How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Matthew V Cassetta Executive Direct
PO Box 4541
Arlington, VA 22204
(571) 347-0545
- Form and materials
- All applications must be submitted in writing. The format of the grant request forms vary somewhat from year to year.
- Deadlines
- Application deadlines vary from year to year
- Restrictions
- Priority is given to those applicants who submit proposals that most closely match the foundation mission of promoting the understanding of biological diversity for the benefit and sustainability of life on earth, and the foundation's scope of interdisciplinary activities primarily carried out via collaborations in developing countries and economies in transition
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$2,195,626
- Grants listed
- 38
- Assets, end of year
- $49,898,793
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Tax year 2023
$2,461,552
- Grants listed
- 44
- Assets, end of year
- $47,569,660
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Tax year 2022
$1,756,983
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $44,388,946
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Tax year 2021
$1,849,440
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $55,350,781
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Tax year 2020
$2,567,501
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $51,039,906
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Tax year 2019
$2,194,640
- Grants listed
- 35
- Assets, end of year
- $48,007,785
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Tax year 2018
$1,689,810
- Grants listed
- 28
- Assets, end of year
- $42,611,067
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Sanparks Scientific ServicesSedgefield, South Africa
For the project "overcoming pandemic threats to bioinformatics in south africa's national parks."
$175,000 -
University of FloridaGainesville, FL
For the project "freshwater biodiversity data of rivers of the lake victoria basin."
$150,000 -
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health ClinicChicago, IL
Critical biodiversity surveys in the lake tanganyika and ruzizi river basins
$114,000 -
Wildfowl Wetlands TrustSlimbridge, United Kingdom
For the project "madagascar wetlands knowledge base."
$105,000 -
Water Journalists Africa - InfonileMbarara, Uganda
For the project "nilewell: promoting trust of biodiversity information between scientists and communicators in the nile river basin."
$103,000 -
Wildlife Conservation SocietyBangui, Central African Republic
For the project "freshwater biodiversity data collection system (FBDC) for conservation and sustainable development of the northeast protected area complex (npac) in the central african republic."
$98,000 -
Nature UgandaKampala, Uganda
For the project "training a cohort of herpetologists to increase data knowledge in uganda and build capacity for baseline herpetology surveys in key ecosystems of east africa."
$95,000 -
Gaea SeychellesMahe, Seychelles
For the project "developing a freshwater biodiversity information system for conservation and management in the seychelles."
$87,000 -
Conservation Action Research NetworkFairfax, CA
Aspire grant projects support for scholars in congo basin and albertine rift
$85,000 -
Royal Botanic Gardens KewRichmond, United Kingdom
For the project "enhancing data access to transform guinea's capacity to identify and protect its threatened plants."
$76,145 -
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)Nairobi, Kenya
For the project "increase knowledge, awareness and data accessibility for bee and dipteran pollinators, their forage plant species to support conservation of plant-pollinator interactions in cameroon."
$76,000 -
Freshwater Research CentreKommetjie, South Africa
In support of its work to expand research capacity and data access for the freshwater biodiversity information system (the "project or "fbis-2").
$75,886 -
National Herbarium of BeninCotonou, Benin
For the project "mobilizing data for identification, taxonomy, socioeconomic importance and conservation assessment of bryophytes in benin."
$70,000 -
Conserve GlobalPretoria, South Africa
The project will undertake ground sampling and surveys with remote sensing data to produce accurate vegetation and land cover maps, assess threats and document traditional knowledge and usage of plant species in the tondwa gma in northern zambia. It will also build monitoring capacity among four community members and four early career zambian botanists and greater sensitization and support among zambian government and the nsama community resources board.
$65,000 -
Hawassa UniversityHawassa, Ethiopia
To generate information on insect pollinators diversity, share data openly and create awareness through platforms on food security and ecosystem health values of insect pollinators under different land uses in and around kafa biosphere reserve and bale mountains national park. Expertise on insect pollinators' diversity and conservation in ethiopia will be enhanced, data will be openly shared, and trainings and communications will take place. Policy briefs will be prepared and disseminated.
$65,000 -
Wildtracktswalu FoundationJohannesburg, South Africa
The overarching goal is to develop a new technique that will provide a cost-effective and community-generated metric as an index to monitor biodiversity in africa. The benefits for partners will be equitable engagement by providing greater capacity for local students and indigenous groups, and assistance in transformative actions to be implemented as identified in the africa 30x30 draft. Assessing impacts on biodiversity is key to this; there are currently no reliable and cost-effective metrics to do this.
$55,000 -
Namibian Chamber of EnvironmentWindhoek, Namibia
This project's primary aim is to bring together the widely scattered information and data on namibian near-endemic plants for the benefit of those entrusted with the conservation of the country's flora.
$53,000 -
Re WildAustin, TX
For project lost species african symposia for ugandan, tanzanian, and DRC researchers
$52,933 -
East African Wildlife SocietyNairobi, Kenya
For the project "unlocking biodiversity data to facilitate designation of lake of bolossat as the 7th ramsar site in kenya."
$50,000 -
International Crane FoundationLusaka, Zambia
For the project "designing and implementing an ecological monitoring plan and a wetland information system for the adaptive management of the kafue flats, zambia"
$45,000 -
University of Parakou BeninParakou, Benin
For data mobilization and long-term conservation of wild edible fungi in benin.
$45,000 -
National Museums of KenyaNairobi, Kenya
Implement a comprehensive inventory of bats in two caves in kenya, representing two types of caves. This will contribute to the use of scientific data to gain formal protection of caves through existing policy and legal instruments.
$45,000 -
Kabale University UgandaKabale, Uganda
For the project "site selection to protect papyrus endemic biodiversity in uganda."
$44,000 -
Tanzania Wildlife Research InstituteArusha, Tanzania
In support of its work "assessing landscape level impacts of climate change on montane forest pollinators in tanzania."
$43,443 -
University of NamibiaWindhoek, Namibia
For the project "establishing capacity for sustained production of national spacial biodiversity data products: guiding progress towards the post-2020 global biodiversity framework goals."
$40,000 -
National Museums of KenyaNairobi, Kenya
Illuminating understudied caves to highlight plant pollination and seed dispersal services by bats
$38,500 -
Makerere UniversityKampala, Uganda
3rd international conference on geographical science for resilient communities, ecosystems and livelihoods under global environmental change
$36,380 -
Tanzania Forest Conservation GroupDar Es Salaam, Tanzania
For the project "biodiversity data collection and training conservationists in east and west usambaras".
$31,500 -
Bamenda UniversityBamenda, Cameroon
Conference on biodiversity and conservation for early career scientists
$30,000 -
Endangered Wildlife TrustWierda Park, South Africa
For the project "developing a 30-by-30 landscape planning tool for south africa that balances the need for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy.
$28,000 -
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)Nairobi, Kenya
2024 support for a session on bioinformatics at the bioeconomy summit
$25,000 -
Threatened Species AllianceKumasi, Ghana
Reinforcing the capacity for conservation science and planning for young west african conservationists.
$22,500 -
Tusk TrustGillingham, United Kingdom
Support to conservation symposium entitled: evolution and leadership in african conservation
$20,000 -
Conservation Society of Sierra LeoneFreetown, Sierra Leone
Developing national key biodiversity area (kba) assessment protocol and evaluating the status of a pilot legacy
$17,500 -
Northwest University South AfricaPotchesfstroom, South Africa
To support training and guides to build bee taxonomic capacity among citizen scientists in south africa.
$11,000 -
Freshwater Research CentreKommetjie, South Africa
Payment amendment for: demand-driven, high impact expansion of the freshwater biodiversity information system, south africa
$9,873 -
Iucn West and Central Africa ProgramDakar, Senegal
For the project "support for the sustainable management of databases for aquatic ecosystems in the chari-logone sub-basin"
$8,966 -
Sos Sahel USA IncWilmington, DE
Niokolo-training and biodiversity surveys in koba national park buffer zone
$3,000
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.
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Freshwater Research CentreScarborough, South Africa
For the project fbis-africa: a freshwater biodiversity system for africa.
$499,320 -
Association for Water and Rural DevelopmentHoedspruit, South Africa
For the project biodiversity systems management and analytics for the restoration of transboundary rivers of south africa, mozambique, and eswantini
$353,860 -
Sos Sahel USA IncWilmington, DE
For the project "biodiversity mapping in transfrontier buffer zones.
$250,000 -
Tusk TrustGillingham, United Kingdom
For the project jrs-tusk partnership to support biodiversity monitoring capacity for african protected areas and conservation leaders.
$200,000 -
Freshwater Research CentreKommetjie, South Africa
For the project policy implementation for water resources and biodiversity protection through capacity building of water managers.
$168,561 -
Dambari Trust ZimbabweBulawayo, Zimbabwe
For the project somabhula grassland biodiversity surveys and capacity-building for mozambique and zimbabwe
$155,667 -
National Herbarium of BeninCotonou, Benin
For the project "mobilizing data for identification, taxonomy, socioeconomic importance and conservation assessment of bryophytes in benin."
$19,967
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Health1 grant $114,00057% of the total
- Environment1 grant $85,00043% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Florida1 grant $150,000
- Illinois1 grant $114,000
- California1 grant $85,000
- Texas1 grant $52,933
- Delaware1 grant $3,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Matthew CassettaEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $190,000
- Michael NkonuTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Julius EcuruSECRETARY Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Alasdair PhilipTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Baldwyn TortoVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Michelle JL MartinTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Guy MidgleyPRESIDENT Hours 1.5Pay $7,000
- Mohammed BakarrTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Grace MwauraTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Alecia ChenTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Benjamin RaderTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $0
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