A Presentation to Friends Groups

October 28, 2009

NFWF 101

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Overview

Created by Congress March 26, 1984 to bring collaboration among federal agencies and private funders

Independent, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization

30 member Board of Directors selected by the Administration

Includes the FWS Director and NOAA Administrator

Specialize in grant making and on-the-ground projects

Leverage public monies with private funds – average 3.5:1

Do not support lobbying, litigation, or advocacy

Wildlife protection and restoration focus

17 current federal partners; 24 historic federal partners

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Federal Partners

More than 50 Corporations

All 50 States, Over 50 Countries

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Corporate Partners

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Leveraging Federal Funds

Since 1984 the Foundation has awarded more than 10,000 grants to over 3,000 organizations leveraging – with its partners –approximately$500 million in federal funds into over $1.5 billion for conservation

NFWF Grant Leverage 1984-2008

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationTwo-Year Strategic Transformation

Evaluation, Adapted Management, Outcomes are quickly becoming dominant forces is the conservation world.

FWS moving in this direction – Strategic Habitat Conservation and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

Two Years of Transformational Change

Grants & dollar focus → Conservation outcomes

Reactive → Proactive

Science user → Science driven

Donor → Managing partner

One-off grants → Complete projects

Opportunistically strategic → Strategically opportunistic

Grant managers → Thought leaders

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationTwo-Year Strategic Transformation

NFWF ability to “move the needle” Species are the metrics for measuring success Needle movement measured as percent change toward population goals for indicator species Preferred time frame 2 – 10 years

Cost-effectivenessIncremental BENEFIT provided by project or initiative X NFWF effect

COST of project or initiative to NFWF

KEYSTONE INITIATIVES

HUMAN VALUES, ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Low probability of persistence

OR Conservation concern that plays a key ecological role

SPECIES

Places of greatest national

ecological importance

PLACES

Issues driving declines in species

of concern

ISSUES

3

UpperKlamath Basin

Coho

Sierra Meadows

Apache Trout

Colorado RiverNative Fishes Brook Trout

River Herring

Native Bass

New EnglandCottontail

Bog Turtle

Prairie CoteauGrizzly Corridors

Path of thePronghorn

Sky IslandsGrasslands

Leatherback

Loggerhead

Hawksbill

Kemp’s Ridley

Leatherback

Loggerhead

Hawksbill

Green/Black

Coral

Seabirds

Hawaiian Forest Birds

Gunnison Sage Grouse

Shortgrass Prairie

Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken

Southeastern Grasslands

American Oystercatcher

Red KnotEarly SuccessionalForest Birds

Kirtland’sWarbler

Seabirds

Seabirds

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation2009 Keystone Initiatives

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationMajor Conservation Themes

Many of the Foundation’s grant programs can be classified under two broad conservation themes:

Water

Climate Change Adaptation

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationMajor Conservation Themes: Water

Water Is For Fighting, Whiskey Is For Drinking!

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationMajor Conservation Themes: WaterMarine Protected Areas (MPA)

Nearly 1,700 MPAs in the United States – 1/3 of U.S. Waters

Over 100 MPAs are Refuges and Refuges are associated with other MPAs

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationMajor Conservation Themes: Adaptation

Sea Level Rise

Aquatic and Terrestrial Corridors

Refuges play a key role with migratory bird corridors

Invasive Species

Transportation

Plan for the Decade or Century not for the Fiscal Budget

Two Years of Transformational ChangeNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationTake Home Points

Think about how climate change and water demands will impact the Refuges you care about

Develop a long-term strategy for how to maximize the conservation value of the Refuges you work with

When applying for funding reach out to the funder to discuss your project and identify the most appropriate funding sources/programs

For Foundation grants call one of our Partnership Offices

Include project outcomes and how the outcomes will be monitored