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NC Land and Water Fund Restoration Program

From North Carolina Land and Water Fund

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.

Summary in our words. Each fact below shows the funder’s own words and links to its page.

No call found

Windows each year

Opens 15 January; applications due 1 March. The funder’s page doesn’t say whether one is open now.

The facts, in the funder’s words

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: nclwf.nc.gov · applyChecked 2 Nov 2026
Amount

Not found on the pages we read

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: nclwf.nc.gov · applyChecked 2 Nov 2026
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: nclwf.nc.gov · downloadChecked 2 Nov 2026
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: nclwf.nc.gov · applyChecked 2 Nov 2026
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: nclwf.nc.gov · downloadChecked 2 Nov 2026
Restoration approach

Rivers and lakes, Wetlands, Coasts and oceans and Peatlands

Our classification, from the funder’s description of what it supports.

Calls (2)

Not clear from the page

Annual grant cycle

Call page
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: nclwf.nc.gov · applyChecked 2 Nov 2026
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: nclwf.nc.gov · applyChecked 2 Nov 2026
Closed

2026 grant cycle

Closed 1 March 2026
Call page
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: nclwf.nc.gov · downloadChecked 2 Nov 2026
Opens

15 January 2026

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

Source: nclwf.nc.gov · downloadChecked 2 Nov 2026
Deadline

1 March 2026

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

Source: nclwf.nc.gov · downloadChecked 2 Nov 2026

Ready to apply to Annual grant cycle?Check the call page

What the funder asks grantees to report

Reporting

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