Grant and RFP Listings

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation awards grants to organizations for whom a small amount of money can make a big difference.

​The Foundation welcomes requests for support from community-based non-profit organizations located in the United States. For information on how to submit a letter of request, submission deadlines, and other details, please click on the Application Guidelines tab

Due to the high number of very strong applications that we have already received for our Marine programme in 2019 we will not be accepting any new applications to our Marine deadline on 1st March 2019. The next deadline for applications to our Marine programme will be on the 1st September 2019.

Mission

The mission of Burning Foundation is to protect our region’s rivers, forest, native fish and land.

Environmental Programs:

We supply financial assistance to organizations that engage in the preservation of habitat that supports biodiversity and quiet remote recreation in Washington or Oregon. We believe that it is most important to preserve habitat that is part of a larger functioning ecosystem. 

The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) aims to create a world where both nature and humanity coexist in harmony. Over the past twenty years, LDF has awarded over $100 million in grants, funding 200+ high-impact projects in 50 countries across Asia, the Americas, Africa, the Arctic, Antarctica, and all five oceans.

LDF has achieved this success through active collaboration with a broad network of effective organizations to find and support the best, results-driven projects in the world’s most wild and threatened ecosystems.

States play an essential role in conserving and recovering species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1535.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is focused on providing the essential and highest quality environmental information vital to our Nation’s safety, prosperity and resilience. Toward this goal, the agency conducts and supports weather and climate research, oceanic and atmospheric observations, modeling, information management, assessments, interdisciplinary decision-support research, outreach, education, and partnership development.

The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) provides matching grants and cooperative agreements for international coral reef conservation projects. CRCP solicits proposals that will support the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan-2018) which uses a resilience-based management approach, focused on conservation that supports the ability of corals to withstand and recover from stress.

The NOAA Marine Debris Program, authorized in the Marine Debris Act, codified at 33 U.S.C. § 1951 et seq., supports the development and implementation of locally-driven, marine debris prevention, assessment, and removal projects that benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources.

Announcing an exciting new fellowship program for graduate students in the natural and social sciences. One two-year fellowship opportunity will be available at each of the 29 National Estuarine Research Reserves. Through a research project, fellows will address a key coastal management question to help scientists and communities understand coastal challenges that may influence future policy and management strategies.

Specific fellowship benefits include the following:

The S.E.E. Initiative and SoFar are gifting grant funded underwater drones to scientists, conservationists, and individuals who apply and share their expeditions on OpenExplorer. 

The deadline for the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) fiscal year (FY) 2020 Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) for Ocean Exploration (NOAA-OAR-OER-2020-2006011) is September 6, 2019.

For FY 2020, required pre-proposals are due on May 24, 2019. OER will evaluate pre-proposals and either encourage or discourage applicants to submit a full proposal. Full proposals will be due on September 6, 2019.

The Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program is a project of the Waitt Foundation. ROC Grants provide small grants with a quick turnaround time for solutions to emerging conservation issues. This complements the Waitt Foundation’s existing major grants program and is responsive to conservation opportunities, supports higher-risk ideas at a low financial cost, and engages with small, local NGOs on a global scale.