SFI Conservation Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
The SFI Conservation Grants Program supports collaborative conservation research and projects between SFI-certified organizations and conservation and academic researchers.
Geographic Scope: SFI-certified forests covering more than 350 million acres/140 million hectares
Focus Areas:
- Conservation research on SFI-certified lands
- Biodiversity conservation
- Carbon sequestration
- Water quality and purification
- Species recovery and habitat protection
- Bird conservation
- Climate-smart forestry
Program Structure: Includes a Conservation Impact Sounding Board that engages the conservation community to provide input, direction, and ensure relevance of conservation work across the SFI network
Key Achievement: The SFI Conservation Grants Program has flourished and fostered collaboration between SFI-certified organizations and conservation and academic researchers. Conservation Impact work measures carbon sequestered, biodiversity maintained or recovered, and water purified on the SFI footprint across certified lands.
Contact Information:
- Leonardo (Leo) Viana, VP Conservation Collaboration, Leonardo.Viana@forests.org, 202-719-1390
- SFI USA: 2121 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: 202-596-3450
- SFI Canada: 1306 Wellington Street West, Suite 400, Ottawa, ON K1Y 3B2, Phone: 613-747-2454
What Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 28
- Total given
- $460K
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $5,035–$106K
- By dollars: North Carolina 29%, Michigan 17%, Alabama 5%. Top recipient cities: Cary, NC; East Lansing, MI; Corvallis, OR.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 36% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Ncasi Foundation · Cary, NC
Forest conservation research. focus areas include biodiversity, water quality, and…
$106K
Michigan State University Extension Business Office · East Lansing, MI
Forest conservation research. focus areas include biodiversity, water quality, and…
$50K
Ncasi · Cary, NC
Forest conservation research. focus areas include biodiversity, water quality, and…
$25K
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI
Forest conservation research. focus areas include biodiversity, water quality, and…
$20K
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR
Capacity building for environmental education
$19K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Environmental conservation
- Wildlife
- Conservation biology
- Science research
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