Pollinator Partnership

Pollinator Partnership, doing business as Coevolution Institute, is a woman-owned non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California that operates as a federal grant recipient providing pollinator conservation research, habitat restoration technical assistance, educational outreach, and conference coordination services to civilian natural-resource agencies. The organization acts exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants (92% of recent awards) with minimal subgrant activity; it does not hold federal contracts or seats on government-wide contract vehicles.

The organization's capability portfolio centers on pollinator science and conservation practice implementation. Representative grant work includes a $310,302 Cooperative Agreement from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) for the "Urban Farming for Pollinators" project running through March 2027, supporting technical assistance and education to landowners and conservation districts on sustainable agriculture practices; multiple cooperative agreements with the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to administer the Honey Bee Health Grant Program and host the annual North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) International Conference, which brings together scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders across the North American continent; and a Tropilaelaps-Specific Targeted Outreach Program (TROPI-STOP) cooperative agreement with APHIS focused on pest identification training and awareness-raising among beekeepers, apiary inspectors, and port authorities to prevent establishment of the Tropilaelaps mite in North America. The organization also manages sub-awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supporting Project Wingspan habitat restoration and seed collection efforts across multiple states and a multistate Pollinator Steward Certification program targeting working lands and Farm Bill program adoption.

Customer concentration skews heavily to the Department of Agriculture. APHIS alone accounts for 26 awards across recent activity, anchoring the organization's grant pipeline through recurring annual agreements for conference hosting and honey bee health research administration. NRCS follows with 10 awards focused on pollinator conservation planning and on-ground practice implementation, while the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention has awarded 8 grants supporting NAPPC conferences and pesticide-pollinator risk education. This concentration reflects the organization's mission alignment with agricultural conservation rather than diversification across civilian agencies; the top five customer offices account for 71% of recent awards. Grant dollar concentration is low — combined potential value across all 78 awards totals only $1 million against $6.4 million in obligated dollars — indicating that many recent awards carry sub-$100,000 ceilings typical of nonprofit cooperative agreements for conference hosting and project planning work. Activity has been relatively flat over the past five years (2022–2024 each carrying 6–7 awards annually) with only 4 awards in 2025 and 1 award in the first five months of 2026, suggesting a stable but not growing federal funding relationship. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The organization's subgrant footprint is small — six sub-awards flowing primarily through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for habitat restoration and pollinator stewardship certification work in California, Indiana, Ohio, and the Midwest.