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€3.8 Million Sponsorship Deal for Skansen’s Zoo

February 10th, 2010

We at JRA have recently received some very good news from our friends at Skansen’s Zoo, Stockholm. They have recently received confirmation of a €3.8m sponsorship deal to rebuild and re launch their children’s zoo Lill-Skansen.
 JRA conducted an in-depth one-to-one funding workshop with Skansen a little over a year ago, and we hope some of [...]

The Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2009

February 10th, 2010

Please find attached a breakdown of the biggest charitable givers in the US during 2009. Featuring Bill Gates and the rather descriptively named Raymond A. Rich, I am sure you will find it informative and useful reading.
The 50 US citizens who gave most to good causes in 2009 (2)

Interviews with 3 successful zoo directors from around the world

January 6th, 2010

External investment in zoo sites interviews with successful zoo directors around the world (2)

THE TOP 500: THE SOUTH’S LEADING COMPANIES

January 6th, 2010

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Going Global: A review of international development funding by UK trusts and foundations

January 6th, 2010

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“A museum of the environment” says Leo Hickman of The Guardian..?

November 27th, 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/11/darwin-centre-environment-museum
Surely these already exist? And take the form of enlightened botanic and zoo sites?
Isn’t the Eden Project a museum of the environment ( although that makes it sound much more boring that it is)
And the straightforward unimaginative appproach to a centre promulgating ecological virtues – in the form of the Earth Centre [...]

Coutts million pound donors report… of interest to zoos and gardens seeking private gifts

November 20th, 2009

Coutts Million pound donors report (2)
A UK report looking at who has given big personal gifts to all kinds of causes during the last year, and why

Report on UK Foundations supporting African projects

November 19th, 2009

Commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation, this may be on interest to those carrying out projects in Africa
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A handful of funders for zoos: grants for conservation; funding for widlife; funds for biodiversity education; zoos and capital investment

September 1st, 2009

We will constantly update this post with more potential sources of funding for zoos.  As potentially zoos and botanic gardens from all around the world may access ( and contribute to…?)this forum, we will try and reference funders with a relevance to different parts of the world. 
Obviously “zoo projects” can mean lots of different things [...]

EC funding programme for developing world open

August 3rd, 2009

This fund (ENRTP) finally opened today 3 August after numerous delays.  The deadline for Concept Notes seems to be 01.10. 09
This can offer up to 8o% funding of up to € 3 million projects
The opportunity would seem to be of  interest if you want funding for a project that:

involves climate change in a  developing country [...]