The Network for Landscape Conservation is pleased to share the 2025 Request for Proposals for the Catalyst Fund, which is made possible through the generous support of the Doris Duke Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Donor Name: Network for Landscape Conservation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Catalyst Fund strives to accelerate the pace and practice of collaborative landscape conservation and stewardship across the United States by investing in Landscape Partnerships. The Fund couples financial support (through a competitive grant program) with capacity building support (through in-depth Peer Learning) to catalyze Partnership efforts to achieve long-term conservation and stewardship goals. A portion of the Fund is reserved specifically to advance Tribal-led Partnerships.
The purpose of the Catalyst Fund is to accelerate the pace and practice of collaborative landscape conservation and stewardship across the United States. The Fund drives strategic investments towards strengthening the collaborative capacity of place-based, community grounded Landscape Partnerships. These investments are intended to better position Partnerships to achieve long-term conservation and stewardship success, building in landscapes across the country the enduring collaborative capacity needed to address systems-level challenges like the interwoven biodiversity, climate, and environmental injustice crises.
Funding Information
Approximately $400,000 is available for grantmaking in 2025, with 16-17 grant awards anticipated. Applicants may request grants of up to $25,000 in total.
Grant Period
2 years.
Uses of funds
Funds can be used for supporting Partnership coordination staffing and/or for costs associated with other collaborative process activities such as: convenings; communications; partner and community engagement; governance development; and strategic planning and prioritization. Funding should not be requested for direct project implementation, such as land acquisitions, land management activities, or trail building. Funding cannot be used for academic research; capital campaigns or capital improvements; or political lobbying.
Eligibility Criteria
- General Applicant Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S.-based non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status. Recognizing that many Landscape Partnerships may not have formal IRS status, an eligible organization may apply on behalf of a Partnership.
- Tribal Eligibility: Tribal-led Partnership throughout the United States can apply under the above general eligibility. Additionally, for Tribal-led Partnerships in the American West, eligibility broadens: Federally-recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations under IRS Code, Section 7871 may apply directly as well.
- Funding Match Requirement: A funding match of at least 1:1 is required. (Match requirement is waived for the Tribal-led Partnerships). In-kind support can contribute to this requirement, but at least 50% of the minimum requirement must be direct support. Direct match can be pending at time of application, but a grant award will be dependent on securing appropriate match.
- Reporting: Funded Partnerships will be asked to submit short, written interim and final reports. The Network may also seek to track progress of funded Partnerships for up to five years after the grant period through a short survey or similar.
For more information, visit Network for Landscape Conservation.
