The Illinois Habitat Fund provides grants to appropriate not-for-profit organizations and to governmental entities for projects designated exclusively for the preservation and maintenance of high-quality habitat lands.
Donor Name: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/01/2022
Details:
The Illinois Habitat Fund portion involved in the Special Funds Grant Program provides for enhancing game and non-game wildlife habitat. Organized groups of volunteers from appropriate not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities develop projects and submit applications to the Department to help fund their projects. The grants are competitive and are evaluated for their merit.
This Fund is part of the Special Wildlife Funds Grant Program. Grants through the Illinois Habitat Fund are competitive and are evaluated for their merit.
Grant funding through this Fund supports activities and programs undertaken by land managers to preserve, protect, acquire, manage, and maintain high quality habitat for future generations. Goals include improving habitat quality and connectivity. Habitat can be characterized by such parameters as type, native diversity, size, structure, scarcity, and location.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible recipients are limited to managers of land; and
- Eligible projects are limited to those seeking to preserve, protect, acquire or manage habitat in Illinois.
Eligible recipients are limited to any appropriate not-for-profit organization or government agency that has the expertise, equipment, and permission from the landowner (if applicable) to develop and/or manage habitat. “Appropriate Not-For-Profit Organization” means a notfor-profit corporation that is organized pursuant to the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 [805 ILCS 105], is in good standing as a not-for-profit corporation and is authorized to conduct affairs in Illinois with one of its purposes as stated in its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws being the support, development, conservation or management of habitat for future generations, or wildlife rehabilitation.
For more information, visit Habitat Fund.
