Alaska Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust Grant Program

The Alaska Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust Grant Program, managed by the Alaska Conservation Foundation, offers grants up to $5,000 every two years to support projects enhancing sustainable wildlife viewing and education. This initiative aims to conserve Alaska's unique biological diversity. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations based in Alaska or with Alaska-based programs.

NOTE: This grant opportunity is available every two years.
Building support
Founded in 1980, the Alaska Conservation Foundation is the only public foundation solely dedicated to conservation in Alaska, connecting thousands of committed donors and businesses worldwide with more than a hundred grassroots conservation organizations in Alaska.
Investing for the future
Alaska Conservation Foundation serves as funder and supportive resource for a diverse community of nonprofits working to protect and wisely manage Alaska’s natural resources. Over the last four decades, Alaska Conservation Foundation has awarded more than $60 million in grants to hundreds of Alaskan organizations and individuals. Through strategic funding, Alaska Conservation Foundation supports Alaska’s most critical issues, fosters problem-solving and innovation, and protects Alaska’s incredible yet vulnerable ecosystems, communities and economies.
The Alaska Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust was established in 1991 by the Alaska Conservation Foundation in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Every other year, Alaska Conservation Foundation awards small grants up to $5,000 from the Trust to support projects that most effectively enhance sustainable wildlife viewing, promote wildlife education, and conserve the biological diversity of Alaska.

Eligibility

Applicants for Alaska Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust grants must meet the following criteria:Be a non-profit organization
Be based in Alaska, or have an Alaska-based program
If a current Alaska Conservation Foundation grantee, be in good standing with required grant reportingEligible projects/costs include:Interpretation (e.g. signage, viewing guides, media programming)
Wildlife education (e.g. curriculum development or publication development and distribution)
Facilities construction
Research (e.g. ecosystem research or research on the social and economic values of watching wildlife)