Funding and grants
Grant databases, the funders themselves, and the networks behind them.
20 resources
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TBG conservation grants databaseTBG projectNew
The most comprehensive list of wildlife grants anywhere, over 500 of them, with an assistant that remembers your mission and programs and ranks which grants actually fit you. Open to Fiscal Sponsorship Alliance members only
Get over 500 wildlife grants ranked against your own mission, as a Fiscal Sponsorship Alliance member
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Phoenix Species ProjectNew
Re:wild, the Bezos Earth Fund and IUCN SSC putting $200M into recovering 100 Critically Endangered and Extinct-in-the-Wild species across 30 countries
See whether your species is among the 100, which decides whether serious money exists
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Terra Viva Grants Directory
Grants for agriculture, energy and environment in developing countries
Search free listings aimed at developing countries, where most grant databases are weakest
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fundsforNGOs
Grant listings and proposal resources
Scan frequent calls, but verify each at source since the listings are aggregated
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Foundation Directory Online
Candid funder database, paywalled
Reach it through a library or partner if you cannot justify the subscription yourself
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Candid Learning
Candid's free training and knowledge base on funding, formerly GrantSpace
Take the free training, and search GrantSpace for anything you remember under the old name
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Peak Proposals free grant search list
Guide to free grant-funding search sources
Start here with no budget, because it lists the genuinely free search sources first
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Unfunded List
Feedback on unfunded proposals
Send a rejected proposal for outside evaluation before resubmitting it unchanged
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Conservation Leadership Programme
Early-career conservation team grants
Apply as an early-career team, which is rare when most funders will only fund institutions
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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Species grants with a public grant database
Search past grants to see the realistic size and shape of an award before applying
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CEPF
Hotspot grants with public grantee lists
Check whether your hotspot has an open call, and read the grantee list for local partners
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Jana Robeyst Trust Fund
Small grants for African conservation
Look for small African conservation grants, confirming the site loads before planning around it
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Fondation Ensemble
French foundation funding biodiversity
Apply in French for biodiversity funding, which cuts the competition considerably
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Environmental Funders Network
UK environmental philanthropy resources
Read its fundraiser handbook, and learn who actually funds environmental work in the UK
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United Philanthropy Forum
US philanthropy association network
Find the regional US philanthropy association nearest you, which knows local funders best
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Grants.gov
US federal grants
Check eligibility first, since federal registration takes longer than most deadlines allow
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Instrumentl
Grant discovery platform, paid
Trial it against your real programs, and note the search limits before committing to a subscription
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GrantScape
Grant discovery
Compare it against other paid platforms rather than assuming coverage differs much
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Coefficient Giving
Grant listings of a major funder, renamed from Open Philanthropy
Read its published grants for the scale it funds at, and search Open Philanthropy for older history
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Grantable
Funder prospecting with fit scoring, alongside AI proposal drafting built from your own past submissions. Free tier, then $25 a month for nonprofits under $500k
Draft from your own past proposals rather than a blank page, then check the fit scores