# NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program

From North Carolina Land and Water Fund. Listed on naturefunding.org, a free directory of nature restoration and conservation funding where every fact is read from the funder’s own page or the organisation that runs the programme for it.

- Status, from the check on 2 November 2026: Windows each year: Opens 15 January; applications due 1 March. The funder’s page doesn’t say whether one is open now.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Not found on the pages we read
- Who can apply: NGOs and Government bodies
- Where: North Carolina: United States
- Rounds: Fixed rounds with deadlines
- Co-funding required: No
- Restoration approach (our classification): Rivers and lakes, Wetlands, Coasts and oceans and Peatlands
- Last checked: 2 November 2026. Every quote below was read on or after this day.

How to apply, who can apply and where are our categories, from the funder’s words; the quotes are below.
- Listing: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/
- Funder’s programme page: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: North Carolina state grants for restoring streams, wetlands (including peat and pocosin wetlands), floodplains and living shorelines, and for removing dams and culverts, led by conservation nonprofits, local governments or state agencies.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, how to apply:** Apply directly. When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

> “Grants are accepted through an online webform program.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#access

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, amount:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#amount

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, where:** North Carolina: United States

> “a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is the conservation, preservation, and restoration of North Carolina's natural and cultural resources is eligible to apply for a grant”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#geography

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, who can apply:** NGOs and Government bodies

> “the applicant must be either: a State agency; a local government unit; or a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is the conservation, preservation, and/or restoration of our State's cultural, environmental, and natural resources.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/restoration-funding-manual/download?attachment=, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#applicant_types

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “The North Carolina Land and Water Fund has one grant cycle per year for the Acquisition, Restoration, Planning and Innovative Stormwater programs.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#window

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, co-funding required:** No

> “Are matching funds required? No, but matching funds are considered in the Application Rating System and projects with little or no match are rarely funded.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/restoration-funding-manual/download?attachment=, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#co_finance_required

## Calls (2)

### Annual grant cycle

Call page: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, Annual grant cycle, status:** Windows each year; the page doesn’t say if one is open now

> “Subscribe to our email list at the bottom of this page to get annual grant cycle announcements.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#call-yearly-window-status

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, Annual grant cycle, dates each year:** Opens 15 January; applications due 1 March

> “January 15 - Grant Cycle Opens. The application web-forms and updated funding manuals will be available on our website. Please plan to update your copy of the Funding Manual after the cycle opens. March 1 - Application Deadline.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#call-yearly-window-recurring

### 2026 grant cycle

Call page: https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, 2026 grant cycle, status:** Closed

> “Application forms can be accessed via https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply and are available January 15, 2026. Applications must be submitted by midnight on March 1, 2026.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/restoration-funding-manual/download?attachment=, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#call-2026-status

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, 2026 grant cycle, opens:** 15 January 2026

> “Application forms can be accessed via https://nclwf.nc.gov/apply and are available January 15, 2026.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/restoration-funding-manual/download?attachment=, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#call-2026-opens

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, 2026 grant cycle, deadline:** 1 March 2026 (the funder writes “by midnight on March 1, 2026”)

> “Applications must be submitted by midnight on March 1, 2026.”

Source: https://nclwf.nc.gov/restoration-funding-manual/download?attachment=, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#call-2026-deadline

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program, reporting:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/#reporting

## How to cite

naturefunding.org, “NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program”, checked 2 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/nclwf-restoration/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

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