I have also been trying to identify virtually any agency that’s ever been interested in corals or funded coral research. This is only a subset. Download the offline PDF version of this here.
NGOs-research (inc. MPAs)
Caribbean
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA; USA)
SECORE (USA)-focused on coral reproduction
FUNDEMAR (Dominican Republic)
Perry Institute for Marine Science (Bahamas)
Oceania
Coral Reef Research Foundation (Palau)
Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC; Palau)
Reefs of Hope (Fiji; no website)
Coral Reef Alliance (Hawaii; also work in the Caribbean)
Allen Coral Atlas total coral reef area
Asia
Coral Triangle Center (Bali, Indonesia)
Coral Triangle Initiative (Sulawesi, Indonesia)
New Heaven (Thailand)
NGOs-restoration
Caribbean
Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF; USA)
Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC; USA; reproduction guidelines)
MPA-Connect (USA; no website)
Coral Vita (Bahamas)
Healthy Reefs Initiative (pan-Caribbean; many partners)
Restore Coral (Mexico)
Pacific Rim and Asia
ReefGen (Hawaii)
Coralku (Malaysia)
Ocean Quest (Malaysia; restoration training)
Coral Gardener: focus on education and tourism
Coral Guardian (Indonesia and Kenya w/Oceans Alive)
Africa
Reefolution (Kenya)
CORDIO (Kenya; Obura, Karin, Swaleh, Mishal, James)
Kuruwitu (Kenya) aka Oceans Alive
A Rocha (Kenya)
PPMU (Northern Rangelands Trust; Kenya)
For-profit-restoration (see full list from Outsmart or from prior CAP applications)
CCell (UK)
SeaFoundry (mystery; USA)
ENGITEC Systems International (ESI; potential for upscaling)
Red Sea Reef Builders (Dubai)
RRReefs.com (Switzerland)
Archireef (Hong Kong)
NGOs-conservation: see full list here
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) funded by UNEP, Gov of Sweden, GFCR, Prince of Monaco
International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) or here for membership site
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) employ coral people but not strictly coral-focused
World Wildlife Federation (WWF) coral reef rescue initiative: Focused on 50 most resilient reefs. Contact Carol Phua for details.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC): some coral-focused projects, including Reef Resilience Network (Petra M)
Conservation International Center for Oceans: focused on capacity building (?)
Reef World (UK; Chloe Harvey)
Academia/government
US Government
NSF (~50 million USD/year, including EPSCOR)
USGS (Tampa office)
NASA (only supports imagery-based projects at present)
Major coral reef funding recipients-USA
University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School
Major coral reef funding recipients-non-USA
James Cook University (Australia)
KAUST (Saudi Arabia)
KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative (KCRI): funds their own research and select KAUST staff (2.5 million USD for the latter per year)
UN Loss and Damage Fund: what is this and how do we get the coral community on the same page
Philanthropy/financing: https://www.coralfunders.com/
Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) or here for funded projects
National Fish & Wildlife Fund (NFWF) has new coral reef program 3.5 million USD-US only
National Geographic: only fund individuals (“Explorers”)
UNEP, including World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC), coral report, Caribbean division,
Pew Trusts has some marine projects and has supported coral fellows (must be nominated & can get $150,000 over 3 years)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation support the Coral Reef Alliance
Ocean Partnerships (UK): up to 3 million over 5 years
Small grants programs
CORDAP (G20): small grants program not yet running
Revive and Restore (USA; funds coral projects),
Schmidt Ocean Institute (USA; shipboard work only)
Mote Marine Lab (USA): “Protect our Reefs”
Wait Foundation (USA): support NGOs primarily working on MPAs and overfishing
PADI Foundation (USA): small grants for marine research
PADI Project Aware (USA): need to be invited ($10,000 max)
Other
Triton Society (marine exploration)
UAE gambling revenue going into restoration projects