How-to • Landowner

Find grants and cost-shares for your land

Run a grant search to get matched with federal and state programs, ranked for your property and goals.

Your grant searches live under Land Savings. Start a search, answer questions about your property and goals, and we match you with relevant federal and state programs — plus the offices and next steps to pursue them. You can also start from a parcel's page: open Potential, then Grants, then Find grants for this land.

  1. Open Land Savings and click Find grants on the Grants & Cost-Shares card (returning users: Start a new search) — the search opens at the property step.
  2. Pick the parcel this search is for, then answer 17 questions about your land, ownership, and goals — one per step (18 if your answers unlock the conditional financing question).
  3. Click See my matches on the last step — your ranked results generate and save.

Reading your results

Results rank best match first, with Strong match badges on your best fits. Click View details on any program to see why it's a match, the office to call (tap-to-call), a "What to say when you call" script, and a "What to bring" checklist. Narrow with the filter chips, re-sort with the Best match dropdown, and click Print plan to print every program's full detail as one document.

Answers aren't saved as you type — click Save & exit to store a draft. It resumes exactly where you left off from Your grant searches.

BirdDog identifies potential matches for educational purposes. Program administrators determine final eligibility, availability, deadlines, and awards.

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