Wilburforce Foundation Conservation Grants

The grant program supports a variety of conservation efforts aimed at protecting wildlife and their habitats in Western North America, including:

• Increasing the protected critical wildlife habitat.
• Ensuring the connectivity of lands between core habitat areas.
• Mitigating immediate threats to critical wildlife habitats.
• Enhancing management programs for ecological integrity in protected or proposed areas.
• Boosting knowledge and management of wildlife populations and viability of focal species.
• Strengthening the capacity of grantees working in priority areas. Funding focuses on specific priority regions identified through scientific research, including Alaska/British Columbia, the Northwest/Southwest, and the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor. The program offers support in several key areas: Conservation Science, Conservation Law & Policy, and Capacity Building, aiming to adopt scientific methods, defend environmental laws, advance conservation policies, and develop organizational competencies for sustainability and effectiveness.