Wilburforce Foundation helps conserve important lands, waters, and wildlife in Western North America by supporting organizations and leaders in advancing strategic solutions. We support organizations and individuals who are committed to science-driven conservation efforts and sustainable policies that will have a meaningful and enduring impact on our natural ecosystems. 

We use conservation science to identify priority regions that correspond with our focus on wildlands and habitat connections that allow wildlife to thrive. 

Alaska/ British Columbia

The Alaska and British Columbia Program focuses on five priority regions within Wilburforce Foundation’s furthest northern and western landscapes, from the Arctic to the plateaus and mountains of the Chilcotin in south-central British Columbia.

Northwest/Southwest

The Northwest/Southwest Program focuses on three priority regions within western North America, from the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest through the Great Basin and into the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwest Mexico.

Yellowstone to Yukon

The Yellowstone to Yukon Program supports conservation in five priority regions from Yellowstone National Park in the south, following the spine of the continent north to the Yukon where the mountainous corridor spills out onto the Arctic plains.

Please refer to the map of our priority regions to see our areas of interest.

If you are interested in submitting a grant proposal, you first need to speak with the right staff member to discuss your project. We usually present grants related to specific priority regions or program areas at three board meetings each year.