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Applying for Grants with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Wildlife Refuge System Friends Academy October 29, 2009
Overview
Background on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, NFWF
NFWF Partnership with the National Wildlife Refuge System
NFWF Grant Programs Keystone Initiative Grants Special Grants
Applying for a NFWF Grant
Background
Specialize in grant making
Created by Congress on March 26, 1984
Independent, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization
Do not engage in advocacy, lobbying, or litigation
Foster cooperative partnerships to support fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats
Mission
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation sustains, restores and enhances the nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Through leadership conservation investments with public and private partners, the Foundation is dedicated to achieving maximum conservation impact by developing and applying best practices and innovative methods for measurable outcomes.
Three regions: Eastern, Central and Western
National Headquarters in Washington, DC
Refuge Program staff: Donn Waage and Ellen Gabel
Offices and Staff
NFWF National Wildlife Refuge System Partnership
Since 1998, NFWF and the Refuge System have partnered on over 500 projects and awarded over $2.5 million in grant funds to projects benefiting the Refuge System
NFWF Strategic Plan
Historically, NFWF funded projects under the General Call and Special Grant Programs In FY 2007, the Board of Directors chose to move forward with four Keystone Initiatives:
Bird Conservation Freshwater Fisheries Conservation Marine and Coastal Conservation Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
NFWF Grant OpportunitiesKeystone Initiative Grants Larger projects that fit under a specific
Keystone Initiative Two grant cycles per year April 1st and September 1st
Special Grants Smaller projects, typically, that address a specific geographic,
biological or partnership theme Grant cycles and deadlines vary by program, information is posted at,
www.nfwf.org Refuge grant programs include: Friends Group, Nature of Learning and
Preserve America
Grant and match funds cannot be used for overhead or indirect costs of any kind.
NFWF Special Grant Programs Bring Back the Natives Chesapeake Bay Grants Program Delaware Estuary Watershed Grants Program Five-Star Restoration Challenge Grants Program Native Plant Conservation Initiative Pulling Together Initiative Shell Marine Habitat Program (Alaska, Gulf of
Mexico) Southern Company Power of Flight and Longleaf
Legacy Sustain Our Great Lakes Program Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund
NFWF Refuge Grant Programs
Friends Group Grant Program, www.nfwf.org/refugefriends
$1,500-$5,000 Assists organizations to be effective co-stewards of the Refuge
System and provides competitive seed grants to projects that seek to increase the number and effectiveness of organizations interested in assisting the Refuge System nationwide
Nature of Learning, www.nfwf.org/natureoflearning $5,000-$10,000 Community-based environmental education initiative that seeks to
use the National Wildlife Refuge System as an outdoor classroom
Friends Group Grant Program
Three areas of emphasis: Start-up, Capacity building and Project specific
Next application deadline is Spring, 2010 Will NOT fund requests for:
Printing for professional publishing purposes; Political advocacy or litigation activities; Travel; Salaries; Non-profit filings; Food or beverages; Shortfalls in government agency budgets; and Multi-year grants (applicant may reapply)
Nature of Learning
Projects must involve a partnership among: local school(s), community group (e.g., Refuge Support Group),
and National Wildlife Refuge
First year start-up grants are available for up to $10,000 Second year follow-up grants are available, up to $5,000,
to continue project support To receive a follow-up grant, you must reapply and
provide an accomplishment report with your application Salary and benefit costs are allowed
NFWF funds cannot be used for salaries of permanent federal employees
Travel costs are allowed
Applying for a NFWF Grant
Program guidelines, Requests for Proposals and Deadline dates are all online
www.nfwf.org Grant applications and project reporting are
now online www.nfwf.org/easygrants
Once you complete the Easygrants registration, you will use your e-mail address as your Login ID. All e-mails sent by the system will be sent to this e-mail address.
Contact Information
Ellen GabelNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation1133 15th Street, NWSuite 1100Washington, DC 20005
(p)202-857-0166(f) [email protected]
www.nfwf.org