RELIEF

Because the fund publicly restricts awards to preselected recipients and most dollars flow to a single government partner, unsolicited applications are unlikely to succeed; appropriate approaches are relationship-based — cultivate trustee or partner referrals, demonstrate direct programmatic alignment with Stone Lakes NWR or USFWS mitigation/refuge work, or seek introductions from existing grantees or refuge staff.

Source: Zeffy Agent — Mar 2026, IRS Filing — 2024