Deadline: 6 February 2015
The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) is currently accepting letters of inquiry from NGOs around the globe. Besides being worldwide fund, the DWCF limits its fund transmission to the non-profits in USA only. Thus organizations outside USA, willing to secure the conservation grant should identify a US 501(c)(3) organization who is willing to become an intermediary. The US organization should receive the fund and direct the funding to international organizations that have proposed to utilize it for conservation project.
Grant request should be made for holistic programs addressing a significant conservation need (or projects that are part of a program) which reflect education and community engagement; sustainable development programs directly connected to protecting species and habitat; and scientific field studies on species and habitats (ex-situ projects/project components are not funded). Preference is given to projects where there is a significant conservation action component.
Grant request can be made up to US$25,000.
Primary Components of conservation program
- Scientific Investigation
- Education – positively influencing people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about wildlife and wild places.
- Empowering communities/partners to become actively involved in protecting wildlife and habitat.
Strategic priorities
- Projects in Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii (and North America in general), the Caribbean, China, Indonesia, Europe, Latin America, etc.
- Projects involving the following species/habitats (but not limited to)
- Asian habitat and species (primarily tropical forest species)
- Central/South African habitat and species (specifically savanna and forest species)
- Latin American habitat and species
- Marine species (including coral reefs, dolphins, manatees, sea turtles and sharks)
- Projects that target particular wildlife sustainability issues.
- Projects that focus on invertebrate conservation issues.
