Project

• $25,048

  Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire · Epping, NH · 2024

  Birch Ridge Community Forest All-Access Trail

• $25,000

  Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2024

  Match Funding for Gulf of Maine Lobster Shell Disease Research

• $25,000

  New Learning Journey · Waitsfield, VT · 2024

  Returning Land to the Mi'kmaq Nation in Littleton, ME

• $25,000

  Northwoods Stewardship Center · East Charleston, VT · 2024

  All Person's Trail Community Program

• $25,000

  Viles Arboretum · Augusta, ME · 2024

  Viles Arboretum Conservation and Climate Change Educator Program

• $25,000

  Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2023

  Jordan River Land Conservation

• $25,000

  Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2023

  Oliver's Pond: Island Workforce Housing Collaborative

• $25,000

  Mahoosuc Land Trust · Bethel, ME · 2023

  Tumbledown Dick Mountain - Community Development & Climate Resilience

• $25,000

  Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries · Stonington, ME · 2023

  Bringing Knowledge to Action: Interpreting New Research for Adaptive and Sustainable Coastal Fisheries

• $25,000

  Trout Unlimited · Yarmouth, ME · 2023

  Cole Brook - Phen Hill Road Culvert Replacement

• $25,000

  Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust · Orland, ME · 2022

  Growing the Dream, the Campaign for Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust

• $25,000

  Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2022

  Kezar Corridor Lands: Protecting a Climate-Resilient Landscape

• $25,000

  Maine Gearshare · Portland, ME · 2022

  Maine GearShare - Gear Library Testing & Expansion

• $25,000

  Presumpscot Regional Land Trust · Gorham, ME · 2022

  East Windham Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Project

• $25,000

  Trust for Public Land · Montpelier, VT · 2022

  Willey Woods Community Forest: Protecting Wildlife and Biodiversity in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom

• $21,490

  University of Maine System · Orono, ME · 2022

  Monitoring Threatened Cats with Snow Track Genetics

• $21,000

  Falmouth Conservation Trust · Falmouth, ME · 2024

  Increasing Climate Resilience on Blackstrap Hill Trails - $20,000. General support - $1,000.

• $20,249

  Maine Audubon Society · Falmouth, ME · 2024

  New Training Curriculum for Maine's CoastWise Program to Reconnect Tidal Systems - $19,249. General Support $1,000.

• $20,000

  Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024

  Town Pound Preserve, a Learning Landscape

• $20,000

  Cold Hollow To Canada · Montgomry Ctr, VT · 2024

  Hazen's Notch: A Conservation Opportunity in Vermont's Northern Green Mountains

• $20,000

  Crabtree Neck Land Trust · Hancock, ME · 2024

  Outdoor Education Collaboration Between Crabtree Neck Land Trust and Maine Outdoor School

• $20,000

  Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2024

  Engaging Youth as Environmental Stewards in the Katahdin Region

• $20,000

  Great Works Regional Land Trust · South Berwick, ME · 2024

  Trail Accessibility & Wayfinding

• $20,000

  Ocean Alliance · Gloucester, MA · 2024

  Whale Research & Conservation on the Gulf of Maine

• $20,000

  Seacoast Science Center · Rye, NH · 2024

  SSC Splashes Out! Expanding Community-Based Environmental Education & Outreach

• $20,000

  Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2024

  Tree Identification Program

• $20,000

  Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association · Saxtons River, VT · 2024

  Widen the Reserve

• $20,000

  Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023

  A River in Space & Time

• $20,000

  American Freinds of Canadian Nature · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  Brier Island Coastal Trail Enhancements

• $20,000

  Inland Woods & Trails · Bethel, ME · 2023

  The Community Access Trail

• $20,000

  Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023

  Northern New England Community-Centered Conservation Cohort Learning Program

• $20,000

  Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2023

  Workplace Safety Training for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Workers Engaged in Sustainable Agriculture and Land Conservation

• $20,000

  Natural Resources Council · Augusta, ME · 2023

  Saving Endangered Atlantic Salmon in the Kennebec River

• $20,000

  New England Forestry Foundation · Littleton, MA · 2023

  Forest Carbon for Commercial Landowners - Phase II (FCCL2)

• $20,000

  Piscataquog Land Conservancy · New Boston, NH · 2023

  Clarkridge Farm

• $20,000

  Royal River Conservation Trust · Yarmouth, ME · 2023

  Upper Royal Conservation Project

• $20,000

  Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022

  The Basin Oyster Project: A community-based approach to oyster reef building

• $20,000

  Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2022

  Understanding Forever Chemicals in Maine Estuaries

• $20,000

  Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

  Restoring Maine's migratory fish population

• $20,000

  Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2022

  Engaging Youth as Environmental Stewards in the Katahdin Region

• $20,000

  Loon Echo Land Trustinc · Bridgton, ME · 2022

  Rolfe Hill Land Protection Project

• $20,000

  Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2022

  Building Trails in Lancaster Town Forest

• $20,000

  Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2022

  Rippleffect Outdoor Center

• $20,000

  Scarborough Land Conservation Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2022

  Protecting a Corridor Along the Nonesuch River

• $18,555

  Maine Association of Conservation Districts · Portland, ME · 2023

  Community Based Watershed Stewardship Program in York County, Lake Outreach on Invasive Aquatic Plan Control and Backyard Rewilding, and Conservation Landscape Certification Program

• $18,500

  Maine Lakes Society · Yarmouth, ME · 2024

  Helping Homeowners Restore and Enhance Climate-Resilient Natural Shoreline Buffers

• $18,400

  New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions · Concord, NH · 2024

  Community Conservation Internship Program

• $18,000

  Falmouth Conservation Trust · Falmouth, ME · 2022

  Experiential environmental education and community outreach with the Falmouth Land Trust

• $17,400

  Downeast Lakes Land Trust · Grand Lake Stream, ME · 2022

  Stewardship Improvements to the Downeast Lakes Water Trail

• $17,050

  Mount Washington Observatory · North Conway, NH · 2024

  Improving Understandings of Climate Change Through Undergraduate Training in Meteorology

• $16,604

  Maine Appalachian Trail Club · Portland, ME · 2024

  Hundred-Mile Wilderness Conservation

• $16,095

  Seacoast Science Center · Rye, NH · 2022

  Stories of Hope and Urgency from the Gulf of Maine

• $16,000

  Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023

  $15000 - Restoring Native Brook & Lake Trout and Salmon Habitat in Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness. $1000 unrestricted contribution.

• $15,168

  Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2022

  River Herring Network: Community-based monitoring to inform management and restoration

• $15,000

  Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2024

  Accessible Trail & Viewing Platform at EdgeHill

• $15,000

  Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2024

  The CMBG Seed Bank: Conserving Seeds of Maine Plant Species Most Vulnerable to Climate Change

• $15,000

  Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024

  Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Tidal Marsh Restoration Phase II

• $15,000

  Francis Small Heritage Trust · Limerick, ME · 2024

  Porter Hills Initiative: Phase II - Making Connections

• $15,000

  Friends of Constitution Park Ossipee · Center Ossipee, NH · 2024

  Deer Run All Accessible Trail

• $15,000

  Green Mountain Conservancy · West Dummerston, VT · 2024

  Old Oaks Headwaters Preserve

• $15,000

  Hearty Roots · Bristol, ME · 2024

  Intergenerational Impact

• $15,000

  Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program Dba Lake Stewards of Maine · Auburn, ME · 2024

  Safeguarding Maine's Lakes: Resilient Strategies for a Changing Climate

• $15,000

  Nature Conservancy - Vermont Chapter · Montpelier, VT · 2024

  Conserving 700 Forested Acres at Bear's Nest Wilderness Preserve in Vermont

• $15,000

  Chocorua Lake Conservancy · Chocorua, NH · 2023

  Chocorua Lake Shoreline Stabilization & Restoration

• $15,000

  Forest Society of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2023

  Developing Family Forestland Conservation Plans

• $15,000

  Friends of Bedrock Gardens · Lee, NH · 2023

  Nature of Place: Experiential Audio Tour Platform for Expanding Public Reach, Access, and Appreciation of the Environment

• $15,000

  Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated · Gloucester, MA · 2023

  Developing eDNA Detection Methods to Better Understand Climate Change Impacts on Forage Fish Populations within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

• $15,000

  Herring Gut Coastal Science Center · Port Clyde, ME · 2023

  Watershed Education

• $15,000

  Teens To Trails · Brunswick, ME · 2023

  Teens to the Northern Forest Canoe Trail 2023-2025

• $15,000

  Tin Mountain Conservation Center Incorporated · Albany, NH · 2023

  Mt. Washington Valley Butterfly Monitoring Network

• $15,000

  Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023

  Nulhegan Watershed Habitat and Connectivity Project

• $15,000

  Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2023

  Caring for Vermont's Forests and Cultivating Future Foresters

• $15,000

  York Land Trust · York, ME · 2023

  Funding the Acquisition of Donated Land or Easements

• $15,000

  Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust · Franconia, NH · 2022

  Trailhead Parking Lots Improvement - Design phase

• $15,000

  Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust · Brunswick, ME · 2022

  Cathance River Conservation Corridor - Sczymecki parcel

• $15,000

  Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022

  Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Tidal Marsh Restoration

• $15,000

  Freeport Conservation Trust · Freeport, ME · 2022

  Public Access Initiative

• $15,000

  Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation · Kennebunk, ME · 2022

  Student Drifters STEM Curriculum Project

• $15,000

  Kennebec Estuary Land Trust · Bath, ME · 2022

  KELT's Bittner Project: Creating a Conservation and Recreational Hub

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