Fund for Wild Nature: Grants for Animals and Wildlife
/OVERVIEW: The Fund for Wild Nature supports grassroots organizations working to protect endangered wildlife and ecosystems in North America.
IP TAKE: This funder makes small grants to organizations involved in wildlife conservation, prioritizing advocacy, litigation, policy and education. Funding is limited to North America. The fund runs two annual grantmaking cycles a year, with application due dates on May 1 and October 1.
PROFILE: Established in 1983, the California-based Fund for Wild Nature invests in grassroots efforts to preserve and protect endangered wildlife in North America. The fund prioritizes areas and issues that are “not currently receiving sufficient public attention,” and many of its grantees are involved in advocacy, litigation, policy development and education.
The Fund for Wild Nature approaches its conservation grantmaking broadly. It does not name specific species or geographic areas of interest, but favors projects and organizations “with visionary and yet realistic goals to create tangible change.” One recent grantee, the California-based Raptors are the Solution, works to protect birds of prey and other species from the effects of widely-used rat poisons. Another past grant went to Montana’s Alliance for the Wild Rockies, which sued to stop the sale of timber from the habitats of lynx, grizzly bears and trout. Other recent grantees include Idaho’s Snake River Waterkeeper, the Maine Wolf Coalition, Wild Alabama and the Alaska Wildlife Alliance.
The Fund for Wild Nature makes between $100,000 and $300,000 a year in grants in amounts up to $5,000. For additional information about past grantmaking, see the fund’s grantees and reports page.
This funder accepts grants applications with deadlines of May 1 and October 1 for its two annual grantmaking cycles. General inquiries may be addressed to the fund via email.
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