Conservation Law & Policy Grant

About this grant

The Wilburforce Foundation's Conservation Law & Policy program supports conservation leaders and organizations working to protect irreplaceable lands, waters, and wildlife of western North America. The Foundation empowers grantees through science-based solutions, advocacy for responsible environmental policies, and capacity building to achieve lasting conservation outcomes. The program focuses on defending and using environmental policies that safeguard wildlife and wild places, working within specific priority regions of western North America identified through conservation science. The Foundation makes sustained investments in partners over time, building their capacity to achieve higher levels of effectiveness in preserving the region's biological diversity and ecological integrity.

Eligibility

The Foundation supports organizations and collaborative efforts throughout its priority regions in western North America, including Alaska, British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest, Southwest, and Yellowstone to Yukon corridor. Specific geographic focus areas include the Arctic, Tongass National Forest, Great Bear Rainforest, transboundary Alaska/British Columbia watersheds, and British Columbia's Central Interior. The Foundation supports a diversity of organizations committed to protecting wild places and wildlife, with a focus on collaborative efforts that sustain biodiversity, landscape connectivity, climate resilience, and communities.

Key requirements

• ✓Legal and policy focus on wildlands protection and conservation
• ✓Demonstrated potential for meaningful and enduring impact
• ✓Alignment with Wilburforce Foundation's conservation mission

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for Conservation Law & Policy?

Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, charity, university, research-institution. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.

Relevant sectors

About this sector

Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.