Closed · F15AS00226 · CFDA 15.649 · Discretionary

Conserving the Future

Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

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The verdict

Conserving the Future is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

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award range
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application status
15.649
CFDA program
4,242
other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service

Archived opportunity record

Conserving the Future is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Posted May 15 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$900,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The National Wildlife Refuge Association proposes to do the following: 1. Building Grassroots Partnerships: Enhancing training and support for Refuge Friends groups that are well positioned to assist the System. This includes focused work with a subset of Friends Groups that are poised to grow and can mentor others, and developing Friends capacity to help urban and highly-visited refuges thrive. 2. Collaborative Landscape Conservation: Implementing Strategic Habitat Conservation through the Beyond the Boundaries landscape conservation programs, as envisioned by Conserving the Future. 3. Supporting the Urban Wildlife Refuge Program: Assisting with communications strategies, program development, sharing lessons learned and building community engagement around a subset of urban refuges. 4. Raising the Profile of the Refuge System: Developing a branding and communications strategy that better connects the American public with the Refuge System. 5. Youth engagement and career development: Building the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition as a voice for the international conservation efforts by working on behalf of the goals and objectives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service�s Multi-national Species Conservation Fund and developing internships and workforce training opportunities for college students at T4T Universities and support the adaptation of Beyond the Boundaries strategies to conserve important tiger landscapes in Asia.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Education

The printed eligibility set for Conserving the Future is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Education · Environment · Natural Resources (ED;ENV;NR). 431 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (10% of 4,243).

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Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Cameron Matthews cameron_matthews@fws.gov

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