National Coastal Resilience Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Annual competition for nature-based coastal resilience projects, with a dedicated community capacity building category alongside assessment, design and restoration. Prioritizes community-led projects or projects with direct community outreach and engagement.
- Indicative award
- $100k–$7M (total award)Expected average awards of $100,000-$1,500,000 for community capacity building, site assessment/preliminary design and final design/permitting; $1,000,000-$7,000,000 for restoration implementation.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Mar, JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle. The 2026 RFP set a pre-proposal deadline of March 31, 2026 and an invitation-only full proposal deadline of June 24, 2026; both have passed, so watch for the next year's RFP.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Any faculty rank, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial agencies, local and municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, and for-profit organizations. Non-federal match is encouraged but not required.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- coastal resilience · community capacity building · nature-based solutions · disaster risk reduction
- Apply at
- https://www.nfwf.org/programs/national-coastal-resilience-fund/national-coastal-resilience-fund-2026-request-proposals
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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