Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00203
The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, focused on boosting monarch butterfly recovery by restoring and protecting the habitat the species depends on. Rather than being a typical open competition, the Service states it intends to make a single-source award (a non-competitive grant) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). In practical terms, that means the funding is meant to flow through NFWF, which will then administer additional monarch conservation projects under an existing grant framework.
This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00203; CFDA 15.664; activity area: Natural Resources) is described as an amendment to a prior award (Grant #F15AP00245, originally tied to Funding Opportunity #F15AS00157). The amendment adds new money specifically to expand the portfolio of projects already being managed by NFWF. The stated purpose is to leverage both public and private dollars, using federal funds to attract and align additional investments from other federal partners, private companies, and philanthropic foundations, with the goal of accelerating on-the-ground outcomes rather than funding isolated, one-off actions.
The conservation work emphasized in the description spans several connected strategies. It includes monarch habitat restoration on National Wildlife Refuges, development of conservation plans across the monarch range, and outreach components like community and youth engagement. A major emphasis is also placed on habitat restoration by private landowners, reflecting the reality that a large share of potential monarch habitat lies outside public lands. The Monarch Fund is positioned as a tool to better coordinate and maximize habitat work occurring on private lands, while also serving as a platform for partnership-building and co-investment.
The urgency behind the program is tied to steep habitat and population losses. Since the mid-1990s, the opportunity notes an estimated loss of about 165 million acres of habitat and a decline of more than 50 percent in monarch populations. Against that backdrop, the Monarch Fund aligns with a federal commitment to add 10 million acres of monarch habitat across the continental United States and to increase monarch numbers to 300 million. The program is framed as building on ongoing efforts led by the Fish and Wildlife Service and partners such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Monarch Joint Venture, and other organizations, guided in part by the North American Monarch Conservation Plan.
Administratively, the listed eligible applicant type is 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), but the narrative makes clear the intent is a single-source award to NFWF. The award ceiling is listed at $1,200,000, with an expected awards count shown as 0, which is consistent with a notice that signals intent to amend and add funds to an existing agreement rather than run a new competitive cycle. The posting dates indicate it was created April 24, 2017, with an original closing date of April 28, 2017, reflecting a short window typical of notices associated with non-competitive or administrative amendments.Apply for F17AS00203
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.664.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 24, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 28, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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