Federal grants to The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, Virginia received $468 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 303 awards. Its largest program was Habitat Conservation, with $166 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $61.7 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$468 million
- Awards303
- Awarded in FY 2025$61.7 million
- Largest award$60.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 74 | $36.3 million |
| FY 2022 | 72 | $38.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 99 | $191 million |
| FY 2024 | 96 | $141 million |
| FY 2025 | 67 | $61.7 million |
Programs that fund The Nature Conservancy
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Habitat Conservation | 27 | $166 million |
| Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities | 2 | $65.0 million |
| USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | 6 | $43.3 million |
| State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance | 10 | $21.6 million |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | 12 | $13.4 million |
| Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | 6 | $12.7 million |
| Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies | 3 | $12.3 million |
| Aquatics Resources Management | 4 | $11.1 million |
| Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | 2 | $10.2 million |
| North American Wetlands Conservation Fund | 8 | $9.6 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce | 44 | $177 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 96 | $134 million |
| Department of the Interior | 136 | $95.5 million |
| Agency for International Development | 6 | $43.3 million |
| Department of Defense | 3 | $12.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The project expands markets for climate-smart nuts, berries, beef, fruit trees and other specialty-forest products in al, ct, de, ga, hi, il, in, ia, ks, ky, ma, md, mi, mn, ms, mo, nj, ny, nc, oh, ok, pa, ri, sc, tn, vt, va, wv and wi, and supports farmers, and ranchers agroforestry implementation | Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities | April 12, 2023 | $60.0 million |
| Sustainable prosperous communities | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 28, 2021 | $25.6 million |
| The nature conservancy will receive approximately $19.9 million to work to improve fish passage on the piscataquis river. This effort will reconnect a significant amount of stream habitat in the penobscot salmon habitat recovery unit, one of three designated regions in Maine for restoring habitat fo | Habitat Conservation | July 19, 2024 | $19.9 million |
| Purpose: the nature conservancy will bring together a diverse array of partners to launch the pacific coast ocean restoration initiative, which will catalyze a large-scale restoration of rocky reef and kelp forest habitats in California. They will advance efforts to restore habitats important to the | Habitat Conservation | September 16, 2024 | $18.0 million |
| The nature conservancy will be awarded $14,620,884 to construct a living shoreline breakwater to protect the southeast shoreline of coffee island in Mississippi sound. Coffee island is a front-line barrier to the northern Mississippi sound coast, but it has been subject to high erosion rates. This p | Habitat Conservation | June 27, 2023 | $14.6 million |
| The nature conservancy will be awarded $12,574,655 to enhance climate resilience in Alabama and Florida as part of the perdido watershed habitat and community resilience initiative. This large-scale, multi-site effort will restore habitat and develop programs to help communities plan for and impleme | Habitat Conservation | June 21, 2023 | $12.6 million |
| Purpose: the nature conservancy, through the gulfcorps resilience collaborative, will be awarded $12,000,000 to support the work of young adult conservation corps crews to implement 200 science-guided and community supported conservation and nature-based restoration projects across approximately 10, | Habitat Conservation | August 8, 2024 | $12.0 million |
| This award will allow the nature conservancy to partner with conservation corps organizations across the gulf of mexico to create conservation jobs for youth. This project will use funds provided by the restore act to continue the gulfcorps program, which will provide sustainable and lasting benefit | Habitat Conservation | August 26, 2021 | $11.3 million |
| Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science based management of the national park system the study units facilitate multi disciplinary science and integrated information pr | Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | September 10, 2022 | $10.2 million |
| The nature conservancys (TNC) proposal increases the scope and speed of low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) in key western watersheds to support healthy riverscapes and intact sagebrush ecosystems. This multistate proposal includes efforts in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Oregon, and uta | Aquatics Resources Management | September 12, 2023 | $9.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does The Nature Conservancy get?
$468 million in 303 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives The Nature Conservancy the most?
The Department of Commerce, with $177 million in 44 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is The Nature Conservancy's largest federal grant?
$60.0 million under Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, with its first action in the period on April 12, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund The Nature Conservancy?
Its largest are Habitat Conservation, Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities and USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
Other grant recipients in Arlington
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc.
- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc
- National Council on the Aging, Inc.
- Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
- Urban Strategies, L.L.C.
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