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Grants awarded by the Foundation
The Foundation channels donor support into community-led conservation, science, and education projects across America's marine sanctuaries.
- 9
- Grants awarded this cycle
- $181,400
- Distributed to projects
- 3
- Funding programs
- 8
- Sanctuaries supported
Funded projects
Showing 9 grants · sorted by amount
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- Sanctuary Community Fund · Florida Keys · FY 2026
Coral Restoration Network — Florida Keys
Outplanting 2,400 staghorn and elkhorn coral fragments on Eastern Dry Rocks, with year-over-year survivorship monitoring.
$38,000
- Marine Conservation Mini-Grants · Greater Farallones · FY 2026
Kelp Forest Recovery Citizen-Science Program
Trains 60 volunteer divers to monitor kelp-forest health on a standardized REEF protocol across six dive sites.
$14,500
- Sanctuary Community Fund · Thunder Bay · FY 2026
Shipwreck Documentation & Public Access
High-resolution photogrammetry of three newly discovered Great Lakes shipwrecks, with public-facing 3D models.
$22,000
- Marine Conservation Mini-Grants · Hawaiian Islands · FY 2026
Humpback Whale Photo-ID Field Season
Winter field season for the long-running Maui humpback photo-ID catalog, supporting NOAA stock assessments.
$18,500
- Education Mini-Grants · Channel Islands · FY 2026
Sanctuary Stewardship Curriculum — Title I Schools
Place-based marine science curriculum delivered to 14 Title I schools in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
$9,800
- Sanctuary Community Fund · Olympic Coast · FY 2026
Tribal Co-Stewardship Convening
Hosts a two-day tribal co-stewardship working session bringing four coastal treaty tribes together with sanctuary staff.
$27,000
- Marine Conservation Mini-Grants · Florida Keys · FY 2026
Sea Turtle Stranding Response
Expanded stranding-response capacity during the spring cold-stun and entanglement season.
$12,200
- Marine Conservation Mini-Grants · Cordell Bank · FY 2026
Deep-Sea Coral Mapping ROV Time
Three ROV days surveying previously unmapped deep-sea coral habitat on the bank's southern flank.
$31,000
- Education Mini-Grants · Monitor · FY 2026
Maritime Heritage Festival
Annual heritage festival in Hatteras featuring Civil War-era maritime archaeology and Coast Guard rescue history.
$8,400
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