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Davis Conservation Foundation: all 192 grants
Largest first · $3.5M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview
- $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

