Private foundation · Arlington, VA

Jrs Biodiversity Foundation

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Typical grant size
$30K – $49K – $77K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
19
Repeat grantees
16
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

DeadlinesAPPLICATION DEADLINES VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR
ContactMATTHEW V CASSETTA EXECUTIVE DIRECT · 5713470545
MaterialsALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING. THE FORMAT OF THE GRANT REQUEST FORMS VARY SOMEWHAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
RestrictionsPRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO SUBMIT PROPOSALS THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCH THE FOUNDATION MISSION OF PROMOTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE ON EARTH, AND THE FOUNDATION'S SCOPE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES PRIMARILY CARRIED OUT VIA COLLABORATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Matthew Cassetta
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$190K
Julius Ecuru
SECRETARY
$7K
Alasdair Philip
TRUSTEE
$7K
Baldwyn Torto
VICE PRESIDENT
$7K
Michelle Jl Martin
TRUSTEE
$7K
Guy Midgley
PRESIDENT
$7K
Michael Nkonu
TRUSTEE
$7K
Mohammed Bakarr
TRUSTEE
Grace Mwaura
TRUSTEE
Alecia Chen
TRUSTEE
Benjamin Rader
TRUSTEE
Sandy J Andelman
TRUSTEE
$5K
Kris Krishtalka
TRUSTEE
$5K
Don Doering
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$142K
Ellen V Martz
TREASURER
Leonard Krishtalka
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
4.4%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
360
Total grants awarded
$21.5M
Total amount
$60K
Average grant
$525K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$2.2M
38 grants
2023
$2.5M
44 grants
2022
$1.8M
21 grants
2021
$1.8M
17 grants
2020
$2.6M
27 grants
2019
$2.2M
35 grants
2018
$1.7M
28 grants
2017
$753K
15 grants
2016
$1.1M
30 grants
2015
$1.8M
35 grants
2014
$1.9M
41 grants
2013
$1.3M
29 grants

Top recipients

South African National Biodiversity Institute
18 grants
$1.2M
Freshwater Research Centre
14 grants
$819K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$757K
National Museum of Kenya
9 grants
$564K
2 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$555K
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat
1 grant
$489K
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
8 grants
$452K
Sanparks Scientific Services
3 grants
$448K
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
6 grants
$409K
University of Rwanda
5 grants
$399K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Sanparks Scientific Services
FOR THE PROJECT "OVERCOMING PANDEMIC THREATS TO BIOINFORMATICS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL PARKS."
TY 2024
$175K
University of Florida
FOR THE PROJECT "FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY DATA OF RIVERS OF THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN."
FL · TY 2024
$150K
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
CRITICAL BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS IN THE LAKE TANGANYIKA AND RUZIZI RIVER BASINS
IL · TY 2024
$114K
Wildfowl Wetlands Trust
FOR THE PROJECT "MADAGASCAR WETLANDS KNOWLEDGE BASE."
TY 2024
$105K
Water Journalists Africa - Infonile
FOR THE PROJECT "NILEWELL: PROMOTING TRUST OF BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND COMMUNICATORS IN THE NILE …
TY 2024
$103K
Wildlife Conservation Society
FOR THE PROJECT "FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM (FBDC) FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF T…
TY 2024
$98K
Nature Uganda
FOR THE PROJECT "TRAINING A COHORT OF HERPETOLOGISTS TO INCREASE DATA KNOWLEDGE IN UGANDA AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR BASELIN…
TY 2024
$95K
Gaea Seychelles
FOR THE PROJECT "DEVELOPING A FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE SEYCHELL…
TY 2024
$87K
Conservation Action Research Network
ASPIRE GRANT PROJECTS SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARS IN CONGO BASIN AND ALBERTINE RIFT
CA · TY 2024
$85K
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
FOR THE PROJECT "ENHANCING DATA ACCESS TO TRANSFORM GUINEA'S CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY AND PROTECT ITS THREATENED PLANTS."
TY 2024
$76K
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
FOR THE PROJECT "INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND DATA ACCESSIBILITY FOR BEE AND DIPTERAN POLLINATORS, THEIR FORAGE PLA…
TY 2024
$76K
Freshwater Research Centre
IN SUPPORT OF ITS WORK TO EXPAND RESEARCH CAPACITY AND DATA ACCESS FOR THE FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM (T…
TY 2024
$76K
National Herbarium of Benin
FOR THE PROJECT "MOBILIZING DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION, TAXONOMY, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF B…
TY 2024
$70K
Conserve Global
THE PROJECT WILL UNDERTAKE GROUND SAMPLING AND SURVEYS WITH REMOTE SENSING DATA TO PRODUCE ACCURATE VEGETATION AND LAND …
TY 2024
$65K
Hawassa University
TO GENERATE INFORMATION ON INSECT POLLINATORS DIVERSITY, SHARE DATA OPENLY AND CREATE AWARENESS THROUGH PLATFORMS ON FOO…
TY 2024
$65K
Wildtracktswalu Foundation
THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNIQUE THAT WILL PROVIDE A COST-EFFECTIVE AND COMMUNITY-GENERATED METRIC AS …
TY 2024
$55K
Namibian Chamber of Environment
THIS PROJECT'S PRIMARY AIM IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE WIDELY SCATTERED INFORMATION AND DATA ON NAMIBIAN NEAR-ENDEMIC PLANT…
TY 2024
$53K
Re Wild
FOR PROJECT LOST SPECIES AFRICAN SYMPOSIA FOR UGANDAN, TANZANIAN, AND DRC RESEARCHERS
TX · TY 2024
$53K
East African Wildlife Society
FOR THE PROJECT "UNLOCKING BIODIVERSITY DATA TO FACILITATE DESIGNATION OF LAKE OF BOLOSSAT AS THE 7TH RAMSAR SITE IN KEN…
TY 2024
$50K
National Museums of Kenya
IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF BATS IN TWO CAVES IN KENYA, REPRESENTING TWO TYPES OF CAVES. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE…
TY 2024
$45K
University of Parakou Benin
FOR DATA MOBILIZATION AND LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF WILD EDIBLE FUNGI IN BENIN.
TY 2024
$45K
International Crane Foundation
FOR THE PROJECT "DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ECOLOGICAL MONITORING PLAN AND A WETLAND INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE ADAPT…
TY 2024
$45K
Kabale University Uganda
FOR THE PROJECT "SITE SELECTION TO PROTECT PAPYRUS ENDEMIC BIODIVERSITY IN UGANDA."
TY 2024
$44K
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
IN SUPPORT OF ITS WORK "ASSESSING LANDSCAPE LEVEL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MONTANE FOREST POLLINATORS IN TANZANIA."
TY 2024
$43K
University of Namibia
FOR THE PROJECT "ESTABLISHING CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINED PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL SPACIAL BIODIVERSITY DATA PRODUCTS: GUIDING …
TY 2024
$40K
National Museums of Kenya
ILLUMINATING UNDERSTUDIED CAVES TO HIGHLIGHT PLANT POLLINATION AND SEED DISPERSAL SERVICES BY BATS
TY 2024
$39K
Makerere University
3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, ECOSYSTEMS AND LIVELIHOODS UNDER GLOBAL …
TY 2024
$36K
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
FOR THE PROJECT "BIODIVERSITY DATA COLLECTION AND TRAINING CONSERVATIONISTS IN EAST AND WEST USAMBARAS".
TY 2024
$32K
Bamenda University
CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
TY 2024
$30K
Endangered Wildlife Trust
FOR THE PROJECT "DEVELOPING A 30-BY-30 LANDSCAPE PLANNING TOOL FOR SOUTH AFRICA THAT BALANCES THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION,…
TY 2024
$28K
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
2024 SUPPORT FOR A SESSION ON BIOINFORMATICS AT THE BIOECONOMY SUMMIT
TY 2024
$25K
Threatened Species Alliance
REINFORCING THE CAPACITY FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PLANNING FOR YOUNG WEST AFRICAN CONSERVATIONISTS.
TY 2024
$23K
Tusk Trust
SUPPORT TO CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM ENTITLED: EVOLUTION AND LEADERSHIP IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION
TY 2024
$20K
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
DEVELOPING NATIONAL KEY BIODIVERSITY AREA (KBA) ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL AND EVALUATING THE STATUS OF A PILOT LEGACY
TY 2024
$18K
Northwest University South Africa
TO SUPPORT TRAINING AND GUIDES TO BUILD BEE TAXONOMIC CAPACITY AMONG CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
TY 2024
$11K
Freshwater Research Centre
PAYMENT AMENDMENT FOR: DEMAND-DRIVEN, HIGH IMPACT EXPANSION OF THE FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM, SOUTH AFR…
TY 2024
$10K
Iucn West and Central Africa Program
FOR THE PROJECT "SUPPORT FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF DATABASES FOR AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CHARI-LOGONE SUB-BASI…
TY 2024
$9K
Sos Sahel USA Inc
NIOKOLO-TRAINING AND BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS IN KOBA NATIONAL PARK BUFFER ZONE
DE · TY 2024
$3K
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
FOR THE PROJECT "CROSS-SECTORAL HOUSEHOLD AND CRITICAL BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS IN RIPARIAN SOUTH KIVU AND TANGANYIKA PROVIN…
IL · TY 2023
$145K
Nature Uganda
FOR THE PROJECT "TRAINING A COHORT OF HERPETOLOGISTS TO INCREASE DATA KNOWLEDGE IN UGANDA AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR BASELIN…
TY 2023
$110K
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
FOR THE PROJECT "BIODIVERSITY DATA COLLECTION AND TRAINING CONSERVATIONISTS IN EAST AND WEST USAMBARAS".
TY 2023
$110K
National Herbarium of Benin
FOR THE PROJECT "MOBILIZING DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION, TAXONOMY, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF B…
TY 2023
$105K
Water Journalists Africa - Infonile
FOR THE PROJECT "NILEWELL: PROMOTING TRUST OF BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND COMMUNICATORS IN THE NILE …
TY 2023
$101K
East African Wildlife Society
FOR THE PROJECT "UNLOCKING BIODIVERSITY DATA TO FACILITATE DESIGNATION OF LAKE OF BOLOSSAT AS THE 7TH RAMSAR SITE IN KEN…
TY 2023
$97K
Kabale University Uganda
FOR THE PROJECT "SITE SELECTION TO PROTECT PAPYRUS ENDEMIC BIODIVERSITY IN UGANDA."
TY 2023
$95K
Sanparks Scientific Services
FOR THE PROJECT "OVERCOMING PANDEMIC THREATS TO BIOINFORMATICS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL PARKS."
TY 2023
$95K
Conservation Action Research Network
THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EARLY CAREER AFRICAN CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. FUNDS WILL BE USED…
CA · TY 2023
$93K
University of Namibia
FOR THE PROJECT "ESTABLISHING CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINED PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL SPACIAL BIODIVERSITY DATA PRODUCTS: GUIDING …
TY 2023
$90K
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
FOR THE PROJECT "ENHANCING DATA ACCESS TO TRANSFORM GUINEA'S CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY AND PROTECT ITS THREATENED PLANTS."
TY 2023
$85K
South African National Biodiversity Institute
IN SUPPORT OF ITS WORK "A BIODIVERSITY DATA PIPELINE FOR WETLANDS AND WATERBIRDS (BIRDIE)"
TY 2023
$68K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.