Conservation International Foundation

What they fund

conservationmanagementmarinecommunityprotectedrestorationstrengtheningareas

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “baseline” · $160,769

• $84,527

  Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2024

  Collecting bluewater time capsules to establish ocean baselines

• $37,378

  Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2023

  Collecting bluewater time capsules to establish ocean baselines

• $38,864

  Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2022

  Collecting bluewater time capsules to establish ocean baselines

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• World Resources Institute4 grants · $26.2M
• Friends of the Mexican Fund for Conservation of Nature1 grant · $12.6M
• Wildlife Conservation Society4 grants · $4.3M
• World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $2.7M
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources4 grants · $2.1M
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors4 grants · $2.1M
• The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $2.0M
• Antartic and Southern Ocean Coalition2 grants · $1.8M
• Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition2 grants · $1.7M
• Lightsmith Group Llc3 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 215 grants.

• $12.6M

  Friends of the Mexican Fund for Conservation of Nature · San Diego, CA · 2024

  Restoring watersheds for ecosystems and communities; conserving mexican biological variety through communities and their protected areas; gbff mexico endowment

• $8.4M

  World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

  Priceless planet coalition - technical implementation and program management for restoration project (guatemala, malawi, kinshasa); systems change lab

• $7.7M

  World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

  The landscape restoration in the makuli-nzaui ecosystem, kenya; priceless planet coalition-india, guatemala, malawi, drc; systems change lab

• $7.4M

  World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  The landscape restoration in the makuli-nzaui ecosystem, kenya; ppc india - trees for wildlife and villagers; ppc guatemala; ppc malawi; ppc drc-kinshasa - faja lobi reforestation project; systems change lab; gef-8 rest… read allThe landscape restoration in the makuli-nzaui ecosystem, kenya; ppc india - trees for wildlife and villagers; ppc guatemala; ppc malawi; ppc drc-kinshasa - faja lobi reforestation project; systems change lab; gef-8 restoration; ppc high andes less
• $2.8M

  World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2021

  The landscape restoration in the makuli-nzaui ecosystem, kenya; landscapes las verapaces, guatemala; enyezini forest and soil restoration - mzimba district, malawi; faja lobi reforestation project; priceless planet coal… read allThe landscape restoration in the makuli-nzaui ecosystem, kenya; landscapes las verapaces, guatemala; enyezini forest and soil restoration - mzimba district, malawi; faja lobi reforestation project; priceless planet coalition - technical implementation and program management less
• $1.9M

  World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  Innovative use of a voluntary payment for environmental services incentive program to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon stocks in the highly threatened dry chaco forest complex in western para… read allInnovative use of a voluntary payment for environmental services incentive program to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon stocks in the highly threatened dry chaco forest complex in western paraguay; implementing mangrove restoration at scale; regional school for mpa managers of the southern cone; heco transition fund; lovejoy prize founding partner less
• $1.6M

  Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

  Regenerative and wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area management in the southern gulf of gui… read allRegenerative and wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area management in the southern gulf of guinea; the deployment of earthranger, a data visualization and analysis software to strengthen protected area management effectiveness in africa's national parks; upscaling use of the spatial monitoring and reporting tool (smart) in kyrgyzstan; enabling public policy for chile's mpa network; guardian villages- empowered communities to manage wetlands in lao people's democratic republic; establishing new marine protected areas and effective management in uruguay; planning grant for high seas marine protected areas in argentina; conserving paraguayan chaco for jaguars and people; enhancing ecological connectivity between jozani and kiwengwa forests, zanzibar, tanzania; regenerative and certified wildlife friendly leather from the caldenal of central argentina less
• $1.4M

  Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

  Regenerative & wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife & build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area management in the southern gulf of guinea;… read allRegenerative & wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife & build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area management in the southern gulf of guinea; the deployment of earth ranger, a data visualization & analysis software to strengthen protected area management effectiveness in africa's nat'l parks; reducing the impacts of gold mining on local communities people & biological variety in bolivia; private sector & community conservation co-management in baljuvan key biological variety area, tajikistan; upscaling use of the spatial monitoring & reporting tool in kyrgyzstan; enabling public policy for chile's marine protected area network; guardian villages: empowered communities to manage wetlands in lao people's democratic republic; establishing new marine protected areas & effective management in uruguay; planning grant for high seas marine protected areas in argentina; conserving paraguayan chaco for jaguars & people less
• $1.2M

  Antartic and Southern Ocean Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024

  Antarctica engagement

• $990,000

  The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

  Palau's blue prosperity plan

• $946,505

  Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition · Washington, DC · 2021

  Winning southern ocean protection

• $910,391

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

  Business action and advocacy for the planet (business for nature); staying within sustainable limits: advancing leadership of the private sector and cities

• $812,217

  The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Amplifying resources and learnings to accelerate the effective management of marine protected areas; blue benguela partnership - benguela current large marine ecosystem; st kitts clean healthy oceans ppg; grenada clean … read allAmplifying resources and learnings to accelerate the effective management of marine protected areas; blue benguela partnership - benguela current large marine ecosystem; st kitts clean healthy oceans ppg; grenada clean healthy oceans ppg; mangrove breakthrough- ideas to action; electronic monitoring and connectivity for crews at sea less
• $775,045

  Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

  Introducing smart in the khan-tengri corridor, kyrgyzstan; participatory monitoring of hunting and fishing activities carried out by the community of san jose de uchupiamonas; pragmatic protocols for restoration of ecos… read allIntroducing smart in the khan-tengri corridor, kyrgyzstan; participatory monitoring of hunting and fishing activities carried out by the community of san jose de uchupiamonas; pragmatic protocols for restoration of ecosystem processes in cambodia's wild; regenerative + wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to climate change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area management in the southern gulf of guinea; the deployment of earthranger, a data visualization and analysis software to strengthen protected area management effectiveness in africa's national parks; reducing the impacts of gold mining on indigenous people and biodiversity in bolivia; private sector and community conservation co-management in baljuvan key biodiversity area, phase ii, tajikistan; enabling public policy for chile's mpa network; guardian villages: empowered communities to manage wetlands in lao people's democratic republic less
• $708,300

  Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for marine protected area designation

• $635,544

  Lightsmith Group Llc · New York, NY · 2021

  Adaptation sme accelerator project (asap)

• $622,604

  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · Washington, DC · 2022

  Accelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; support for biodiversity assessment unit, red list committee, and key biodiversity areas committee;… read allAccelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; support for biodiversity assessment unit, red list committee, and key biodiversity areas committee; africa oceans fellow less
• $621,408

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

  Business action and advocacy for the planet (business for nature)

• $615,519

  Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2021

  Build multi-stakeholder capacity for co-management of wakhan national park; cyclone yasa relief and recovery: community support in bua province; empower communities to conserve central manus key biodiversity area in png… read allBuild multi-stakeholder capacity for co-management of wakhan national park; cyclone yasa relief and recovery: community support in bua province; empower communities to conserve central manus key biodiversity area in png; establish and pilot a payment for ecosystem services model in lao pdr; introduce smart in the khan-tengri corridor, kyrgyzstan; monitor of hunting and fishing activities carried out by the community of san jose de uchupiamonas; protect upland forests of kolombangara; support private sector and community conservation co-management in baljuvan key biodiversity area, tajikistan; spread cambodian models to save asia's bustards on farmed lands; pragmatic protocols for restoration of ecosystem processes in cambodia; protect of river and black-bellied tern in myanmar; regenerative + wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to climate change in patagonia; strengthen marine protected area management in the southern gulf of guinea less
• $607,328

  Rare · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation in botswana's communal rangelands; strengthening and sustaining the coastal resource and fisheries management in leyte gulf; oceankind program support grant

• $602,040

  Lightsmith Group Llc · New York, NY · 2022

  Adaptation sme accelerator project (asap)

• $591,669

  Antartic and Southern Ocean Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022

  Winning southern ocean protection

• $580,560

  US Department of the Treasury · Washington, DC · 2023

  Forest conservation debt swap agreement between the government of the republic of peru and the us government

• $537,277

  Island Conservation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021

  Island conservation implementation grant

• $499,459

  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · Washington, DC · 2023

  Accelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; biological variety assessment unit

• $493,371

  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · Washington, DC · 2024

  Indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; iucn biological variety assessment unit (bau); ppc thailand

• $453,735

  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · Washington, DC · 2021

  Accelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; iucn-ci biodiversity unit; africa oceans fellow; representation of conservation international (ci) … read allAccelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; iucn-ci biodiversity unit; africa oceans fellow; representation of conservation international (ci) on iucn red list committee (rlc) and key biodiversity areas committee (kbac); iucn's support for biodiversity assessment unit (bau), red list committee (rlc), and key biodiversity areas committee (kbac) less
• $446,300

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  Business action and advocacy for the planet (business for nature)

• $425,000

  Northern Marianas College · Saipan, MP · 2024

  Navigating the waves of marine stewardship: nmc charting the course for marine conservation education, empowerment, and cultural heritage

• $415,199

  Nia Tero Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

  Strengthening indigenous guardianship across amazonia in ecuador, peru, colombia, guyana, suriname, and brazil

• $406,197

  Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2023

  Heifer challenge program

• $400,000

  Institute of International Finance · Washington, DC · 2021

  Taskforce for scaling voluntary carbon markets

• $397,198

  Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  Pacific remote islands; green fee support

• $372,244

  World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

  Innovative use of a voluntary payment for environmental services incentive program to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon stocks in the highly threatened dry chaco forest complex in western para… read allInnovative use of a voluntary payment for environmental services incentive program to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon stocks in the highly threatened dry chaco forest complex in western paraguay; implementing mangrove restoration at scale; regional school for mpa managers of the southern cone less
• $369,352

  Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024

  Chile offshore marine protected areas; salas y gomez and nazca ridges - fisheries closure

• $360,000

  United Nations Development Programme (Undp) · New York, NY · 2024

  Global coordination project for the ecosystem restoration integrated program

• $356,026

  Green Forest Work · Lexington, KY · 2022

  Green forests work: restoring a former coal mine in appalachia

• $347,765

  Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

  Blue nature alliance science leadership and fisheries independent assessments

• $291,467

  Frankfurt Zoological Society US · Washington, DC · 2024

  Restoring african rangelands

• $285,815

  Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023

  Pacific remote islands; green fee support

• $285,174

  Hatch Accelerator Fund Management Llc · Kailua Kona, HI · 2024

  Women in ocean food innovation studio - 3 year plan

• $281,437

  The Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

  Nceas - research tasks; strengthening land degradation neutrality and drought resilience data and decision-making

• $266,667

  Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022

  Pacific remote islands

• $257,926

  Polynesian Voyaging Society · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Moananuiakea: a voyage for earth

• $254,155

  Komaza Group · Palo Alto, CA · 2021

  Smallholder farmer forestry carbon initiative in east africa - komaza

• $252,500

  Hatch Accelerator Fund Management Llc · Kailua Kona, HI · 2023

  Women in ocean food innovation studio

• $247,761

  The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Building a resilient community of practice; global network of marine protected areas manager networks

• $247,203

  The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

  Big ocean: building a resilient community of practice

• $239,482

  Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2024

  Heifer challenge program

• $233,747

  World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  Social equity metrics project; integrated management and ecological connectivity of a priority landscape in the ecuadorian amazon headwaters

• $232,647

  African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Developing a sustainable, and biological variety-compatible value chain for cotton in northern uganda

• $222,638

  The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

  Palau's blue prosperity plan; planning grant for blue benguela partnership project development; amplifying resources and learnings to accelerate the effective management of marine protected areas; blue benguela partners… read allPalau's blue prosperity plan; planning grant for blue benguela partnership project development; amplifying resources and learnings to accelerate the effective management of marine protected areas; blue benguela partnership - benguela current large marine ecosystem; st. Kitts clean healthy oceans; grenada clean healthy oceans less
• $222,034

  Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022

  Chile offshore marine protected areas; project validation process to improve management of 586,035 km2 of existing ocean conservation at juan fernndez and desventuradas islands

• $220,984

  Migramar · Olema, CA · 2022

  Strengthening enforcement of panama's cordillera de coiba marine protected area

• $218,435

  Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

  Blue nature alliance science leadership and fisheries independent assessments

• $218,239

  Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023

  Chile offshore marine protected areas; oceana-chile support to advancing goals at south pacific regional fisheries management organisation

• $214,533

  Save the Waves Coalition · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021

  Advancing marine and coastal conservation through the surf conservation partnership

• $212,366

  Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2022

  Heifer challenge program

• $189,275

  The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  Big ocean: building a resilient community of practice

• $184,020

  World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  Implementing mangrove restoration at scale; regional school for marine protected area managers of the southern cone; social equity metrics project; integrated management and ecological connectivity of a priority landsca… read allImplementing mangrove restoration at scale; regional school for marine protected area managers of the southern cone; social equity metrics project; integrated management and ecological connectivity of a priority landscape in the ecuadorian amazon headwaters less
• $179,592

  Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2021

  Building the harmonious landscape of ibity with the engagement of multisector partners; updating key biodiversity areas within the lofa-gola-mano and mounts nimba complexes; characterization of the threatened flora of s… read allBuilding the harmonious landscape of ibity with the engagement of multisector partners; updating key biodiversity areas within the lofa-gola-mano and mounts nimba complexes; characterization of the threatened flora of sao tome and principe less
• $173,478

  Rare · Arlington, VA · 2023

  Leyte gulf implementation; oceankind program support grant

• $166,380

  Givepower Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

  Maasai mara maasai mara ranger station project

• $161,435

  Polynesian Voyaging Society · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Moananuiakea: a voyage for earth

• $153,436

  Duke University · Charlotte, NC · 2022

  Transitioning to hg free gold

• $150,027

  Conservation Council of Nations · Washington, DC · 2024

  Strengthen management and environmental change resilience in angola's conservation areas for sustainable development; enhancing protected areas & financial sustainability in paraguay

• $149,397

  Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022

  Ecosystem - based adaptation and mitigation in botswana's communal rangelands

• $145,192

  Save the Waves Coalition · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

  Expanding blue economy benefits and the conservation of critical biological variety and ecosystem services by managing surf ecosystems

• $143,057

  Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2021

  Green growth in peru

• $142,631

  American Bird Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

  Removal of alien invasive species for habitat restoration in isla alto velo, dominican republic

• $140,245

  The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024

  Developing a conservation action plan for critically endangered ridgway's hawk, dominican republic

• $134,780

  Turtle Survival Alliance · Charleston, SC · 2022

  Back from the brink: recovering two critically endangered turtles in myanmar

• $134,740

  Fishbio · Oakdale, CA · 2021

  Building freshwater bridges: connecting fish conservation zones and ecotourism in lao pdr and costa rica; evaluating cambodian freshwater conservation projects in the lower mekong

• $130,402

  Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024

  Empowering communities through regenerative and wildlife friendly certified cotton production in the satpura-pench corridor, india

• $125,579

  International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2022

  Counter wildlife crime in china s southwest border region

• $125,447

  Nature and Culture International · Del Mar, CA · 2022

  Improving the conditions of co-management and productive conservation to maintain the irrecoverable carbon of the forests of the maijuna kichwa rca; contribute to the physical and biological sustenance of the technical … read allImproving the conditions of co-management and productive conservation to maintain the irrecoverable carbon of the forests of the maijuna kichwa rca; contribute to the physical and biological sustenance of the technical file for the process of establishing the acr bride's veil; fostering community-based conservation in utcubamba key biodiversity area in peru less
• $117,431

  Bahamas National Trust Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2023

  Enhancing management effectiveness, enforcement, and compliance within the bahamas national protected area network through the use of technology, sustainable financing mechanisms, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement

• $116,927

  Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023

  Developing and implementing an online human dimensions course to support capacity development for marine protected area managers

• $116,003

  Bahamas National Trust Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  Enhancing management effectiveness, enforcement, and compliance within the bahamas national protected area network through the use of technology, sustainable financing mechanisms, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement

• $113,995

  Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

  Call to action: conservation action plans for endangered caribbean species

• $112,208

  The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023

  Conservation action planning and implementation for ridgway's hawk, dominican republic

• $110,965

  Rangelands Regeneration · Pleasanton, CA · 2023

  Rrt integrated management area & surrounding wards

• $105,750

  Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Strengthening mpa enforcement in the dominican republic; strengthening inter-institutional coordination for the protection of marine ecosystems and fight against iuu fishing in the mpa coiba national park

• $105,220

  Turtle Survival Alliance · Charleston, SC · 2023

  Back from the brink: recovering two critically endangered turtles in myanmar

• $103,715

  University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2021

  Coffee & forest mapping

• $102,644

  Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022

  Green growth in peru

• $102,576

  Marine Conservation Biology Institute · Glen Ellen, CA · 2024

  Mci marine workforce study

• $101,150

  Ocean Unite · Washington, DC · 2021

  Facilitating the formulation of the blue nature alliance's global policy strategy and caribbean campaign strategy

• $101,089

  Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  Endangered raptor conservation on the indo-palearctic flyway of kazakhstan

• $100,000

  Red Panda Network · Eugene, OR · 2024

  Conservation and restoration in the eastern himalaya

• $99,821

  Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group · Naples, FL · 2024

  Building community capacity for environmental resilience around betampona reserve, madagascar

• $99,242

  The Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Strengthening land degradation neutrality and drought resilience data and decision-making

• $96,539

  Maliasii Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

  Driving malagasy leadership and organizational growth to deliver meaningful ecosystem-based adaptation

• $95,479

  Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2022

  Connectivity, capacity, and cats: building resiliency in the mountain ecosystems of koytendag, turkmenistan

• $95,357

  Saola Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

  Rediscovering saola: state-of-the-art methods to detect endangered annamite species in lao pdr

• $92,273

  Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  Green growth in peru

• $91,782

  The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2024

  Draft proposal for mpa designation of salas y gomez and nazca ridges

• $91,708

  The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

  Building marine management capacity at-scale; big ocean: building a resilient community of practice

• $91,336

  Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024

  Improving capacity and connectivity between reserves in turkmenistan and uzbekistan

• $90,000

  Hatch Accelerator Fund Management Llc · Kailua Kona, HI · 2022

  Women in ocean food innovation studio

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