The Seeds of Sustainability Fund is intended to stimulate or catalyze projects that address biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental inequality.

Non-profit organizations, community organizations or associations, small businesses, and individuals from developing countries in the tropics are eligible to apply.  Preference will be given to projects affecting threatened habitat types and species that align with our current Conservation Priorities (see below).

We support the following kinds of applicants and projects:

• small to medium-sized organizations
• community-led programs, or occasionally projects led by a single person
• conservation that emphasizes equitable community involvement
• projects that connect with UN Development Goals and CBD Biodiversity Targets
• bottom-up over top-down approaches
• projects in the tropics, in areas of high and/or threatened biodiversity
• projects where a small amount of funding can make a big difference

Dead Line 18th April, 2025

Eligibility

Only organizations that meet the following eligibility criteria may apply for a Seeds of Sustainability grant:

• Small non-profit organizations, indigenous community groups, schools or small universities, individuals, and other types of local organizations/associations, except those engaged primarily in religious or political activities, are eligible to apply.
• Projects must be carried out in a country within the tropics, and align with at least one of Ceiba’s Conservation Priorities.
• Non-profits must be able to provide documentation of their non-profit status. Schools and other types of organization/associations must provide a document that shows the constitution or establishment of this entity. Other types of applicants including individuals must be able to provide a letter of support from a community leader, government entity, supervisor, or other person not directly involved in the project.
• Individual applicants must demonstrate that they have already committed some resources (funds, labor, materials) to initiate their project.
• Only small organizations are eligible (with total annual budgets <$500,000