The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is soliciting proposals for Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund 2022 to advance pollinator conservation.
Donor Name: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/05/2022
Grant Size: $100,000 to $300,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The goal of the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund (Pollinator Fund) is to protect, conserve, and increase habitat for the monarch butterfly and other native insect pollinators. The most competitive projects will demonstrate clear benefits to both the monarch butterfly and additional at-risk native insect pollinator species (i.e., federally listed, candidate, or proposed native insect pollinator species).
Grant Categories
Grants will be awarded in two categories:
- Technical Assistance for Private Working Lands
- Habitat Improvement
Funding Information
- Funding will be awarded for projects up to three years in length following finalization of the grant agreement.
- Funding will be awarded for projects up to two years in length following finalization of the grant agreement.
- The Pollinator Fund will award up to $1.9 million in grants in 2022: up to $600,000 for Technical Assistance for Private Working Lands and up to $1.3 million for Habitat Improvement. Funding is provided by Bayer Crop Science, Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
- Technical Assistance for Private Working Lands
- Up to $600,000 is expected to be available for grants ranging from $100,000 to $300,000.
- Habitat Improvement
- Up to $1.3 million is expected to be available for grants ranging from $125,000 to $175,000.
Geographic Focus
- Technical Assistance for Private Working Lands
- Grant funding will be awarded in the following eligible states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin.
- Within eligible states, priority will be given to projects located in the North Core and South Core Monarch Conservation Units.
- Projects are restricted to private working lands.
- Habitat Improvement
- Grant funding will be awarded in the following eligible states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
- Within eligible states, priority will be given to projects located in the North Core, South Core, West Core, and Overwintering Monarch Conservation Units.
- West of the Rocky Mountains, priority will be given to projects on or adjacent to the following: monarch butterfly overwintering sites, BLM lands, and USFS lands.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include nonprofit 501(c) organizations, U.S. federal government agencies, state government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, tribal governments and organizations, and educational institutions.
- Ineligible applicants include businesses, unincorporated individuals, and international organizations.
For more information, visit NFWF.
