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Resources for Explorers
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The purpose of the Foundation is to encourage and assist travellers in making an extra effort to develop their observations and insights into something of value for the rest of the world to share, whatever their medium of expression might be.
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The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education.
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Up to date news of global exploration, including scientific expeditions.
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A world centre for geography: supporting research, education, expeditions and fieldwork, and promoting public engagement and informed enjoyment of our world.
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For conservation, exploration & research.
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Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation is dedicated to increasing the availability of scientific knowledge through partnerships between adventure athletes and scientists.
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Volunteer your time and talents when you travel. "Use what you know to do good as you go."
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Resources for Entrepreneurs
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Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every month, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and more.
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Ideas worth sharing.
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Business mentoring in East Africa for local startups and entrepreneurs.
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Resources for Conservation
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The IISE and its partners seek to maintain the excellence of traditional descriptive taxonomy while greatly accelerating the rate at which it discovers and describes new species.
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For conservation, exploration, & research.
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Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation is dedicated to increasing the availability of scientific knowledge through partnerships between adventure athletes and scientists.
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Active job board from the science and conservation news aggregator Conservation Maven.
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Resources for GeoTourism Projects
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Working to protect the world's distinctive places through wisely managed tourism and enlightened destination stewardship.
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Direct link to a page in the above website, with resource links specifically for communities seeking information about tourism.
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A non-profit research institution with offices in Washington, DC and Stanford University, whose mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve sustainable tourism practices and principles.
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A project of the Center for Responsible Travel, works with tourism consumers and socially/environmentally responsible corporations to channel investment dollars and donations toward small-scale ecotourism operators and sustainable development projects.
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Resources for Non-Profits
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Resources for non-profits
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Not a funder, but they host excellent workshops and seem to be chasing the leading edge on community-driven change.
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Extensive, excellent database of online papers and information for management; look for entries that are specific to non-profit.
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