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); those exclusively focused on restoration are listed in the next section

• 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)

  • 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 (better yet, go here)

• Caribbean

  • Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF; USA)

  • Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC; USA; reproduction guidelines)

  • MPA-Connect (USA; no website)

  • Turks and Caicos Reef Fund

  • Healthy Reefs Initiative (pan-Caribbean; many partners)

  • Restore Coral (Mexico)

• Pacific Rim and Asia

  • Blue Corner Marine Research (Indonesia)-they are awesome!

  • Coralku (Malaysia)

  • Coral Gardeners (French Polynesia & elsewhere)

  • Coral Guardian (Indonesia and Kenya w/Oceans Alive)

  • Kuleana Coral Restoration (Hawaii)

  • Ocean Gardener (focus on education and tourism)

  • Ocean Quest (Malaysia; restoration training) 

  • ReefGen (Hawaii)

  • Reefs of Hope (Fiji; no website)

• Africa

  • A Rocha (Kenya)

  • CORDIO (Kenya; Obura, Karin, Swaleh, Mishal, James)

  • Kuruwitu (Kenya) aka Oceans Alive

  • PPMU (Northern Rangelands Trust; Kenya) 

  • Reefolution (Kenya)

For-profit-restoration (see full list from Outsmart or from prior CORDAP CAP applications)

1. Coral Vita (Bahamas)

2. CCell (UK)

3. SeaFoundry (mystery; USA)

4. Van Oord (ReefGuard; Holland)

5. ENGITEC Systems International (ESI; potential for upscaling)

6. Red Sea Reef Builders (Dubai)

7. RRReefs.com (Switzerland)

8. Archireef (Hong Kong)

Global NGOs-conservation: see full list here

1. International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) funded by UNEP, Gov of Sweden, GFCR, Prince of Monaco

2. International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) or here for membership site

3. The Nature Conservancy (TNC): some coral-focused projects, including Reef Resilience Network

4. Reef World (UK; Chloe Harvey)

5. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) employ coral people but not strictly coral-focused

6. World Wildlife Federation (WWF) coral reef rescue initiative: Focused on 50 most resilient reefs.

Academia/government

• US Government

  • NSF (~50 million USD/year, including EPSCOR)

  • USGS (Tampa office)

  • NASA (only supports imagery-based projects at present)

• NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program

• Australian Government

  • Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

  • Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP)

• Major coral reef funding recipients-USA

  • Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)

  • University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School

• Major coral reef funding recipients-non-USA

  • James Cook University (Australia)

  • Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

  • 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)

  • Monaco Aquarium

• 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/

1. Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) or here for funded projects

2. National Fish & Wildlife Fund (NFWF) has new coral reef program 3.5 million USD-US only

3. National Geographic: only fund individuals (“Explorers”)

4. UNEP, including World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC), coral report, Caribbean division, 

5. Pew Trusts has some marine projects and has supported coral fellows (must be nominated & can get $150,000 over 3 years)

6. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation support the Coral Reef Alliance

7. Ocean Partnerships (UK): up to 3 million over 5 years

Small grants programs

1. The Company of Biologists (UK; small travel grants for graduate students)

2. CORDAP (G20): small grants program ($150,000)

3. Mote Marine Lab (USA): “Protect our Reefs”

4. PADI Foundation (USA): small grants for marine research

5. PADI Project Aware (USA): need to be invited ($10,000 max)

6. Revive and Restore (USA; has funded coral projects) 

7. Schmidt Ocean Institute (USA; shipboard work only)

8. Wait Foundation (USA): support NGOs primarily working on MPAs and overfishing

Other

1. Triton Society (marine exploration)

2. UAE gambling revenue going into restoration projects