Biodiversity Funders Group

The Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) is the premier professional association of foundation executives and trustees who make environmental grants. Our 80 member foundations focus on protection of the quality and diversity of life, domestically and internationally. We promote peer-to-peer learning and the sharing of knowledge among our foundation community. The CGBD is a member-driven consortium that supports foundation activity in the field of biodiversity conservation. The CGBD serves as a hub for networking, learning and collaboration for its members. The CGBD Board of Directors approves program areas developed by the membership for specific concentration. The program areas represent an impressively broad scope of biodiversity conservation issues. The CGBD strategy is to focus on a few key projects in each program area where the strength of a group can be used most effectively.