Dutton Foundation Grants for Wisconsin Conservation

Dutton Foundation Grants for Wisconsin Conservation is sponsored by James E. Dutton Foundation, Inc.. This foundation supports Wisconsin environmental and animal-focused organizations for wildlife protection, animal welfare, environmental preservation, and outdoor education projects.

Applications — James E Dutton Foundation, Inc. The James E. Dutton Foundation does not have a formal grant application form. Grant requests should be written and include a cover letter with full contact information including contact name, address, phone number, and/or email address.

Requests with no contact information may not be considered. The request should also include a description of the requesting organization, its mission and general operational budget, a detailed description of the project or program for which the grant is being requested, along with the grant budget and schedule. The request should also include a description of how the success of the project/program will be measured and evaluated.

Grant periods may extend over two or more years dependent upon the request. In addition, we will require a brief report upon completion of the project on the results achieved by our grant. Over the years the Foundation has observed a noted increase in both the quantity and quality of grant requests submitted for our review.

As such, the Foundation has developed a policy to generally award grants to individual organizations no more than once every 3 years. If an organization has not been awarded a grant within 3 years and is unsuccessful with a current request, they may continue to submit proposals for the Foundations review.

Although the Foundation has no geographic boundaries for it awards, the Foundation has primarily supported organizations located in, or benefiting, Wisconsin and the local Midwest area. It is a rare exception for the Foundation to award a grant outside of Wisconsin. Grant requests may be submitted to the Dutton Foundation via email to silvercreek.

fenske@gmail. com It is preferable that grant requests be submitted electronically as a single pdf document. or hard copies can be mailed to: James E.

Dutton Foundation, Inc. Grant request submissions are due by: March 25, 2026 for our April 8, 2026 board meeting July 7, 2026 for our July 21, 2026 board meeting October 21, 2026 for our November 4, 2026 board meeting