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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased to announce the 2024 National
Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) Request for Proposals (RFP). NFWF will make investments in planning, design, and implementation of natural and nature-based solutions. The goal is to enhance protection for coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods,
and other natural coastal hazards and to improve habitats for fish and wildlife.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">NFWF will award approximately $140 million in grants to create and restore natural systems to increase protection
for communities from current and future coastal hazards and improve habitats for fish and wildlife species. The availability of federal funds estimated in this solicitation is contingent upon the federal appropriations process; funding decisions will be made
based on level of funding and timing of when it is received by NFWF.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">ELIGIBILITY</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;">: Eligible applicants include
non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial (for-profit) organizations</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">PRE-PROPOSAL DUE DATE</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;">: All application
materials must be submitted online through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Easygrants system by Wednesday, April 10, 2024, by 11:59 PM ET</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;">For more information and to apply: </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;">https://www.nfwf.org/programs/national-coastal-resilience-fund/national-coastal-resilience-fund-2024-request-proposals</span></p>
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