Sponsorship/Education/Conservation Grants

Sponsorship/Education/Conservation Grants provide funding to organizations for projects/events that closely relate to or assist in fulfilling the Department’s mission.

An organization is eligible if their project meets one or more of the following criteria:

• Inform and educate citizens about fish, wildlife, habitat and conservation.
• Promote environmental stewardship and awareness of environmental issues.
• Foster landowner/sportsmen relations.
• Encourage involvement of youth in hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities.
• Advance hunter, fishing, and boating safety and ethics.
• Recruit and retain hunters and anglers.

NOTE: If this grant request is for a shooting or hunting event, please use the Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters grant application.

To apply, an organization must complete the online grant application below.

Grant awards are typically nominal in amount for assistance with a project/event. Funds can be used for, but not limited to: advertising and promotion, printing, postage, nonmonetary awards, workshops, event facility rent, speakers, project/event supplies, etc. (Grant funds typically cannot be used for food/meals.)

If approved, the organization must sign a grant agreement. The project/event and receipts must be dated after the dates signed by both parties on the grant agreement. Funds will be paid on a reimbursement basis only. Organizations will be reimbursed after the project/event and must submit receipts and documentation specified in the grant agreement.

(If you have problems accessing the form below, please use the direct link here.)