Funding Organizations
This database lists organizations from the public and private sector that fund or invest in projects promoting wetland conservation, wise use and restoration. This database is not exhaustive, it serves as a directory for people searching for possible funders. Email ramsar@ramsar.org to suggest updates or additions to the Database.
Name | Short Name | Organization type | Areas of support | Grant size | Geographic interest | Website |
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Global Green Grants Fund | Foundation | Global Green Grants Fund, mobilizes resources and supports communities worldwide to protect their ways of life and the planet. | No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
Global Environment Facility (GEF) | GEF | NGO/INGO | The GEF funds are available to developing countries and countries with economies in transition to meet the objectives of the international environmental conventions and agreements. The GEF administers several trust funds to help tackle pressing environmental problems. Focus areas include: - Biodiversity - Chemicals and waste - Climate change - International waters - Land degradation - Sustainable cities |
No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |
Global Ecosystem-based Adaptation Fund | Global EbA Fund | Multilateral | The Global EbA Fund grant selection criteria concern both the project and the wider context for its implementation. Global EbA Fund grants should be complementary to and add value to existing work, by filling a gap in an existing project, enhancing the impact of an investment in EbA, contributing to policy upscaling of EbA, and/or serving to develop a larger proposal to another funding mechanism. | $50-100K | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | |
German Development Bank KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) | KfW | Government | Budget are mainly allocated to poor and poorly developed countries. The funds are not repaid. However, to be eligible to receive this funding, development policy criteria must be met including the partner country's ownership and commitment. We mainly deploy grants and very low-interest standard loans in poor and poorly developed countries: in 2017, 41% of the German Federal Government's budget funds were dedicated to Sub-Saharan Africa. More developed countries are also eligible for grants for projects that contribute directly to reducing poverty or to protecting global public goods such as, e. g., tropical rainforests. | Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
George B. Storer Foundation | Foundation | The Foundation promotes the responsible management of public lands and supports efforts to minimize the externalized costs of development on society in the form of climate change, pollution, habitat fragmentation, clean water and air. The Foundation supports projects that demonstrate: - Promoting an economy that achieves ecological sustainability while striving to meet society’s other needs - Promoting decision-making that is supported by economic models that recognize long-term and total costs to society - Conserving and restoring resources to preserve the basis of life and productivity |
No Information | North America, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
Fundo Vale | Foundation | We support initiatives that foster innovative business models and rethink ways of doing things, as well as financial arrangements and instruments to allow large-scale sustainable economies. What do these things have in common? Our commitment to generate positive impacts on the environment and people’s lives. | No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility | FCPF | NGO/INGO | he Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries, activities commonly referred to as REDD+. The FCPF works with 47 developing countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, along with 17 donors that have made contributions and commitments totaling $1.3 billion. The FCPF supports REDD+ efforts through its Readiness and Carbon Funds. |
No Information | Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |
Ford Foundation | Foundation | We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives. Across eight decades, our mission has sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. |
No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
Fonds français pour l'Environnement mondial | FFEM | Multilateral | For 24 years, FFEM has been working to reconcile the conservation of the environment and sustainable development in developing and emerging countries. FFEM has set the priority of acting to protect the global environment in order to promote sustainable economic and social development in the countries where it operates. |
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website | |
Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza | FMCN | NGO/INGO | The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN) finances conservation projects throughout Mexico. Key programmes include; - Natural protected areas - Forests and Watersheds - Coastal & Marine |
No Information | Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |
Fondation Hans Wilsdorf (Rolex) | Foundation | - Social Actions - Culture - Education |
No Information | Europe | Website | |
Fondation Franz Weber | Franz Weber | Foundation | The Fondation Franz Weber is committed to a diverse range of campaigns in Switzerland and around the world to protect animals and nature. | No Information | Europe | Website |
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation | BfN | Government | BfN funds projects by initiatives, associations, scientific institutions and other stakeholders that serve nature conservation and landscape management. | $50-100K | Africa | Website |
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation | BfN | Government | BfN funds projects by initiatives, associations, scientific institutions and other stakeholders that serve nature conservation and landscape management. | $50-100K | Africa | Website |
Evoqua | Company | Evoqua Water Technologies delivers products, solutions and services to ensure water quality and consistency for municipalities, industrial water users and recreational facilities. With more than a 100-year heritage of industry-leading brands and products, technical expertise, and unmatched customer service, Evoqua is the partner of choice for millions of water users across the globe. | No Information | Website | ||
European Union Directorate-General Environment | Government | The LIFE programme is the European Union’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the Union. | Europe | Website | ||
Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency | ERCA | Other | Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) provides grant to Non Governmental Organization (NGO)/Non Profit Organization (NPO) engaged in environmental activities. | No Information | Website | |
Environment Now | Foundation | Environment Now is a private non-profit foundation focused on preserving and restoring coastal, freshwater and forest ecosystems, as well as improving air quality and urban sustainability. | No Information | North America | Website | |
Environment Education (EE) Grants | EPA | Government | The Environmental Education Grants Program supports projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. | North America | Website | |
Ducks Unlimited | DU | Company | Ducks Unlimited is a private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. Areas of interest include advocacy, conservation and restoration projects that protect wetlands, watersheds, waterfowl breeding grounds and flyways. | $50-100K | North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |
Dow Chemichals | Company | Dow provides a world-class portfolio of advanced, sustainable and leading-edge products. This enables us to deliver solutions designed to meet almost any performance and business need. | No Information | Website | ||
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | DDCF | Foundation | The Environment Program of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) awards grants to enable communities to protect and manage wildlife habitat. Areas funded include; - Land conservation in an Era of Climate Change - Wildlife and Energy development - Strengthening the Conservation Field - Environmental Stewardship in the Tri-State Area |
$100K-1M | North America, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit | Giz | Government | No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America | Website | |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | Government | The UK government's department responsible for safeguarding the natural environment, supporting the food and farming industry and sustaining a thriving rural economy. | Website | |||
David Suzuki Foundation | Foundation | The David Suzuki Foundation works to conserve and protect the natural environment mainly in Canada with a focus on the following areas; - Climate solutions - Biodiversity - Environmental rights - Oceans - Cities |
No Information | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean | Website |