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PAST WORK

SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Sustainable Resource Management: Close of Program Area

After 15 years and nearly $13 million in strategic grantmaking, the Tinker Foundation concluded its Sustainable Resource Management (SRM) program area in 2025 to focus resources on other program areas.

SRM Legacy (2010-2025)

The Tinker Foundation’s environmental work supported sustainable management of habitat and natural resources while incorporating social and economic dimensions affecting local community well-being. Our grantmaking addressed these challenges through policy engagement, capacity building, and standards development across two key themes:

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Promoting Sustainable Management Practices: Projects addressed crucial links between effective resource management and the communities that depend on them, ensuring economic returns from improved management policies benefited local populations through best practices development, technical training, and mechanisms to prevent overexploitation.
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Water Access and Management: Recognizing that water scarcity disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, we supported innovative policies and locally determined watershed management approaches, water policy development based on hydrological assessments, and replicable freshwater management models.

A full list of grants made under the SRM program area can be found in the Foundation’s grants database.

Moving Forward

This strategic evolution enables Tinker to be a stronger partner to Latin American civil society organizations in our core areas of focus. We remain grateful to every SRM grantee for their contributions to conservation and community well-being across the region.