OUR GRANTS

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

Botanical Society of Namibia (2026)

Enhancing the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources for a Resilient Traditional Seed System in Namibia

$179,893 (24 Months)

Conserve Global (2026)

Agrobiodiversity in an Area of Rapid Ecological and Socio-Economic Transformation

$122,147 (24 months)

Copperbelt University / Lubumbashi & Kitwe Herbaria (2025)

Highlighting Plant Diversity of Wet Savanna Springheads within the Katanga- Zambian Centre of Endemism

$99,998 (24 months)

Wild Earth Allies (2025)

Understanding the Ecological and Socioeconomic importance of plants used by Batwa Indigenous Communities in upland Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Inform Habitat Restoration

$197,570 (30 months)

Rhodes University, Centre for Biological Control (2023)

Protecting 30x30 Gains Through Integrated Control of Prosopis and Cactus Invasions in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

$31,000 (6 months)

Namibian Nature Foundation (2023)

Incorporating Succulent Plant and Animal Species Information into Conservation Planning

$264,108 (36 Months)

Namibian Chamber of Environment (2023)

Better Information for Better Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of Namibian Near-endemic Plants

$161,651 (36 Months)

University of Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar (UNAD) & SOS SAHEL Senegal (2023)

Niokolo-Koba National Park Buffer Zone Biodiversity Survey

$50,000 (12 Months)

National Herbarium of Benin (2022)

Mobilizing data for Identification, Taxonomy, Socioeconomic Importance and Conservation Assessment of Bryophytes in Benin

$249,966 (36 months)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022)

Enhancing Data Access to Transform Guinea’s Capacity to Identify and Protect its Threatened Plants

$274,721 (36 months)

Kabale University (2022)

Site Selection to Protect Papyrus Endemic Biodiversity in Uganda

$256,446 (36 months)

22nd AETFAT Botantical Congress in Livingstone, Zambia Sponsorship (2019)

$ 25,000.00

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)

CAB International (2017)

Creating global access to Africa’s most complete and current dataset on Invasive Alien Plant Species

$45,750 (18 mo. Months)

University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute (2016)

Building Capacity for Biodiversity Data Management and Dissemination in the Okavango Delta

$111,600

Zoological Society of San Diego (2012)

Enhancing Access to Peruvian Plant Specimens through Herbarium Digitization

$ 86,050 (24 Months)

Zoological Society of San Diego (2014)

Enhancing Access to Peruvian Plant Specimens through Herbarium Digitization

$71,900 (24 Months)

CAB International

East African Invasive Species

$182,210 (36 Months)

Colorado State University

Living Atlas of East African Flora

$168,061 (30 Months)

Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques UAC (2014)

Implementation of the National Biodiversity Information System (NBIS) of Benin

$150,000 (32 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)

Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

Plant Conservation in Colombia

$182,950 (36 Months)

Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (2011)

Regional Flora Database

$199,983 (27 Months)

Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (2013)

Atlantic Forest Information System

$65,000 (21 Months)

Missouri Botanical Garden

The Vahinala Project: A Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar

$199,455 (36 Months)

National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) of Costa Rica

Benin National Biodiversity Information System

$182,319 (30 Months)

National Land Use Planning Commission

Identifcation Tool for Tanzanian Plant Conservation Areas

$199,375 (40 Months)

New York Botanical Garden (2009)

Rescue and Integration of Botanical Data for Conservation in the Southwestern Amazon

$ 199,410 (36 Months)

New York Botanical Garden (2012)

Vietnam Flora

$181,700 (48 Months)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2014)

Madagascan Plants Threat Assessment

$160,700 (18 Month)

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (2014)

Tanzania Biodiversity Information Management Tool

$75,000 (24 Months)

Universidad de los Andes

Páramo Plants Online

$139,700.00 (36 Months)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2011)

Flora of Colombia Online

$197,778 (28 Months)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2013)

Plantas de Colombia Online

$170,000 (24 Months)

University of Ghana (2012)

DNA Barcoding and Conservation of Tree Species

$199,520 (24 Months)

University of Ghana (2014)

Capture of Primary Biodiversity Data for West African Plants

$230,230.00 (42 months)

Learn More About Our Programs

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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