OUR GRANTS

Enhancing the understanding of biological diversity for the benefit and sustainability of life on earth.

Pwani University (2026)

Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity in Agro-Ecosystems in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Sacred Forests Landscape of Coastal Kenya

$115,717 (24 Months)

Africa Nature Investors Foundation (ANI) & Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC) at Bamenda (2025)

Establishing Research and Cross Boundary Partnerships in the Gashaka Gumti/Tchabal Mbabo Transboundary Protected Area Complex

$250,000 (30 months)

Nature Rwanda (2025)

Enhancing Pollinator Dynamics and Conservation for Improved Ecosystem Health and Services in Key Agro-Ecological Landscapes in Rwanda

$70,232.00 (24 Months)

Dambari Wildlife Trust and Natural History Museums of Zimbabwe and Mozambique (2025)

Somabhula Grassland Biodiversity Surveys and Capacity-building for Mozambique and Zimbabwe

$155,667 (24 months)

International Centre of Inesct Physiology and Ecology(2023)

Increase Knowledge, Awareness and Data Accessibility for Bee and Dipteran Pollinators, their Forage Plant Species to Support Conservation of Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Cameroon

$304,195 (42 Months)

Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (2023)

Design of a Parataxonomists Training Program at Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute

$42,248 (6 Months)

Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (2022)

Invertebrate surveys in Afromontane ecosystems

$142,901 (36 months)

Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (2021)

Biodiversity data collection and training conservationists in East and West Usambaras, Tanzania

$277,794 (36 months)

National Museums of Kenya (2019)

Assessment of Lepidoptera Pollinator Species Diversity in East Africa

$50,000 (12 Months)

Freshwater Research Centre Odonata Map (2019)

Atlas and Phenology of Dragonflies and Damselflies in South Africa

$113,900 (18 Months)

Royal Museum for Central Africa (2019)

The Pollinator Information Network for Sub-Saharan Two-Winged Insects (PIN-DIP)

$40,000 (9 Months)

Makerere University (2019)

Generating information on bee pollinator diversity and distribution in Uganda through the application of ecological and informatics tools

$ 275,000.00 (36 months)

Basque Center for Climate Change (2019)

Integrative modelling to understand pollination services across agricultural landscapes

$ 43,000

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Pollinators Planning (2019)

Planning for Harnessing pollinator biodiversity informatics in Malawi to understand the importance of agroecological interventions

$ 36,950

KwaZulu-Natal Museum: Entomological Society of South Africa Conference (2019)

Conference Support for 21st Congress of the Entomology Society of Southern Africa

$7,500 (4 Months)

Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (2019)

Development of a National Biodiversity Data Portal (NBDP) based on ALA Open Source Software

$ 240,000.00 (36 Months)

Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (2018)

Assessing Landscape Level Impacts of Climate Change on Montane Forest Pollinators in Tanzania

$ 275,000 (36 Months)

Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (2018)

Planning phase: Data platform of wild pollinators’ biodiversity in Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa

$31,510 (4 months)

National Museum, Bloemfontein (2018)

Conference Support: 9th International Congress of Dipterology

$10,000 (6 months)

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (2017)

Integrative Pollinator-Plant Interaction Assessment of Ecosystem Service Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

$324,040 (36 months)

College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka (2017)

Pollinator Monitoring Project in Tanzania

$284,400 (36 months )

Royal Museum for Central Africa (2016)

The Pollinator Information Network for Sub-Saharan Two-Winged Insects (PIN-DIP)

$209,000 (36 Months)

National Museums of Kenya (2016)

Assessment of Lepidoptera Pollinator Species Diversity in East Africa

$264,200 (36 Months)

University of Cape Town (2016)

Atlas and Phenology of Dragonflies and Damselflies in South Africa

$102,000 (48 Months)

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund - GDFCF (2011)

Applied Informatics through the Rural Brain

$200,000 (12 Months)

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund - GDFCF (2013)

Guanacaste Parataxonomist Program

$200,000 (24 Months)

National Museum Bloemfontein

South African Arachnid Biodiversity

$180,000 (30 Months)

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (2011)

African Pollinator Biodiversity

$198,000 (24 Months)

Stellenbosch University (2012)

Dragonfly Freshwater Health Tool

$296,000 (47 Months)

Universidad Central de Venezuela (2012)

Neotropical Leaf Beetles

$92,494 (24 Months)

Universidad Central de Venezuela (2014)

Mobilizing Venezuelan Biodiversity Data

$100,000 (24 Months)

University of Pretoria (2011)

Dung Beetle Diversity

$197,568 (24 Months)

University of Pretoria (2013)

South African Dung Beetle Atlas

$145,000 (24 Months)

University of Pretoria - Neuroptera (2012)

Afrotropical Neuroptera Biodiversity Database

$86,000 (36 Months)

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Freshwater

Freshwater resources in Africa are insecure in quantity and quality, and water resource development is a high priority for governments and international donors. We are developing grantmaking initiatives in Freshwater data and information systems to support conservation and development. We aim to address the urgent need for better freshwater biodiversity assessment and access to freshwater biodiversity data by all stakeholders.

Pollinators

Pollination is critical to sustaining human nutrition and agricultural livelihoods, yet studies show a widespread global decline in pollinator biodiversity. In Africa, the conservation sector lacks the baseline data, effective monitoring methods, information services, and evidence of pollinator status and value to influence policy. Our Pollinator Biodiversity Program aims to increase the accessibility and quality of pollinator biodiversity data through a long-term investment in collecting baseline data, developing technologies and methods to do so, and creating data sharing platforms relevant at regional and local levels.

Capacity

Our goal is to expand the tools and processes used to collect, manage, and disseminate biodiversity data and information in sub-Saharan Africa. That makes capacity-building the over-arching focus of the Foundation. Our other two Programs in Freshwater and Pollinator Biodiversity are intended to drive and sustain biodiversity informatics capacity.

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