THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£3.9m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£370k

Accounts grants total

£3.4m

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

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

WILD TEAM CONSERVATION “Providing grant funding for nature conservation programmes and pilot projects. The Rufford Foundation is a UK registered”
SEED MADAGASCAR “SEED Madagascar is supported by numerous grant-giving bodies; current or recent supporters include: the Rufford Foundati”
THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION “The Rufford Foundation - Providing grant funding for nature conservation and pilot projects around the world”

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

Animals (1 grantee)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Antigua And Barbuda (1 grantee)
Australia (1 grantee)
Barbados (1 grantee)
Belize (1 grantee)
Bosnia And Herzegovina (1 grantee)
Bulgaria (1 grantee)
Burma (1 grantee)
Cambodia (1 grantee)
Cape Verde (1 grantee)
Anguilla (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL	—	£355k
new	TRAFFIC	—	£15k
not listed	Rufford Small Grants Programme (1st)	£1.0m	—
not listed	General Grants	£832k	—
not listed	Rufford Small Grants Programme (2nd)	£355k	—
not listed	Rufford Small Grants Programme (1st Booster)	£335k	—
not listed	Rufford Small Grants Programme (2nd Booster)	£140k	—
not listed	Conference and Learning Event Grants	£99k	—
not listed	Ecoexist Trust	£25k	—
not listed	Rufford Small Grants Programme (Completion Grants)	£0	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Fauna & Flora	FY2025	£355k	4 grants to entity where Trustee H P Nelson is an employee
TRAFFIC	FY2025	£15k	Grant to entity in which S R Broad is beneficially interested
Rufford Small Grants Programme (1st)	FY2024	£1.0m	Small conservation programmes and pilot projects for individuals/small groups
General Grants	FY2024	£832k	Grants to small or medium-sized organisations for nature conservation projects
Rufford Small Grants Programme (2nd)	FY2024	£355k	Small conservation programmes and pilot projects for individuals/small groups
Rufford Small Grants Programme (1st Booster)	FY2024	£335k	Booster Grants for applicants who completed 1st RSG
Rufford Small Grants Programme (2nd Booster)	FY2024	£140k	Booster Grants for applicants who completed 2nd RSG
Conference and Learning Event Grants	FY2024	£99k	Funding for conferences and learning events
Ecoexist Trust	FY2024	£25k	Organisational Grant
Rufford Small Grants Programme (Completion Grants)	FY2024	£0	Completion Grants (None awarded)
Rufford Small Grants Programme	FY2023	£1.1m	Grants to individuals via Rufford Small Grants Programme (1st RSG, 2nd RSG, 1st/2nd Booster Grants, Completion Grants, Conference Grants)
General Grants	FY2023	£961k	Grants to small or medium-sized organisations for nature conservation projects

About this data

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 370390 vs reference 3355479 (89.0% 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.