Grants and Funding

A Little Help Goes a Long Way

As a non-profit NGO, Kanahau and its researchers owe great thanks to various funding bodies for their financial support. We do not have fancy facilities, marketing offices, or high-paid staff salaries, instead our non-profit business model injects funding straight back into conservation research activities. Without successful grant applications and interns, our biodiversity research and study of threatened species on Utila would cease to be possible. External funding is often sought to conduct species specific projects, with finances dedicated to covering logistical and costs of active species research,  population monitoring and conservation action. External funding is also essential to run and maintain our facility,  provide alternative incomes to our local staff, generate community initiatives/workshops and purchase new equipment which can improve our efficiency and output!