Our Donors

Current Donors and Supporters (2023/2024)

Anchor Donors

Donors in Kind

Project Partners

  • CAKE (Swedish Electric Bike company)/Goal Zero
  • Earth Ranger
  • ERAIFT – Postgraduate Training School on Integrated Management of Tropical Forest and Land
  • ESRI / ArcGIS
  • Flemming College Canada
  • Focused Conservation
  • Global Environment Facility
  • GIZ (German Cooperation in the Southern African Development Community)
  • Investec
  • Isivavane
  • Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance
  • KAZA Secretariat
  • Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Authority
  • MWEKA – College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania
  • National Geographic Society
  • Oh Elephant
  • PACE – Pan African Conservation Education
  • Peace Parks Foundation 
  • SADC
  • SMART
  • South African National Parks
  • Swedish Defence University
  • TREPA – Threat Reduction for the Environment, People and Animals
  • wpsWatch
  • WWF – SA Khetha Programme
  • WWF-SA
  • USAID

Cause Related Donors

Individual Donors

  • A. Coetzee
  • Adrian and Lesley Boyd
  • Ashley Young
  • Bridgette Cahill
  • C. Beatty
  • Countess Sylvia Labia
  • De Heer and Edith Walhoff
  • Edmund Glenny
  • Eileen Stoveld
  • John Stewart
  • Jeffrey and Cheryl Jackson (OHNM)
  • Keates Family
  • Kim Swartz
  • Kristine L Fairless
  • Lars Svensson
  • Leonard Schwartz
  • Lyle McCabe
  • Rob Sowry
  • Robin and Jim Sheldon
  • Russel Blane
  • S. Dufour
  • Thais Racy
  • The Shipley Family
  • V. Ogilvie Thompson

Sustainability Fund

  • Countess S. Labia (Patron)
  • Anderson Expeditions
  • Mr. C. Beatty
  • Mr. A. Coetzee
  • Ms. V. Ogilvie Thompson
  • Ninety One Investment Platform
  • Proprietary Limited
  • Sentinel Internation Trust
  • The Harley Charitable Trust

Historical Donors and Supporters

Founder Donors

The construction of the College was made possible by a generous donation from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (BMZ) via the German Development Bank (KfW) who has also supported the College’s Phase II infrastructure development.

  • Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) – South Africa
  • Peace Parks Foundation
  • German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (BMZ) via the German Development Bank (KfW)
  • ABSA Bank Ltd
  • ADvTech Training
  • Anglovaal Limited
  • Avis
  • Bankers Trust Company
  • Mrs PM Barlow
  • BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
  • CP de Leeuw Walden & Colussi
  • Mrs E Davison
  • Dennis Moss Partnership Inc
  • Doug’s Hiring
  • Eskom
  • First National Bank of SA Ltd
  • Forbes Financial Services
  • Mr Peter Flack
  • Gencor Limited
  • General Food Industries
  • Hans Hoheisen
  • HL & H Holdings
  • HSBC Simpson McKie
  • Johnnies Industrial Company (JCI)
  • Land Rover South Africa
  • Liberty Life Group Community Fund
  • Lindsay Smithers (Pty) Ltd
  • Lohnro Management Services
  • L & C Steinmüller (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
  • Marcel Burgauer Foundation
  • National Airways Corporation
  • Mazda Wildlife Fund
  • Microsoft South Africa
  • Murray & Roberts HO Services Ltd
  • Nestlé (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
  • Pretoria Portland Cement Co. Ltd.
  • Professional Hunters Association (PHASA)
  • Rand Merchant Bank
  • G Ravazzotti
  • Reach & Teach
  • Prof H Rolston
  • Royal Danish Embassy
  • Royal Netherlands Embassy
  • Sentrachem Ltd
  • Shell South Africa
  • Siemens Ltd
  • The British Council
  • The Fedics Group
  • The Gold Fields Foundation
  • The Green Trust
  • Tony & Lisette Lewis Foundation
  • The Strawbridge Trust
  • Volkswagen of SA (Pty) (Ltd)
  • V3 Raadgewende Ingenieurs

Corporate Sector SA

  • & Beyond (including Phinda and Ngala Game Reserves)
  • ABSA Bank
  • AdvTech Training (Pty) Ltd
  • Afrisam (Pty) Ltd
  • Alexander Forbes
  • Anglovaal Ltd
  • Avis
  • Bellingham Safaris
  • Bextrans (Bester Feed and Grain)
  • BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
  • Buco
  • CP de Leeuw, Walden & Colussi
  • Changing Tides
  • Compaq Computers
  • Daimler/Mercedes Benz
  • Dennis Moss Partnership Incorporated
  • Deutsche Bank AG
  • Distell
  • Dorbyl Ltd
  • Doug’s Hiring
  • Effervescents
  • Eskom
  • Eventus Sitrus
  • Explore Africa
  • First National Bank of SA Ltd
  • FH Chamberlain
  • Forbes Financial Services/Group Limited
  • Ford Motor Corporation of South Africa
  • Gencor Ltd
  • General Food Industries
  • Hair, Health, Beauty
  • HL & H Corporate Services (Pty) Ltd
  • HSBC Simpson McKie (Pty) Ltd
  • IBM SA Group Ltd (Reach & Teach)
  • Inter Africa BDC
  • Investec
  • Johnnics Industrial Corporation
  • Kings Camp
  • L & C Steinmuller (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
  • Land Rover South Africa
  • Lindsay Smithers (Pty) Ltd
  • Lonrho Management Services
  • Lowveld Dog Training
  • Mantella Trading
  • Microsoft (SA) (Pty) Ltd
  • Murray & Roberts H.O. Services (Pty) Ltd
  • Mutual & Federal
  • Nampak Management Services
  • National Airways Corporation
  • Nestlé (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
  • Old Mutual
  • PC 2000
  • Pirtek Southern African (Pty Ltd)
  • PS Publishing
  • Pretoria Portland Cement Co. Ltd
  • Rallen (Pty) Ltd
  • Sentrachem Limited
  • Shell SA (Pty) Ltd
  • Siemans Limited
  • Spar (Hoedspruit)
  • Storm
  • Tintswalo Lodges
  • The Fedics Group (Pty) Ltd
  • Toyota, Lydenburg
  • Tradevest 244 cc
  • V3 Consulting Engineers
  • Van Loveren
  • Volkswagen of SA (Pty) Ltd

Foundations, Funds & Trusts

Local Contributors

  • Anglo American Chairman’s Fund
  • Ball Family Foundation
  • Chamberlain Foundation Trust
  • De Beers Fund
  • Edgar Drotste Trust
  • Gaia Educational Trust
  • J Hancock Charity Trust
  • Hans Merensky Foundation
  • Joe Venter Memorial Fund
  • The Goldfields Foundation
  • The Green Trust
  • First Rand Foundation
  • Hans Hoheisen Charitable Trust (Managed by Nedbank Private Wealth)
  • H E Joosub Charitable Trust
  • The Liberty Life Foundation Group Community Fund
  • The Mazda Wildlife Fund
  • Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa
  • My Planet Rhino Fund
  • National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund
  • National Lotteries Commission
  • Our Horn is Not Medicine
  • Peace Parks Foundation
  • Professional Hunter’s Association of Africa (PHASA) Conservation and Empowerment Fund
  • Rand Merchant Bank – RMB Fund – First Rand Foundation
  • SF & VR du Toit Studiefonds
  • Standard Bank Foundation
  • Taeuber Management Trust (Pty) Ltd
  • The Strawbridge Trust
  • Timbavati Foundation
  • Tony & Lisete Lewis Foundation
  • WWF Nedbank Green Trust

International Contributors

  • Bankers Trust Foundation
  • Burgauer Foundation
  • Chaparrel Foundation
  • Dallas Safari Club Foundation
  • Dioraphte Foundation
  • Family Sheldon Trust
  • Fondation Hoffmann
  • Fondation Segré
  • Ford Foundation
  • Friends of African Wildlife
  • Fiduciary Trust (Private Client)
  • Greater St Louis Community Foundation
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • KFW Stiftung
  • Lance & Julie Fritz Family Trust
  • Liberty Wildlife Fund (now consolidated under the Dioraphte Foundation)
  • LMB Fidelity Trust
  • MAVA Fondation por la Nature
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • Moran Family Charitable Trust
  • Musart E Foundation (now consolidated under the Dioraphte Foundation
  • NOW Foundation
  • Purdy Family Fund
  • Rufford, Maurice, Laing Foundation
  • Rufford Foundation
  • Safari Club International Foundation
  • Save African Rhino Foundation/Blue Sky Investments
  • Sheldon Family Trust
  • Sun Institute
  • Tusk Trust (including Scott-Dunn)
  • Timbavati Foundation
  • United for Wildlife Support by The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
  • Vanguard Charitable (The Brown Family Fund)
  • WildArk
  • Worldwide Fund for Nature
  • Zoofascht 2016

Government, Aid Agencies & Universities

  • Australian Agency for International Development
  • The British Council
  • Danish Cooperation for Environment & Development (Danish Ministry)
  • Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) – Jobs Fund
  • Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) – South Africa
  • Directorate General for International Cooperation – Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Flemish Government
  • Kreditsanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW – Germany)
  • Michigan State University
  • New Zealand High Commission
  • New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Royal Netherlands Embassy
  • US Fisheries & Wildlife Services
  • UNESCO
  • University of Queensland
  • USAID (Southern Africa)

Project Funding

  • Children in the Wilderness
  • GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) 
  • National Treasuries Jobs Fund (South Africa) 
  • The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education Research for
  • Development (NORHED) funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, NORAD 
  • RESILIM (Resilience in the Limpopo River Basin) – USAID

Responsible Resource Use

  • Aimpoint
  • Dallas Safari Club
  • Dallas Safari Club Foundation
  • LHLF Training Committee
  • Nico van Rooyen Taxidermy
  • Norma Ammunition
  • Parow Arms
  • Professional Hunter’s Association of Africa (PHASA)
  • Safari Club International
  • Safari Club International Foundation
  • SA Jagters
  • Hunter Legacy Fund 100

Individuals

  • Abery J
  • Andrew (Mrs)
  • Attenborough A & G
  • Barlow PM
  • Blackburn S
  • Blight D & HC
  • Boyd – A & L
  • Campbell G.
  • Chong R & C
  • Collier GS
  • Collot d’Escury T & H
  • Cooke G
  • Davis L
  • Davidson, Lee Anne (Our Horn is Not Medicine)
  • Davison E
  • Devenish J.
  • Doran Joni-Leigh
  • Dukes A
  • Duncan W
  • Flack PH
  • Fuller S
  • Gold D
  • Goldman Jay
  • Goss, B (Pirtek Southern Africa)
  • Gräf C
  • Gräf F
  • Green N
  • Gold D
  • Gutnecht L
  • Hackl G (RTL Television)
  • Hanekom C & S
  • Haugh S.
  • Hermann E & Naude K
  • Hoheisen H
  • Jenkins B
  • Karan IM
  • Kay K
  • Knox J
  • Kruasse S
  • Kraut S & E
  • Kraut T
  • Labia, Count Lucio
  • Labia S. (Countess)
  • Lahan (The late Ms)
  • Lawton M
  • Leschinsky W
  • Mc Knight JG & M
  • McLoughlin E
  • Mello D (Jetstar Aviation)
  • Muller V
  • Naylor P
  • Nicholson, Mrs BA
  • Nicholson K
  • O’Brien J
  • OgilvieThompon J
  • Osterwalder P
  • Parker T
  • Parnis Mr
  • Payne D & T
  • Peters E
  • Peters EE
  • Preston, Dr G
  • Phipps SA
  • Pon, F & S
  • Ravazzotti G
  • Rohner M and Frei W
  • Rolston H Prof
  • Seginak K
  • Sergeant, Lady Gillian
  • Sheldon J & R
  • Shipley S & J
  • Sowry CR (Nitralife SA)
  • Stein A.
  • Swartz K
  • Van Egmond A
  • Van Ierssel P.
  • Van Zyl JJM
  • Van Zyl SW
  • Verreyne M & du Plessis A
  • Yammin A
  • Yammi Donation
  • Weber, Mr and Mrs
  • Walhof MAM, Mrs and Mrs

Other donors

  • Anti Poaching Aerial Support – Individual Supporters and Donors
  • Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA)
  • K9 Anti Poaching Unit- Individual Supporters and Donors
  • Nkombe Rhino
  • SANParks Honorary Rangers
  • The Zürich Zoofäscht

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