About the Foundation
A coordinated response to a landscape under pressure.
The Greater Kruger ecosystem is one of the last large, connected landscapes where ecological processes still function at meaningful scales. GKWF exists to keep it that way.
Why our work matters
The Greater Kruger ecosystem supports globally significant wildlife populations, including large predators and megaherbivores, and underpins livelihoods for communities living alongside protected areas.
Addressing these challenges requires more than isolated projects. It requires coordination across boundaries, sectors, and priorities. That is where GKWF operates.
This system faces increasing pressure:
- A Fragmentation and land-use change
- B Climate variability and water stress
- C Human-wildlife conflict
- D Uneven distribution of conservation resources
A coordinated, landscape-level approach.
GKWF works across the Greater Kruger system to identify shared conservation challenges and mobilize the partnerships and resources needed to address them.
Work across reserves and communities
Field teams live and work across public, private, and communal land, earning the trust that desk-based organizations never gain.
Identify system-wide constraints
Patterns observed on the ground are tested against data from across the landscape to isolate the bottlenecks that hold the whole system back.
Develop targeted, fundable initiatives
Every initiative is costed, scoped, and structured so a donor can see precisely what their capital buys and what success looks like.
Support implementation through partnerships
Delivery is handed to the best-placed partner on the ground, with GKWF coordinating resources, accountability, and follow-through.
This allows us to move beyond fragmented efforts toward coordinated, landscape-scale impact.
Built for global reach, anchored in Switzerland.
Greater Kruger Wildlife Foundation
Our Swiss foundation is the steady centre of the network. It safeguards the mission and channels global support to the people and projects protecting the Greater Kruger.
Seven country chapters
Country foundations that rally supporters, partners and funding in their region.
- USA
- Germany
- France
- Japan
- Netherlands
- UK
- Spain
Where the work happens
The South Africa-based entities that deliver conservation, research, and the enterprise that funds it.
Greater Kruger Foundation SA
Conservation delivery, science and infrastructure across the landscape.
Greater Kruger Projects
Community engagement and landscape-level implementation on the ground.
Kruger Industries
Commercial enterprise whose returns flow back to fund the mission.
The most biodiverse landscape on Earth.
Arguably the most bio-diverse spot on Earth. Globally recognized as the premier space for nature conservation. Home to the most prolific African park: Kruger National Park. The protected landscape spans 35,000 km², some 3.5 million hectares, within the 100,000 km² Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.
A Fortune 500 board.
GKWF is governed by six to nine active C-Level executives drawn from Fortune 500 companies, each with demonstrated, positive environmental track records. These are not honorary appointments: they are working board members who bring capital relationships, operational expertise, and genuine passion for conservation to every decision.
By recruiting leaders who have navigated complex global organizations, GKWF gains access to the networks, credibility, and institutional knowledge needed to operate at landscape scale.
Sustainable funding.
GKWF launched with a $10 million USD seed commitment from a major private equity donor, providing the runway to build the team, establish the Swiss structure, and begin recruiting the high-profile CEO and executive staff needed to execute at scale.
The annual budget target is $100 million. Achieved through a combination of endowment returns, hub fundraising across seven countries, co-investment from conservation partners, and commercial dividends from Kruger Industries Corp flowing tax-free to the Swiss TopCo.
Want to be part of building this?
Whether you are an institution, a family office, a conservation practitioner, or simply someone who cares about wild Africa, there is a role for you in the Greater Kruger network.