# Western Hemisphere Regional (15.640)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/15-640-western-hemisphere-regional/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Western Hemisphere Regional is run by Department of the Interior. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $10.3 million in 59 grants, about $173,779 per award.

## Objectives

The mission of the Latin America Regional Program is to provide technical and financial assistance to partners to conserve the region’s priority species and their habitats. It advances its mission by supporting projects that reduce threats to key wildlife species and strengthen local capacity that results in measurable conservation impacts that benefit biodiversity and its people in the long-term.
The program targets projects that clearly articulate how the proposed actions will reduce the threats of unsustainable resource use, habitat loss and fragmentation, agricultural expansion, and/or human-wildlife conflict under at least one of the following categories:
Species Conservation: This category seeks to support projects that promote the recovery and conservation efforts of key terrestrial species and their habitats along their range. Proposed activities can be implemented on the local, national, or regional (transnational) level, and can involve more than one priority species. Species should meet the criteria to be listed either as “Endangered” or “Threatened” on the ESA, or as “Critically Endangered,” “Endangered,” or “Vulnerable” on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Species listed as “Data Deficient” or “Extinct in Wild” on the IUCN Red List are not eligible under this NOFO.
Conservation Stewardship: This category seeks to support projects that assist communities living in and along critical wildlife corridors and strongholds, by building on their traditional land-use practices, governance principles, ethnobiological knowledge and reduce their costs of living with wildlife. Proposed activities can be implemented on the local, national or regional (transnational) level.
Projects are to be implemented in or around natural protected areas, biological corridors, and recovery units in: Mexico, Central America, and South America.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.1 million | 33 |
| 2022 | $1.8 million | 11 |
| 2023 | $1.9 million | 13 |
| 2024 | $683,292 | 3 |
| 2025 | $804,202 | 5 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York | $1.2 million |
| Re:wild | Texas | $1.0 million |
| World Wildlife Fund, Inc. | District of Columbia | $529,176 |
| Alternare Ac |  | $500,000 |
| Nature and Culture International | California | $487,080 |
| Bosque Antiguo, A.C. |  | $444,000 |
| Multiplier | California | $400,000 |
| Universidad Nacional del Centro de La Provincia de Buenos Aires |  | $367,420 |
| Fonnor, A.C. |  | $364,700 |
| Bioconciencia A.C. |  | $345,000 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc | New York | $306,948 |
| Etnobiologia Para La Conservacion A.C. |  | $299,899 |
| Panthera Corporation | New York | $240,260 |
| Center for Responsible Travel, Inc (the) | District of Columbia | $201,103 |
| Ya'Axche Conservation Trust |  | $200,000 |
| One Earth Conservation Inc | New York | $200,000 |
| The Peregrine Fund, Inc. | Idaho | $200,000 |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | California | $199,824 |
| Asociación Balam Ong de Servicios, Investigación, Generación de Ingresos Desde Lo Local, Fortalecimiento Institucional, |  | $199,518 |
| Pronatura Noreste Ac |  | $199,098 |