Michele JL Martin is the Vice President of Finance and Operations at The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Michele has provided expert advice to enable environmental and social organizations to increase their impact. Michele served as a…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation has pledged $25,000 to support the 22nd Congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (French acronym: AETFAT) from March 22-26, 2021, in Livingstone, Zambia. This triennial conference has been…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. JRS Supports Cash Prize Competition for the Use of Biodiversity Data in Development Decisions SEATTLE, Washington – November 14, 2019 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation…
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and its many partners meet in Brussels on November 13-14, 2019, to conclude the first phase of the Biodiversity Information for Development (BD) Program's first phase and to plan its future. The BID program…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. SEATTLE, Washington – October 8, 2019 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces grant awards totaling nearly $595,000 in support of JRS’ Pollinator Biodiversity and Services…
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation has awarded $299,630 to The Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB), hosted at the University of Rwanda. CoEB will use this grant award to develop a Rwandan Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (RBIS)…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. New JRS Grants to Advance Freshwater Biodiversity Information Systems in Africa SEATTLE, Washington – SEPTEMBER 19,2019 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces three new grant awards, totaling…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. The JRS Biodiversity Foundation Announces Grant to Support Data-Based Journalism on Biodiversity in the Nile Basin SEATTLE, Washington – August 30, 2019 – The JRS…
Explore the JRS strategic portfolio grants on the Foundation Maps website: https://maps.foundationcenter.org/?acct=JRSB001 The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is committed to transparency and open access to data. In this spirit, we are proud to contribute our grantmaking data to the Foundation Center…
Seattle, Washington -- April 24, 2019 -- The African Biodiversity Challenge began in 2017 when the Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, and Rwandan teams were chosen from over 40 initial applications, spanning 13 countries. Each team worked with South African National Biodiversity…
