Overview Principal Office: USA Key Words: ocean conservation, research, exploration Website: Link The interests of the Wait Foundation have evolved through several stages of grant making since the Foundation’s establishment in 1993. The Foundation began with a focus on community building and violence prevention, and this area continues to be supported. The Foundation more recently added grant making for ocean conservation, as well as support for a wider arena of exploration and discovery. Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources 1 --Ocean Conservation. The Foundation makes grants for marine protected areas; improved fisheries management; global awareness about declining ocean life; scientific research on ocean ecosystems; and underwater sea exploration. -- Link 2 -- Exploration and Discovery. Grants fund archaeology expeditions, ocean explorations, and other exploratory missions that aim for cutting-edge discovery. -- Link The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit charitable organizations in the USA, and to organizations external to the USA which apply through a fiscal sponsor. The minimum grant size is US$100 thousand; there is no maximum. APPLICATION (for 1-2 above): Grant seekers should review Waitt’s guidelines and criteria. Guidelines. -- Link Criteria. -- Link Grant seekers submit a preliminary grant request online. The Foundation does not accept submissions in any other form. Preliminary grant requests are accepted all year. The Foundation reviews the preliminary requests in order to determine which applicants to invite for full proposals. On occasion, additional information may be requested prior to a final decision. -- Link Waitt posts helpful Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). -- Link Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries Worldwide Comments In addition to its support for ocean conservation and exploration and discovery, the Foundation has programs in: Since its inception in 1993, the Waitt Foundation has made more than 2,000 grants for over US$100 million (all programs). In collaboration with the National Geographic Society (USA), Waitt makes grants to young researchers in several fields of the natural sciences, as well as in archaeology and cultural anthropology. Note: The NGS/Waitt grants are included in the profile of the National Geographic Society, presented separately. -- Link The Foundation provides its telephone, fax, postal address, and email contact form. -- Link Last Profile Review February 2012 © Copyright protected. All rights reserved. |
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