The Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) is committed to halting overexploitation and preventing the extinction of the world's sharks and rays. By leveraging strategic and catalytic grantmaking, SCF aims to restore imperiled species and ensure sustainable global trade and management practices. As a collaboration among philanthropists operating under Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, SCF emphasizes effective regulation, enhanced legal protections, and combatting unsustainable fishing practices through its international initiatives.
The SCF Small Grant aims to support projects that align with SCF’s broad goals of shark and ray conservation, specifically through strategic initiatives like the regulation of global trade, prevention of species extinction, and the reduction of unsustainable fishing practices. With $250,000 annually for grants up to $25,000 each, priority is given to new applicants, projects enhancing shark and ray conservation policies, implementing CITES listings, and improving conservation efforts at policy levels. Eligible projects include emerging conservation opportunities, scientific studies linked to policy improvement, scoping for larger conservation management projects, and capacity building for small NGOs, particularly in developing countries.