THE DAVID SHEPHERD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 1106893 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£1.3m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£640k

Accounts grants total

£949k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (4 grantees)
Animals (3 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Kenya (1 grantee)
Mongolia (1 grantee)
Nottingham City (1 grantee)
Nottinghamshire (1 grantee)
Scotland (1 grantee)
India (1 grantee)
Uganda (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Game Rangers International	FY2025	£166k	park protection and ranger training programmes in the Greater Kafue landscape, a rescue, rehabilitation and release programme for the Elephant Orphanage Project and community outreach and education programmes in the project areas.
Aaranyak	FY2025	£60k	law enforcement activities, ranger equipment and education programmes for those living alongside the rhino and tiger habitats. Funds were also granted for wildlife crime monitoring work including undercover investigations, intelligence gathering and sharing, judicial training to improve conviction rates for wildlife crimes and for the training and running costs of four anti-poaching dogs.
Freeland Foundation	FY2025	£47k	support of ranger patrols in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) Forest Complex.
Painted Dog Conservation Project	FY2025	£40k	anti-poaching activities and on supporting the costs of the renowned Children's Bush Camp programme.
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2025	£40k	funding a rhino monitoring and patrol team in the Kunene and Erongo regions.
WildAid	FY2025	£30k	support a demand reduction and consumer behaviour change programme of public service announcements (PSAs), billboards and printed materials to raise awareness of the consequences of the use of pangolin products in consumer demand countries.
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2025	£30k	support investigation work on the illegal transnational trade in pangolins in East, Central and West Africa.
The Pangolin Project	FY2025	£30k	operational focus has narrowed to the Nyakweri Ecosystem which is one of only two places where Giant Ground pangolin are known to remain in Kenya.
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2025	£27k	influence law, policy and enforcement practice, primarily in Thailand, Lao PDR and China and to influence enforcement cooperation regionally between South-East Asia to China and South-Asia to China.
Wildlife Trust of India	FY2025	£25k	support of Rapid Action projects (RAPs) to address wildlife crises and emergencies across the country.
Save Vietnam's Wildlife	FY2025	£23k	supported anti-poaching teams and provided essential training and equipment to rangers in three protected areas in southern Vietnam: Cat Tien National Park, U Minh Thuong National Park, and U Minh Ha National Park.
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2025	£20k	deliver a robust eco-education program for children in Kyrgyzstan.
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2025	£20k	fund research and population monitoring of snow leopards in the Tost mountains.
Musekese Conservation	FY2025	£20k	restoring large carnivores and their prey through resource protection, community engagement and research and monitoring in the Greater Kafue Ecosystem.
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre	FY2025	£15k	supports education and community outreach in the areas around Upper Niger National Park.
The Pangolin Project	FY2025	£15k	support the development and implementation of essential safeguarding and human rights policies to protect staff and local communities in the project area (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Kope Lion	FY2025	£15k	enabling lasting coexistence between people and lions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Kope Lion	FY2025	£5k	lion guardian welfare and training (from Designated Conservation Fund).
WildAid	FY2025	£5k	help counter the considerable negative impact of the US Government's aid freeze (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Freeland Investigations	FY2025	£4k	bring together a Southeast Asian Police chief network known as ASEANAPOL to combat wildlife trafficking within their region, and to add African law enforcement to this network in order to disrupt transcontinental wildlife trafficking supply chains.
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2025	£1k	fund food and vehicle costs for collaborative additional security operations over the Christmas period (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Painted Dog Conservation Project	FY2025	£1k	increased support for ranger patrols in the face of a snaring crisis and rising fuel costs (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Freeland Foundation	FY2025	£1k	fill a funding gap for ranger surveys (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Musekese Conservation	FY2025	£1k	top up funding (from Designated Conservation Fund).
Game Rangers International	FY2024	£214k	Zambia
Aaranyak	FY2024	£60k	India
Freeland Foundation	FY2024	£46k	Thailand
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2024	£45k	Namibia
Painted Dog Conservation	FY2024	£45k	Zimbabwe
Save Vietnam's Wildlife	FY2024	£35k	Vietnam
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2024	£32k	Tiger investigations
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2024	£30k	Pangolin investigations
WildAid	FY2024	£30k	China and Vietnam
The Pangolin Project	FY2024	£30k	Kenya
Wildlife Trust of India	FY2024	£25k	India
Phoenix Fund	FY2024	£23k	Russia
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2024	£20k	Kyrgyzstan
Eagle Network	FY2024	£20k	Investigations
Wild Africa Fund	FY2024	£20k	Investigations
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2024	£18k	Mongolia
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre	FY2024	£15k	Guinea
Musekese Conservation	FY2024	£10k	Zambia
Freeland Investigations	FY2024	£8k	Investigations
Uganda Conservation Foundation	FY2024	£6k	Uganda
Kope Lion	FY2024	£5k	Tanzania
Game Rangers International	FY2023	£221k	park protection and ranger training programmes in Kafue National Park, a rescue, rehabilitation and release programme for the Elephant Orphanage Project, community outreach and education programmes in the project areas and a bus to transport local school children to the newly opened Wildlife Discovery Centre
Aaranyak	FY2023	£60k	working in key wildlife areas of Assam to protect one of the last strongholds of Indian rhinos, tigers and wild elephant populations
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2023	£47k	support investigation work on the illegal transnational trade in pangolins in East, Central and West Africa
Freeland Foundation	FY2023	£40k	support of ranger patrols in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) Forest Complex
Painted Dog Conservation Project	FY2023	£40k	anti-poaching activities and on supporting the costs of the renowned Children's Bush Camp programme
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2023	£40k	funding a rhino monitoring and patrol team in the Kunene and Erongo regions
Phoenix Fund for the Amur Tiger Project	FY2023	£35k	protect wild Amur tigers through anti-poaching operations, education programmes and community outreach work
Save Vietnam's Wildlife	FY2023	£30k	enabled the anti-poaching team to play crucial role in patrolling and monitoring the protected areas in Pu Mat National Park
WildAid	FY2023	£30k	support a demand reduction and consumer behaviour programme of public service announcements, billboards and printed materials to raise awareness of the consequences of the use of pangolin products in consumer demand countries
The Pangolin Project	FY2023	£30k	operational focus has narrowed to the Nyakweri Ecosystem which is one of only two places where Giant Ground pangolin are known to remain in Kenya
Wildlife Trust of India	FY2023	£25k	support of Rapid Action projects (RAP) to address wildlife crises and emergencies across the country
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2023	£20k	fund research and population monitoring of snow leopards in the Tost mountains
Uganda Conservation Foundation	FY2023	£20k	continuation of the funding of a joint recovery and protection programme in Murchison Falls National Park
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2023	£20k	deliver a robust eco-education program for children in Kyrgyzstan
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2023	£20k	support investigating, documenting and profiling the criminal networks involved in tiger and other wildlife trade across Southeast Asia
Eagle Network	FY2023	£20k	investigations in Cameroon and Ivory Coast
Freeland Investigations	FY2023	£15k	two Special Investigation Group (SIG) meetings of a cross-border taskforce that has been set up to counter wildlife crime in South-east Asia
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre	FY2023	£15k	supports education and community outreach in the areas around Upper Niger National Park
Painted Dog Conservation Project	FY2023	£14k	increase patrols in the face of the snaring crisis, and to help PDC cope with the spiralling costs
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2023	£12k	help the project maintain patrols given the spiralling fuel and food costs
Game Rangers International	FY2023	£12k	increase resources available to GRI's Community Outreach Team, specifically to help them deal with incidences of Human-Wildlife Conflict
Game Rangers International	FY2022	£202k	Park protection and ranger training programmes in Kafue National Park, a rescue, rehabilitation and release programme for the Elephant Orphanage Project and community outreach and education programmes in the project areas.
Uganda Conservation Foundation	FY2022	£80k	Joint recovery and protection programme in Murchison Falls National Park, including rollout of a new park communications system and equipping rangers and scouts.
Aaranyak	FY2022	£55k	Protect one of the last strongholds of Indian rhinos, tigers and wild elephant populations in Assam through law enforcement activities, ranger equipment and education programmes.
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2022	£41k	Support investigation work on the illegal transnational trade in pangolins in East, Central and West Africa.
Freeland Foundation	FY2022	£40k	Ongoing work to provide sustainable skill development for rangers in the Eastern Forest Complex area in Thailand.
Save the Rhino Trust	FY2022	£30k	Rhino monitoring and patrol team in the Kunene and Erongo regions.
Phoenix Fund for the Amur Tiger Project	FY2022	£30k	Protect wild Amur tigers through anti-poaching operations, education programmes and community outreach work.
Painted Dog Conservation	FY2022	£30k	Anti-poaching activities and supporting the costs of the Children's Bush Camp programme in and around Hwange National Park.
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2022	£30k	Support wildlife trade policy and advocacy work undertaken by a team of experts.
Game Rangers International	FY2022	£24k	Purchase of a dedicated vehicle for transporting local schoolchildren and their teachers to the Wildlife Discovery Centre.
Game Rangers International	FY2022	£21k	Development of a new Wildlife Discovery Centre in the Lusaka National Park.
Save Vietnam's Wildlife	FY2022	£20k	Securing the Pu Mat National Park in Vietnam as a recovery site for the Critically Endangered Sunda pangolin.
WildAid	FY2022	£20k	Demand reduction and consumer behaviour programme of public service announcements, billboards and printed materials to raise awareness of the consequences of the use of pangolin products in consumer demand countries (Vietnam, China and Nigeria).
The Pangolin Project	FY2022	£20k	Work with community and Kenyan Wildlife Service rangers across the greater Mara ecosystem to enhance pangolin protection.
Wildlife Trust of India	FY2022	£20k	Rapid Action projects to address wildlife crises across the country, including support to communities around Gir National Park, protection of endangered fishing cats in West Bengal, and provision of equipment to villagers and rangers.
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre	FY2022	£20k	Education and community outreach in the areas around Upper Niger National Park.
Freeland Foundation	FY2022	£20k	Enable ranger patrols to continue to work by supporting training, provisioning and ranger equipment.
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2022	£15k	Deliver a robust eco-education program for children in Kyrgyzstan and build predatorproof corrals.
Snow Leopard Trust	FY2022	£15k	Research and population monitoring of snow leopards in the Tost mountains of Mongolia.
Environmental Investigation Agency	FY2022	£10k	Undercover investigations into the trans-Himalayan trade in Asian big cats.
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre	FY2022	£7k	Expand apiculture, sewing and gardening to help foster positive human-wildlife co-existence and understanding.

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 640127 vs reference 949392 (32.6% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.