MEXICO NATURE CONSERVATION FUND A.C.
Mexico City, Mexico
www.fmcn.org$100,000 over two years
Support for the Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program in 2012 and 2013.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Washington, District of Columbia
www.nationalgeographic.com$25,000
Support for nonprofit and academic presence at The Economist's World Oceans Summit.
OCEANA, INC.
Washington, District of Columbia
www.oceana.org$75,000
For a feasibility study for a global campaign to protect the world's oceans.
THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
San Francisco, California
www.coralreefalliance.org$150,000
Support to build upon the conservation successes achieved in Hawaii's reefs since 2005 through its Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) model in partnership with marine tourism providers and luxury hotels in Hawaii.
THE SAPLING FOUNDATION
New York, New York
www.ted.com$175,000
Support for the creation, launch and daily management of the new Mission Blue website, a hub for ocean activities and news, as a part of Sylvia Earle's TED Prize wish.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Burlington, Vermont
www.uvm.edu$200,000
Feasibility study for the development of a certification system for responsibly produced pearls and the conservation of Pacific coral.
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
New York, New York
www.edf.org$300,000 over three years
To provide support for the protection of coral reefs by transforming the marine ornamental trade through its Coral Wildlife Campaign.
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Bellevue, Washington
www.mcbi.org$50,000
To support the provision of scientific guidance for the implementation of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in the United States after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
New York, New York
www.audubon.org$50,000
To support monitoring and restoring bird populations affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
OCEANA, INC.
Washington, District of Columbia
na.oceana.org$100,000
In support of Oceana's work in protecting the Belize Barrier Reef System through fisheries management strategies which directly impact the health of the reef.
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS, INC.
New York, New York
www.gulfcoastfund.org$50,000
For the Gulf Coast Fund, to provide timely and necessary support of coastal communities and marine ecosystems in the Gulf Coast region in response to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Sailors for the Sea Inc
Newport, Rhode Island
www.sailorsforthesea.org$25,000
For additional support of Around the Americas' public relations efforts to greater influence the general public to engage in national, regional, community and grassroots actions to protect the health of the oceans.
Sailors for the Sea Inc
Newport, Rhode Island
www.sailorsforthesea.org$100,000 over two years
For programmatic capacity building for the organization.
SKYTRUTH
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
www.skytruth.org$50,000
For support of Skytruth as it provides the environmental community, members of the media, decision-makers and the public with credible information, custom images and support during cleanup and long-term restoration efforts following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sapling Foundation
New York, New York
www.tedprize.org/mission-blue-voyage$150,000
To support The Mission Blue/TED.com Awareness Campaign inspired by Sylvia Earle's 2009 TED Prize to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas.
World Resources Institute
Washington, District of Columbia
www.wri.org$50,000
For support for the dissemination of Reefs at Risk: Revisited.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$150,000
To support coral conservation in the Coral Triangle and cutting-edge research in climate change mitigation strategies for coral reefs around the world.
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Bellevue, Washington
www.mcbi.org$10,000
For general support.
Sailors for the Sea Inc
Boston, Massachusetts
www.sailorsforthesea.org$100,000
A challenge grant to provide additional support for the Around the Americas program.
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
www.amnh.org$100,000 over two years
For continued support of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Bahamas Education and Outreach Project, communicating marine conservation messages to the Bahamas' tourism industry.
The Coral Reef Alliance
San Francisco, California
www.coral.org$150,000
For its work to strengthen marine-protected areas and enhance sustainable marine recreation statewide in Hawaii.
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Bellevue, Washington
www.mcbi.org$200,000 over two years
For general support of its programs and research on coral reef conservation.
Ocean Foundation
Washington, District of Columbia
www.oceanfdn.org$100,000
For support of its coral supply chain research project, Corallium workshops and coral reef awareness polling.
Oceana, Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia
oceana.org$100,000 over two years
For support of Oceana's Stop Destructive Trawling campaign to protect deep-sea corals from destructive bottom trawling.
Sailors for the Sea Inc
Boston, Massachusetts
www.sailorsforthesea.org$250,000
For support of Around the Americas, a 25,000 mile circumnavigation of North and South America, developed to mobilize sailors to protect the health of the oceans.
SeaWeb
Washington, District of Columbia
www.seaweb.org$675,000 over three years
For support of the Too Precious To Wear program, a communications-based campaign to increase consumer awareness about the need to protect coral reefs.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$100,000 over two years
For continued support of the global coral reef conservation program focusing on community-based management projects in Asia's Coral Triangle and global climate change research.
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Eugene, Oregon
www.elaw.org$100,000
In support of its coral reef conservation program. ELAW is a network of public interest groups, lawyers, environmentalists and scientists who use grassroots efforts to advocate environmental protection and awareness.
Miocean
Laguna Niguel, California
www.miocean.org$50,000
To support pollution cleanup and erosion mitigation in the Southern California coastal zone.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$115,000
For continued support for its work in coral reef conservation, including a new initiative in Fiji which will utilize Fiji's first science-based network of marine protected areas.
American Museum of natural history
New York, New York
www.amnh.org$100,000
In support of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Bahamas education and outreach project that will continue research in the Bahamas and communicate findings to improve marine ecosystems worldwide.
oceana, Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia
www.oceana.org$100,000
In support of its efforts to protect increasingly threatened deep-sea corals that thrive off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts.
ocean foundation
Washington, District of Columbia
www.oceanfdn.org$100,000
To provide continued support for Ocean Foundation; specifically, to fund work that will increase the protection of coral reefs.
sea studios foundation
Monterey, California
www.seastudios.com$150,000
In support of its Healthy Reef Outreach project that is designed to support community-led efforts around the world to promote coral reef conservation.
seaweb
Washington, District of Columbia
www.seaweb.org$100,000
In support of its work to generate public awareness surrounding the issue of coral conservation through media appeal of high-profile trends in coral jewelry.
the coral reef alliance
San Francisco, California
www.coral.org$100,000
To support its efforts to build conservation alliances and implement coral reef preservation projects in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Redmond, Washington
www.mcbi.org$100,000
General support for its efforts to create a new agenda for coral reef conservation.
Ocean Foundation
Washington, District of Columbia
www.oceanfdn.org$100,000
To support Ocean Foundation, which uses the internet to create a marketplace where ocean conservation organizations can freely and efficiently showcase their work to a broad network of potential funders that might otherwise be difficult to reach.
Wildlife conservation society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$100,000
For continued work on its Coral Reef Conservation Program.
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC.
Washington, District of Columbia
www.worldwildlife.org$100,000
For its work to conserve the coral reefs in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas marine ecoregion, located in the heart of the Indo-Pacific coral triangle.
American museum of natural history
New York, New York
www.amnh.org$50,000
For its Center for Biodiversity Conservation and its Bahama Biocomplexity project.
Wildlife conservation society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$25,000
For continued work of the organization's Coral Reef Conservation Program.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$70,000
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, a multinational study on coral reef symbiosis. The funds will specifically support a program focusing on coral bleaching and a program designed toward strengthening local communities' abilities for sustainable use of reefs in the Asian Coral Triangle.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$100,000 over two years
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, which gathers data on the influence of biological and human factors that affect the health of coral reefs.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$100,000 over two years
For the Coral Reef Conservation Program, which gathers data on the influence of biological and human factors that affect the health of coral reefs.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$25,000
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, which will conduct a multinational study on the effects of natural temperature variation on coral reef symbiosis.