National Coastal Resilience Fund

The National Coastal Resilience Fund is a partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA to enhance fish and wildlife habitat and protect coastal communities. The focus for these projects is on restoring, increasing, and strengthening natural infrastructure to protect communities while also enhancing habitats for fish and wildlife. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law boosts funding to this highly effective and collaborative coastal resilience program which is also supported by the Inflation Reduction Act, base appropriations, Department of Defense, and other partner contributions.

See funded projects: August 2022, November 2022, October 2023, and November 2023.

By the Numbers

2024
The National Coastal Resilience Fund anticipates awarding approximately $140 million for coastal resilience projects, $93 million of which comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment at this level will continue in 2025 and 2026.

2023
The National Coastal Resilience Fund invested $189 million across 136 coastal resilience projects awarded in October and November. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supported funding for $93.7 million in projects, and the Inflation Reduction Act supported funding for $44.7 million in projects.

2022
The National Coastal Resilience Fund invested $144 million across 96 coastal resilience projects awarded in August and November. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supported funding of $93.7 million for these highly competitive projects.

Previous Investments from Congressional Appropriations and Disaster Supplementals

2021

• 49 projects funded.
• $39.5 million in funding from this program.
• Total investment, including non-federal match from grantees: $97.8 million.
• Program partners: NOAA, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Division, U.S. Department of Defense, AT&T, Shell, TransRe, and Occidental.
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2020

• 46 projects funded.
• $37 million in funding from this program.
• Total investment, including non-federal match from grantees: $92 million.
• Program partners: NOAA, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Division, U.S. Department of Defense, AT&T, Shell, TransRe.
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2020

Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund – Special competition for areas that received presidential disaster declarations due to Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and the coastal California wildfires in 2018.

• 27 projects funded.
• $48.5 million in funding from this program.
• Total investment, including non-federal match from grantees: $116 million.
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2019

• 44 projects funded.
• $29.3 million in funding from this program.
• Total investment, including non-federal match from grantees: $89 million.
• Program partners: NOAA, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Shell, TransRe.
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2018

• 35 projects funded.
• $28.9 million in funding for projects through the program.
• Total investment, including non-federal match from grantees: $67 million.
• Program partners: NOAA, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Shell, TransRe.
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