NFWF-USFWS Conservation Partnership

Partnering with individuals, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and corporations, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) works to protect and restore imperiled species, promote healthy oceans and estuaries, improve working landscapes for wildlife, advance sustainable fisheries and conserve water for wildlife and people. NFWF is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, governed by a 30-member Board of Directors approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Conservation programs cover many ecosystems and address challenges in oceans and coasts, forests and grasslands and freshwater environments. This program uses direct funding only from the annual appropriations law for on-the-ground conservation matched at least at a 1:1 basis.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is the only eligible applicant for this annual award.

There is no match on the Federal dollars award to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, however the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (Public Law 98-244) requires a one-to-one (1:1) match for subrecipients.

Fiscal year 2025: Under the NFWF-USFWS Conservation Partnership, NFWF awards funding annually to sub-recipients for individual projects through competitive grant programs. Projects that receive funding include a wide variety of habitat restoration and enhancement work, fish & wildlife monitoring and data analysis, invasive species eradication, youth internships, and public outreach and education. Projects are selected for funding through a proposal solicitation and review process that is broken out by a diverse array of funding programs such as: Alaska Fish & Wildlife Fund, Atlantic Flyway Shorebirds, Bring Back Native Fish, California Forests and Watersheds, Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship, Chesapeake Bay Stewardship, Cumberland Plateau Stewardship, Hawaii Conservation Program, Longleaf Forests and Rivers, Monarch Butterfly Conservation, Northern Great Plains Program, RESTORE Colorado, Sea Turtles Program, Seabird Conservation, Southern Great Plains Program, Southwest Rivers Fund, Sustain Our Great Lakes, and Western Big Game Habitat & Migration Corridors Fund. Program emphasis areas shift over time as new conservation priorities arise. The New Jersey Audubon Society...