Maliasili exists to support high-potential local organizations to accelerate the benefits they bring to people, ecosystems and climate change →

They do the work on the ground, we help them in the office. We strengthen them as organizations and leaders so they can be even more effective, resilient, and successful.

Our partners are developing the solutions that African societies and communities need to make conservation work in the face of rapid change and multiplying pressures. They are providing leadership, building diverse partnerships, and integrating conservation with human rights and economic opportunity.

We strengthen organizations, enhance leadership capacity, and help get more money to the right people so they are less constrained and more capable of driving change across their communities and landscapes.

Accelerating impact →

55 conservation partners

16 countries across Africa

237 African conservation leaders

$27M+ raised and leveraged for local organizations

75+ organizational Strategic Plans developed

91% of partners say that Maliasili makes them stronger

In our 2024 feedback survey, our partners said:

94% of our partners said Maliasili’s support to their organization is ‘excellent’ or ‘very good.’

91 % of our partners ‘strongly agree’ or ‘agree’ that Maliasili is helping them become a stronger organization.

98% of our partners said that strategic planning was ‘useful’ or ‘extremely useful’ to their organization.

“We trust Maliasili as a partner”
83.8% said ‘strongly agree,’ and all partners answered positively to this statement

Find out more about our 2024 partner feedback

On average our partners are growing their annual expenditure while diversifying their donor base →

13% Increase

Our partner’s average annual expenditure increased by 13% since 2021 ($1 million to $1.13 million).

More Donors

Since 2021, our partners have increased their average number of donors from 13 to 15, increasing donor diversity and financial security.

6% Decrease in Dependence on the Largest Donor

Our partners have made significant strides in diversifying their funding sources, reducing reliance on their largest donor. Between 2021 and 2023, the proportion of their budgets funded by their largest donor decreased from 37.5% to 31.5%, reflecting increased financial resilience.

On behalf of the Tsimoka team, I wanted to thank you for your assistance, advice, support, and guidance that you have provided us. Thanks to our collaboration, our organization has truly grown. You have made our dreams a reality; our team has been significantly strengthened, and now we have a well-founded, well-structured, appealing, and very user-friendly strategic plan. Because of Maliasili, we have taken a crucial step forward in Tsimoka's future.

— Association Tsimoka, Madagascar

Honeyguide’s impact wouldn’t be possible without Maliasili. We would have never gotten to the stage we're at now as an organization - where we are scaling our community conservation model across 2,063,800 hectares of Tanzania. Maliasili has enabled us to use our precious resources and have a much greater impact.

— Sam Shaba
Chief Executive Officer, Honeyguide

Our Partners’ Influence & Reach →

Work across 64 million+ Ha of biologically rich landscapes and seascapes in east, west, central, and southern Africa.

Support communities to safeguard more than 34,000 elephants and 1,800 lions residing in critical ecosystems.

Help generate +$12 million annually for communities who are sustainably managing their forests, wildlife, rangelands, and waters.

Learn more about our partner's work and their impact →

Meet the partners

What we do →

Leadership programs

Leadership program

Organizational Development

Organisational Development

Amplifying resources & influence

Amplifing resources and influence

To address biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental degradation, we need more outstanding local organizations that can drive positive change for people and nature on a growing scale.

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Your investment in Maliasili amplifies Africa’s conservation impact, strengthening a network of exceptional partners driving scalable, meaningful change across the continent.

We want your support:

Invest in Maliasili - We have a big vision and ambitious goals and we need additional resources to invest in our growth

Invest in our portfolio - When you invest in our portfolio you know the organizations have been vetted and strengthened, and with more money, their impact will grow.

Invest in Africa’s next generation of leaders - Your support to our leadership program will help secure the future of African conservation.

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Our key supporters & strategic partners

Our work would not be possible without support from a wide range of incredible organisations and individuals.

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Maliasili exists to help talented local conservation organizations overcome their challenges and constraints so that they can become more effective agents of change in their landscapes, communities, and nations.

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