Grant FAQs
Anyone directly involved in species conservation. However, grants can only be paid out to registered charities (non-profit charitable organizations), so the applicant must be associated with / cooperate with such an entity.
Yes. However, for maximum impact, we prioritize species with a high EDGE score, habitats in a biodiversity and/or EDGE or endemism hotspot, and high threat levels without adequate conservation measures.
We generally award small, but repeatable "seed money" grants ranging from CHF/USD 3,000 - 10,000 per project and year. Focusing on your key (urgent and/or critical) needs and submitting a respective budget total is more likely to be approved than submitting a vaguely defined maximum request. Applications for larger grants may occasionally be considered upon an invitation by the board.
Yes. Our goal is conservation impact, hence a project may receive more than one grant over time. Outcome and reporting of the preceding grant activity will influence the decision.
At any time. However, applications will be reviewed at scheduled review meetings, generally in Quarter 2 (submission deadline 15 April) and Quarter 4 (submission deadline 15 October). Selection is very competitive, so please submit your application well ahead of the deadline. Late applications or those received in-between deadlines will be postponed to the next grant review and will automatically be reviewed then. However, if feasible operationally and in budget terms, we may pragmatically review and decide on such applications in-between deadlines.
Within 1-2 months after submission, i.e.
- generally in September for the submission deadline of 30 June.
- generally in March for the submission deadline of 31 December
Yes, but only as part of a conservation budget and only for activities critical for project outcome.
Yes, but only as part of a conservation budget and only for activities critical for project outcome.
Preferably but not necessarily; our key criterion is whether the activity is critical for conservation success.
Yes, but you need to disclose other funding sources and funding amounts.
Yes.
No. Funding decisions are at the discretion of the board and based on thorough examination for relevance to 1wild goals, as well as prioritization of all applications received.
While we do provide some feedback, for reasons of efficiency we will not provide detailed reasons for not providing a grant, or part of a grant requested. Whilst conservation needs are enormous, 1wild funds are limited, forcing us to strictly prioritize.
Yes. This is a requirement for receiving any funding. Requirements will be provided to successful applicants. Your report will be used to list, detail and potentially showcase your project on the 1wild website.
Check your junk mail. Should your submission have missed the deadline, it will enter the subsequent application round.
No, you can use the (considerably shorter) grant renewal form, which you will find below the more extensive form for first applications.
The renewal form spares you quite a bit of content which we expect not to change from year to year.
For such cases we recommend locally saving the printable Office WORD form which is embedded in the online form (both versions, first application or renewal) . You can then e-mail us the filled form, along with the budget template (Office EXCEL) which is also embedded in the form.