We’re excited to share Maliasili’s 2026-2030 Strategic Plan, a roadmap shaped by 15 years of learning alongside African organizations at the forefront of community-led conservation across the continent.

Since our founding we have provided customized, multi-year organizational support to a portfolio of partners - now numbering nearly 60 African organizations working in 16 countries - and supported over 230 African conservation leaders through our cohort-based leadership programs.

We have helped these organizations become stronger and more effective, have watched them grow their teams and budgets and expand into new communities and landscapes, while building a dynamic and growing community of rising African conservation leaders. We have mobilized millions of dollars in funding for our partners- often muchneeded core or unrestricted funding that can be invested in organizational growth - while working to influence and improve the overall conservation funding ecosystem in Africa and beyond. We fundamentally believe that stronger local organizations can drive expanded conservation impact that benef its people and nature.

Over the next five years we aim to support improved local management and conservation impacts across at least 100 million hectares of community land and seascapes in Africa. To achieve this we will:

A notable decision in this strategy is to include the fifth pillar of work, “Scaling Effective Organizational Development for Conservation,” which addresses our role beyond Africa, something we have long considered and explored in response to numerous inquiries and opportunities over the years. We will not develop a portfolio of direct local partner organizations outside of Africa, but instead will work to better assist organizations that are similar to Maliasili in that they see their role as one of supporting and strengthening local CSOs to realize their full potential. We will provide these organizations with structured collaboration, support, advice, and training, so that they can develop their capacity as in-region organizational development experts.

Lastly, as an organization, we will continue important internal efforts to develop our growing and predominantly African team, by continuing to prioritize and improve on our team’s overall leadership and skills development. Our core organizational priority is to ensure that we remain ambitious in our pursuit of greater reach and impact, while also retaining our core culture and values- our organizational ‘soul’- as this balance has been central to Maliasili’s achievements, and not only the substance but the spirit of our work, over the previous 15 years.

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Maliasili is designated as a public charity (501c3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service.