Proceeds from the endowment are directed to projects to conserve threatened and endangered species of animals, plants and fungi around the world.
The MBZ Fund accepts applications for grants requesting less than $25,000 per year for projects that engage in direct boots-on-the-ground, get-your-hands-dirty species conservation.
The MBZ Fund is potentially interested in applications from any country and for any species type (amphibian, bird, invertebrate, fish, fungus, mammal, plant, reptile), particularly those that are threatened but do not normally receive conservation attention.
The MBZ Fund was selected as the executing agency for the $5.8 million-dollar Global Environment Facility funded Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project - a project to protect dugong and their seagrass habitats across eight countries including Madagascar, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
The MBZ Fund, in collaboration with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, has also supported the reintroduction of the Attwater Prairie Chicken in Oklahoma, USA.