Federal grants to Island Conservation
Island Conservation in Santa Cruz, California received $8.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 29 awards. Its largest program was Wildlife Services, with $3.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $600,346.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$8.3 million
- Awards29
- Awarded in FY 2025$600,346
- Largest award$1.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 5 | $667,357 |
| FY 2022 | 8 | $1.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $1.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | $4.4 million |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $600,346 |
Programs that fund Island Conservation
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Services | 9 | $3.4 million |
| Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | 5 | $1.6 million |
| Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | 2 | $948,157 |
| Science | 1 | $684,336 |
| Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations | 2 | $499,570 |
| Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration | 1 | $346,829 |
| Endangered Species Recovery Implementation | 2 | $286,026 |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | 2 | $273,500 |
| Coastal | 3 | $194,694 |
| Partners for Fish and Wildlife | 1 | $75,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 17 | $3.7 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 9 | $3.4 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1 | $684,336 |
| Department of Defense | 2 | $499,570 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protection of natural resources: ic and ws will continue to work together to finalize all operational plans required for this project. Ic will station the commensal manager on wake through january 2025 and up to three commensal technicians and on wake from march 2024 through october 2024. The commen | Wildlife Services | May 2, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| Pnr: wake atoll rodent eradication project phase 2B | Wildlife Services | March 11, 2024 | $800,000 |
| Biggest bang for your buck: using NASA earth observations to understand and maximize holistic ecosystem benefits from.invasive mammal eradications on islands | Science | September 21, 2023 | $684,336 |
| In Alaska, where the majority of the U.S. S breeding seabirds and nearly half of its shorebirds reside, the impact of invasive rodents is particularly severe. The Alaska maritime national wildlife refuge (AMNWR) has been making great strides in eradicating invasive species from the aleutian islands | Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | July 24, 2024 | $524,237 |
| Protection of natural resources: wake atoll rodent eradication project - 2023 | Wildlife Services | April 6, 2023 | $470,473 |
| Island conservation ic propose to work with the communities of sonsorol, fanna, merir and pulo anna islands to tackle critical invasive species problems impacting their livelihoods and compromising the islands resilience to climate change | Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | August 25, 2022 | $446,919 |
| Invasive species eradication has been shown to have the highest potential for recovery of native species on islands and has played an important role in the recovery of U.S. Fish and wildlife service trust resources, notably in Alaska, the pacific, and caribbean islands. This project aims to eradicat | Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | July 24, 2024 | $423,920 |
| This multi-phase project will support restoration of seabirds on mona island, Puerto Rico through invasive species eradication and will promote recolonization and colony growth of key seabird species injured in the deepwater horizon (DWH) oil spill and benefit other native, imperiled wildlife and ha | Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration | September 9, 2024 | $346,829 |
| Island conservation proposes to partner with the ministry for natural resources and commerce (MNRC) and the marshall island conservation society (MICS) to complete the first ever drone based invasive alien species (IAS) eradication in the republic of the marshall islands. As a first step for the pro | Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | September 7, 2023 | $299,978 |
| CRNR-IC-2021-4 | Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | August 17, 2021 | $299,838 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Island Conservation get?
$8.3 million in 29 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Island Conservation the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $3.7 million in 17 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration follow.
What is Island Conservation's largest federal grant?
$1.5 million under Wildlife Services, with its first action in the period on May 2, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Island Conservation?
Its largest are Wildlife Services, Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories and Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species.
Other grant recipients in Santa Cruz
- University of California Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
- Encompass Community Services
- County of Santa Cruz
- City of Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
- New Teacher Center
- Housing Matters
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