About Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund concentrates its giving on marine wildlife conservation, rescue, research, and veterinary support—particularly for marine mammals and large marine animal monitoring. They fund specialized institutions and field programs (both U.S. and international) that run research, rescue/rehabilitation, and veterinary response efforts, often providing unrestricted/general support to core technical partners. Recipients are typically mission-aligned research institutes, marine mammal centers, and field veterinary organizations rather than broad-based environmental groups.
Focus Areas
Marine mammal rescue, rehabilitation, and stranding responseField veterinary support and rapid-response teams for wildlife (e.g., World Vets-style programs)Oceanographic and marine science research institutions (e.g., Woods Hole, Hubbs)Large marine-animal tracking and expeditionary research (e.g., OCEARCH)Marine conservation programs focused on Africa and other international regions
Who They Fund
mission-aligned research institutes (e.g., Woods Hole, Hubbs)marine mammal centers and rehabilitation facilities
About Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
A $500,000 grant to Hubbs Seaworld Research Institution in 2025 shows the scale of Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund’s support for marine science and animal response work. The fund repeatedly backs specialist organizations rather than broad environmental campaigns, with recent awards reaching marine mammal centers, oceanographic institutes, field veterinary teams, and international conservation groups. Its grantmaking is organized around species research, habitat protection, conservation education, and animal rescue and rehabilitation, but the recipients in the record point most clearly to technical partners working on marine wildlife, stranding response, and field-based conservation. The larger awards also indicate a preference for core support to organizations already active in research or rescue. World Vets received two grants in the recent record, including $350,000 in 2024 and $300,000 in 2025, while The Marine Mammel Center received $200,000 in 2024 and $160,000 in 2025. Other large grants went to Ocearch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio, and African Marine Mammel Conserevation, reflecting a mix of U.S. and international grantees engaged in wildlife monitoring, veterinary response, and conservation operations.
What Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Funds
Marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation is a clear throughline. The fund gave $200,000 in 2024 and $160,000 in 2025 to The Marine Mammel Center in Sausalito, supporting a specialist rehabilitation institution. Field veterinary response is another major area. World Vets in Gig Harbor received $350,000 in 2024 and $300,000 in 2025, pointing to repeated support for rapid-response veterinary work. The fund also supports oceanographic and tracking research. In 2025, it awarded $349,730 to Ocearch in Park City and $500,000 to Hubbs Seaworld Research Institution in Melbourne Beach. International conservation appears in several grants, including $180,000 in 2025 and $150,000 in 2024 to African Marine Mammel Conserevation in Dizangue, along with grants to Uganda Conservation Foundation, Wilderness Foundation Africa, and Sanccob So African Foundation for T.
How Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Gives
Typical awards cluster around mid-sized grants: p25 is $10,000, median is $15,000, and p75 is $50,000. The recent record also shows a smaller number of very large operating-style grants, including five- and six-figure awards to technical partners. Recipients appear across multiple years, including World Vets, The Marine Mammel Center, African Marine Mammel Conserevation, Ampa Friends of the Manatee Associa, Uganda Conservation Foundation, and Wilderness Foundation Africa, which suggests repeat support rather than isolated one-time gifts. The fund is a regular funder and a grantmaker, not a DAF or an individual-giving vehicle. Its grant programs are described as pre-selected or by request only in some periods, with unsolicited applications not accepted in those paused cycles.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.9M
Total Assets
$2.4M
Total Revenue
$2.2M
Total Expenses
$2.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National13 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Funds
Top 7 recipient countries by grant volume for Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 30 | $2.4M | 51.7% |
| 2 | South Africa |
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