Recent Grants

Please note certain grants were approved and funded by the Roger and Vicki Sant Donor-Advised Fund at The Greater Washington Community Foundation.

Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación

Guatemala City, Guatemala
$150,000 over one year (2021)
Scaling Up No-Take Areas and Sustainable Fisheries Management in Caribbean Guatemala

Mesoamerican Reef Fund

Guatemala City, Guatemala
$275,897 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Improving the Health and Resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef in 2022

Guatemala City, Guatemala
$150,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Emergency Assistance for Marine Protected Area Co-Managers in Belize

Guatemala City, Guatemala
$20,000 over one year (2021)
Identifying Priorities to Strengthen MAR Fund’s Governance

Oceana, Inc.

Washington, DC
$15,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Oceana’s Fisheries Work in Mexico

Washington, DC
$175,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Oceana’s Work in Belize

Washington, DC
$75,000 over one year (2021)
Feasibility Study for Embedding Environmental Protections in Belize’s Constitution

Rare

Arlington, VA
$170,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Fisheries Work in Honduras

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, DC
$520,000 over two years (2021 – 2022)
General Program Support for the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative and Conserving Mangroves and Seagrasses in the Mesoamerican Reef

The Coral Reef Alliance

Oakland, CA
$180,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support to Save Coral Reefs in Honduras by Improving Water Quality

Oakland, CA
$150,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Emergency Assistance for Marine Protected Areas Co-Managers in Honduras

Oakland, CA
$292,403 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Reducing Sewage Impacts in the Mesoamerican Reef and Strengthening Honduran Marine Protected Areas

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment

Punta Gorda, Belize
$125,000 over one year (2021)
General Operating Support

World Wildlife Fund

Washington, DC
$150,000 over one year (2021)
Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Agriculture in the Mesoamerican Reef

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Eugene, OR
$210,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Applying Legal Tools to Protect the Mesoamerican Reef

International Community Foundation

National City, CA
$90,000 over one year (2021)
Improving the Sustainability of Fisheries in the Mesoamerican Reef

Blue Ventures Conservation

London, UK
$40,000 over one year (2021)
General Program Support for Establishing Effective Lionfish Management in Belize’s Fish Replenishment Zones

Friends of Turneffe Atoll and Turneffe Atoll Trust

Bozeman, MT
$20,000 over one year (2021)
Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve Advocacy Program

Blue World Foundation

Miami Beach, FL
$11,500 over one year (2021)
Implementing Guatemala’s National Plan of Action for Chondrichthyes in the Mesoamerican Reef