Jrs Biodiversity Foundation
Historical FunderArlington, Virginia · EIN 23-1352035 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$2.2M
Organizations funded38
Typical grant$45,000
Total assets$49.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $30,000 and $76,145.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | MATTHEW V CASSETTA EXECUTIVE DIRECT |
|---|---|
| Address | PO BOX 4541, ARLINGTON VA 22204 |
| Phone | 5713470545 |
| Form and materials | ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING. THE FORMAT OF THE GRANT REQUEST FORMS VARY SOMEWHAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. |
| Deadlines | APPLICATION DEADLINES VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR |
| Restrictions | PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO SUBMIT PROPOSALS THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCH THE FOUNDATION MISSION OF PROMOTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE ON EARTH, AND THE FOUNDATION'S SCOPE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES PRIMARILY CARRIED OUT VIA COLLABORATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION |
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What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
100% of grants went outside Virginia.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanparks Scientific Services | Sedgefield, SF | For the project "overcoming pandemic threats to bioinformatics in south africa's national parks." | $175,000 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | For the project "freshwater biodiversity data of rivers of the lake victoria basin." | $150,000 |
| Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic | Chicago, IL | Critical biodiversity surveys in the lake tanganyika and ruzizi river basins | $114,000 |
| Wildfowl Wetlands Trust | Slimbridge, UK | For the project "madagascar wetlands knowledge base." | $105,000 |
| Water Journalists Africa - Infonile | Mbarara, UG | For the project "nilewell: promoting trust of biodiversity information between scientists and communicators in the nile river basin." | $103,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bangui, CT | For the project "freshwater biodiversity data collection system (fbdc) for conservation and sustainable development of the northeast… | $98,000 |
| Nature Uganda | Kampala, UG | For the project "training a cohort of herpetologists to increase data knowledge in uganda and build capacity for baseline herpetology… | $95,000 |
| Gaea Seychelles | Mahe, SE | For the project "developing a freshwater biodiversity information system for conservation and management in the seychelles." | $87,000 |
| Conservation Action Research Network | Topanga, CA | Aspire grant projects support for scholars in congo basin and albertine rift | $85,000 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | Richmond, UK | For the project "enhancing data access to transform guinea's capacity to identify and protect its threatened plants." | $76,145 |
| International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) | Nairobi, KE | For the project "increase knowledge, awareness and data accessibility for bee and dipteran pollinators, their forage plant species to… | $76,000 |
| Freshwater Research Centre | Kommetjie, SF | In support of its work to expand research capacity and data access for the freshwater biodiversity information system (the "project or… | $75,886 |
| National Herbarium of Benin | Cotonou, BN | For the project "mobilizing data for identification, taxonomy, socioeconomic importance and conservation assessment of bryophytes in benin." | $70,000 |
| Conserve Global | Pretoria, SF | The project will undertake ground sampling and surveys with remote sensing data to produce accurate vegetation and land cover maps, assess… | $65,000 |
| Hawassa University | Hawassa, ET | To generate information on insect pollinators diversity, share data openly and create awareness through platforms on food security and… | $65,000 |
| Wildtracktswalu Foundation | Johannesburg, SF | The overarching goal is to develop a new technique that will provide a cost-effective and community-generated metric as an index to monitor… | $55,000 |
| Namibian Chamber of Environment | Windhoek, WA | This project's primary aim is to bring together the widely scattered information and data on namibian near-endemic plants | $53,000 |
| Re Wild | Austin, TX | For project lost species african symposia for ugandan, tanzanian, and drc researchers | $52,933 |
| East African Wildlife Society | Nairobi, KE | For the project "unlocking biodiversity data to facilitate designation of lake of bolossat as the 7th ramsar site in kenya." | $50,000 |
| International Crane Foundation | Lusaka, ZA | For the project "designing and implementing an ecological monitoring plan and a wetland information system for the adaptive management of… | $45,000 |
| University of Parakou Benin | Parakou, BN | For data mobilization and long-term conservation of wild edible fungi in benin. | $45,000 |
| National Museums of Kenya | Nairobi, KE | Implement a comprehensive inventory of bats in two caves in kenya, representing two types of caves. this will contribute to the use of… | $45,000 |
| Kabale University Uganda | Kabale, UG | For the project "site selection to protect papyrus endemic biodiversity in uganda." | $44,000 |
| Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute | Arusha, TZ | In support of its work "assessing landscape level impacts of climate change on montane forest pollinators in tanzania." | $43,443 |
| University of Namibia | Windhoek, WA | For the project "establishing capacity for sustained production of national spacial biodiversity data products: guiding progress towards… | $40,000 |
| National Museums of Kenya | Nairobi, KE | Illuminating understudied caves to highlight plant pollination and seed dispersal services by bats | $38,500 |
| Makerere University | Kampala, UG | 3Rd international conference on geographical science for resilient communities, ecosystems and livelihoods under global environmental change | $36,380 |
| Tanzania Forest Conservation Group | Dar Es Salaam, TZ | For the project "biodiversity data collection and training conservationists in east and west usambaras". | $31,500 |
| Bamenda University | Bamenda, CM | Conference on biodiversity and conservation for early career scientists | $30,000 |
| Endangered Wildlife Trust | Wierda Park, SF | For the project "developing a 30-by-30 landscape planning tool for south africa that balances the need for conservation, agriculture, and… | $28,000 |
| International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) | Nairobi, KE | 2024 support for a session on bioinformatics at the bioeconomy summit | $25,000 |
| Threatened Species Alliance | Kumasi, GH | Reinforcing the capacity for conservation science and planning for young west african conservationists. | $22,500 |
| Tusk Trust | Gillingham, UK | Support to conservation symposium entitled: evolution and leadership in african conservation | $20,000 |
| Conservation Society of Sierra Leone | Freetown, SL | Developing national key biodiversity area (kba) assessment protocol and evaluating the status of a pilot legacy | $17,500 |
| Northwest University South Africa | Potchesfstroom, SF | To support training and guides to build bee taxonomic capacity among citizen scientists in south africa. | $11,000 |
| Freshwater Research Centre | Kommetjie, SF | Payment amendment for: demand-driven, high impact expansion of the freshwater biodiversity information system, south africa | $9,873 |
| Iucn West and Central Africa Program | Dakar, SG | For the project "support for the sustainable management of databases for aquatic ecosystems in the chari-logone sub-basin" | $8,966 |
| Sos Sahel USA Inc | Wilmington, DE | Niokolo-Training and biodiversity surveys in koba national park buffer zone | $3,000 |
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater Research Centre | Scarborough, | For the project fbis-africa: a freshwater biodiversity system for africa. | $499,320 |
| Association for Water and Rural Development | Hoedspruit, | For the project biodiversity systems management and analytics for the restoration of transboundary rivers of south africa, mozambique, and… | $353,860 |
| Sos Sahel USA Inc | Wilmington, DE | For the project "biodiversity mapping in transfrontier buffer zones. | $250,000 |
| Tusk Trust | Gillingham, | For the project jrs-tusk partnership to support biodiversity monitoring capacity for african protected areas and conservation leaders. | $200,000 |
| Freshwater Research Centre | Kommetjie, | For the project policy implementation for water resources and biodiversity protection through capacity building of water managers. | $168,561 |
| Dambari Trust Zimbabwe | Bulawayo, | For the project somabhula grassland biodiversity surveys and capacity-building for mozambique and zimbabwe | $155,667 |
| National Herbarium of Benin | Cotonou, | For the project "mobilizing data for identification, taxonomy, socioeconomic importance and conservation assessment of bryophytes in benin." | $19,967 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,195,626 | 45 |
| 2023 | $2,461,552 | 46 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533189349100028
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 23-1352035
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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