Funding search · EIN 593277808 · Tallahassee, FL

Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida

Name: Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida grants, 2021–2024
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.

222
grants reported: $5.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,060
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

florida springs archery youth conservation monitoring river wildlife

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission74 grants · $2.8M
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute6 grants · $199,823
Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute9 grants · $149,315
Alachua County8 grants · $119,625
Sportsability Alliance (Florida Disabled Outdoors Association)3 grants · $74,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust2 grants · $70,000
Reef Renewal USA2 grants · $68,000
National Wild Turkey Federation4 grants · $65,000
University of North Carolina at Wilmington1 grant · $62,537
Florida Forest Service5 grants · $62,500

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$1.0M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 222 grants.

$170,950
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Creating ark sites for black creek crayfish
$150,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Chronic wasting disease (cwd) response following first detection in white-tailed deer in florida
$138,904
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Wff25-31 chronic wasting disease (cwd) in florida: continued response and cooperative approach to statewide surveillance
$120,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-14 utilizing scout snakes as a control tool for burmese pythons within the picayune strand state forest
$103,752
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Diamondback terrapin bycatch in blue crab traps and impacts of bycatch reduction devices on commercial landings of marketable crabs
$100,000
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute · Clearwater, FL · 2024
Fg25-03 manatee rehabilitative and critical care facility
$94,500
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Implementation of the landscape conservation strategic initiative (lcsi) through internal and external engagement
$80,725
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Support for captive breeding of endangered florida grasshopper sparrows
$72,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-02 new trailer-mounted bear traps
$68,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Assessment of the epidemiology of a neuromuscular disorder impacting bobcats and the endangered florida panther phase 2
$65,960
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Continued research on mussel propagation techniques and stocking native mussels to restore populations in lake trafford and improve water quality
$63,354
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Support for captive breeding of endangered florida grasshopper sparrows
$62,537
University of North Carolina at Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Fg25-05 neural anomalies in the smalltooth sawfish, pristis pectinata
$60,571
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
A drainage-wide population assessment and the identification of critical nesting habitats of the suwannee alligator snapping turtle (macrochelys suwanniensis) in florida
$60,418
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Continued research on mussel propagation techniques and stocking native mussels to restore populations in lake trafford and improve water quality
$60,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Modify dumpsters to be bear-resistant
$55,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Tenoroc youth conservation center archery range
$55,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Suncoast youth conservation center archery range
$51,086
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Keystone wildflowers for pollinator habitat conservation in longleaf pine sandhills: phase iii of the sandhill plant-pollinator network project
$50,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-13 cache of land management tools for private land owners
$50,000
Friends of the Wekiva River · Longwood, FL · 2024
Pfs25-14 critical habitat: mapping eel grass within the wekiva wild and scenic river system
$50,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Rolling meadows impoundment vegetation management
$49,890
Stetson University Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience · Deland, FL · 2024
Pfs25-21 quantifying differences in primary productivity and herbivory control among native versus non-native water lettuce (pistia stratiotes) in spring runs of the st. Johns river
$46,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Assessment of the epidemiology of a neuromuscular disorder impacting bobcats and the endangered florida panther phase 2
$41,614
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Movements and habitat use by american crocodiles found in urbanized landscapes
$40,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-15 offering local governments in rural areas with bear-resistant options to reduce human-bear conflicts
$40,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-12 a novel methodology for a novel virus: using erna to detect turtle fraservirus (tfv-1)
$40,000
Manatee County Natural Resources · Bradenton, FL · 2023
Manatee county hunt program and archery education improvements
$40,000
Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute · High Springs, FL · 2021
Ecological health and recreation assessment of the rainbow springs system
$39,015
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Pfs25-02 effects of hurricane idalia storm surge on submersed vegetation and fish communities in a spring-fed river in florida (crystal river)
$38,590
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-03 octocoral restoration trials on nearshore hardbottom communities
$38,000
Reef Renewal USA · Tampa, FL · 2023
Eastern dry rocks coral reef restoration 2023
$37,358
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Coral reef restoration enhancement using a potential corallivore predator the spotted spiny lobster, panulirus guttatus
$37,200
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-04 improving information accessibility for florida residents and visitors to the great florida birding and wildlife trail
$36,175
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Crab trap bycatch reduction device program
$35,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2024
Fgk25-01 search for florida keys bonefish spawning aggregations
$35,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Fgk25-02 title sponsorship of the florida nasp (national archery in the schools program) state tournament.
$35,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-01 updated abundance and genetic diversity of black bears in florida
$35,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2023
Search for florida keys bonefish spawning aggregations
$35,000
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2021
Evaluating and analyzing microplastics in florida springs
$34,099
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Evaluation of common snook movement patterns associated with thermal refugia in crystal river, florida
$33,200
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Investigating potential bacterial reservoirs and environmental conditions contributing to a large multi-year mortality event of state-threatened black skimmer juveniles in southwest florida
$31,452
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Updating the florida unified reef map in the lower florida keys, the marquesas, and the dry tortugas
$31,000
Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute · High Springs, FL · 2022
Ecological health assessment of the silver springs system
$30,300
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Restock of yhpf equipment
$30,130
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Investigating the origins and potential cross-species transmission of pathogenic reptilian ferlaviruses between exotic and native wildlife
$30,000
Audubon of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Protection and management of tricolored heron sanctuary islands in the greater tampa bay region
$30,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Title sponsorship of the florida nasp (national archery in the schools program) state tournament
$30,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Title sponsorship of the florida nasp
$30,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Title sponsorship of the florida nasp (national archery in the schools program) state tournament
$30,000
Reef Renewal USA · Tampa, FL · 2021
Eastern dry rocks restoration
$28,500
Audubon of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Tricolored heron (egreta tricolor) monitoring in florida bay
$27,744
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Scaring bears out of communities
$27,185
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
A population assessment of the last known naturally occurring western range population of striped newts in florida
$27,119
Florida State Parks Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Underwater reef observation project at john pennekamp coral reef state park
$27,080
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Dmfm needs for 2024
$26,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Increasing hunter participation in monitoring for chronic wasting disease (cwd)
$25,967
The Future of Hunting in Florida · Tampa, FL · 2023
Fhf 2024-25 new hunter program.
$25,830
Minorities in Shark Science On Behalf of the Crystal River Bull Shark Proje · Bradenton, FL · 2024
Pfs25-20 the crystal river bull shark project: a tool for establishment of top predator nursery and thermal refuge habitat, and augmented springs system health and quality monitoring
$25,009
Univeristy of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2023
Acquisition of spectrofluorometer to support florida springs dye tracing and other research.
$25,000
Alachua County · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Pfs25-08 quantifying the economic benefits of springs in the lower suwannee and santa fe river basins of north-central florida
$25,000
Florida Conservation Group · Nokomis, FL · 2024
Fg25-06 landowner education, outreach and land conservation assistance within the florida wildlife corridor
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-06 determination of freshwater mussel host use through genetic barcoding of juvenile mussels metamorphosed on naturally infested fishes
$25,000
The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2024
Fg25-04 environmental education & wildlife sanctuary
$25,000
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2024
Kmf25-01 applying genomic techniques to reef fisheries management: a multidisciplinary approach to protecting florida's coral reef fish populations
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Gobbling and nesting chronology of wild turkeys in south florida
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Expand social media bear outreach efforts
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Wildlife disease relational database
$25,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Fwc/nwtf/ffs wild turkey cost-share program
$25,000
Sportsability Alliance (Florida Disabled Outdoors Association) · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Allout ecorover adventures 2023
$25,000
10 Can · Newberry, FL · 2021
Proverb 31 outdoorsman
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Continued monitoring of turtle bunyavirus and refinement of tissue submission guidelines for diagnostic validity phase 2.
$25,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Understanding effectiveness of economical on-site conservation options for protected species, and mutual benefits for residents of florida.
$25,000
Florida Forest Service · Milton, FL · 2021
Operation outdoor freedom continuation blackwater female dorm construction
$25,000
Loggerhead Marinelife Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2021
Loggerhead marine center floating classroom (sponsorship)
$25,000
National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2021
Fwc/nwtf/ffs wild turkey cost share program
$25,000
Sportsability Alliance (Florida Disabled Outdoors Association) · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Allout adventure outreach and mobility program 22
$24,494
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Assessing the effect of diadema antillarum on survival of boulder corals
$24,000
Sportsability Alliance (Florida Disabled Outdoors Association) · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Allout ecorover adventures 24
$24,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Gobbling and nesting chronology of wild turkeys
$23,716
Aquifer Watch · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Is your water well? Private well test awareness and nitrate monitoring in the springs heartland
$23,439
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute · Clearwater, FL · 2021
Determining changes in utilization of ocklawaha river system by manatees in response to environmental declination in other manatee use areas
$22,750
American Disability Adventures · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Hunting for disabled veterans in central florida
$22,620
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Increasing targeted hunter participation in monitoring for the always fatal disease of deer: chronic wasting disease (cwd)
$22,440
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute · Clearwater, FL · 2023
Enhance and monitor habitat restoration efforts in silver glen springs to increase foraging resources
$22,408
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Cwt25-05 wildlife warriors: educating youth and families to conserve our lands and animals
$22,143
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2021
Identifying sources of changing water chemistry in the upper floridan aquifer
$20,794
Alachua Conservation Trust · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Simple things for our springs phase iii
$20,635
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Supporting skyway fishing pier anglers with entangled seabird rescue information and equipment that will reduce harm and injury to brown pelicans
$20,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Wff25-28 youth hunting program of florida equipment purchase
$20,000
Girl Scouts of West Central Florida · Tampa, FL · 2024
Wff25-36 girl scouts of west central florida archery program
$20,000
Alachua County · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Lower santa fe river springs herbicide and pesticide study
$20,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Genetic analysis of hair samples from the highlands/glades bear subpopulation, part of a larger study updated abundance and genetic diversity of black bears in florida(f5571)
$20,000
National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2023
Fwc/nwtf/ffs florida wild turkey cost-share program
$20,000
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium · 2023
Developing the coastal blue carbon portal to advance conservation of florida and puerto rico coastal wetlands
$20,000
Florida Forest Service · Milton, FL · 2022
Blackwater oof kitchen
$20,000
Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute · High Springs, FL · 2022
Is your water well? Private well test awareness and nitrate monitoring in the suwannee valley
$20,000
Alachua County · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Fertilizer and aquifer actions behavior change campaign
$20,000
Reef Environmental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2021
A citizen science smile (size matters: innovative length estimate) project
$19,927
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute · Clearwater, FL · 2022
Monitoring manatee use and developing a manatee observer program in salt and silver glen springs

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