Assistance program
NFWF-USFWS Conservation Partnership
$66.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 15.663
- What it does
- 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.
- Who benefits
- Beneficiaries include fish, wildlife and their habitats, the American people and, where applicable, international partners, wildlife and natural resources.
- Who applies
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is the only eligible applicant for this annual award.
- Authorized by
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. §§661-666.
- Reauthorization in the ACE Act  Public Law No: 116-188
- Program site
- http://www.nfwf.org/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments