Grants

Grant Process

TMF issues an annual call for concept notes which is usually circulated in the first quarter of the year. We do not maintain a mailing list and instead share the call on our website and our social media platforms. Projects that align with the Fund’s annual focus are encouraged to apply.

Please note that TMF does not entertain unsolicited grant applications outside of these annual calls.

TMF’s 2025 call for concept proposals aligns with the Fund’s Fynbos Forever Programme. Registered organisations in good standing and with a proven track record in Biodiversity Stewardship and/or protected area expansion within the Cape Floristic Region are encouraged to apply. Under exceptional circumstances and where well motivated for, organisations not yet registered as NPOs may be considered.

The total amount of funding available for all projects within this Programme over the full programme period is R6 700 000. The Fund offers a maximum grant of R300 000 per annum, for a maximum period of four years, i.e. R1 200 000 in total per project.

TYPES OF APPLICATIONS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING?

• Projects must be based within the Cape Floristic Region and align to the Fynbos Forever programme;
• Preference will be given to projects which deliver on the primary objective of the Fynbos Forever Programme, i.e. Priority ecosystems (Critical Biodiversity Areas, important water source areas or threatened ecosystems) are safeguarded through formal and informal legal protection mechanisms;
• Projects must support the conservation sector in reaching Target #3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The ambitious target calls for 30% of terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine biodiversity to be protected by the year 2030; and
• Projects must be feasible in terms of having the required skills and expertise; be based on achievable time frames; have realistic financial resources available to the project and be cost effective.

APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT

Applications should be emailed to the Table Mountain Fund Project Coordinator, Carla Wood (cwood@wwf.org.za), 021 657 6663, before 09:00 on the 5th May 2025.