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- Is this description of the Foundation’s support correct? What would you like to change?
- Where is the Foundation based, and may the Forum link to its website?
- Should readers reach you through the moderators, or through a public contact?
The Sophia Foundation matches community donations to the Greyton Nature Programme rand for rand, up to R500,000 a year [MS]. The programme is run by the Greyton Conservation Society [MS].
What the letters in square brackets mean
Facts on this page are followed by a tag that shows where they come from.
- [IC] Independently Corroborated. Confirmed by an official record, such as a government notice or a court or council record, or by at least two sources that do not depend on each other.
- [MS] Mission-Sourced. Comes from the organisation’s own website or statements, from the statements of a group it works with, or from the Forum’s own records. It has not been checked against sources that do not depend on them.
- [TBV] To Be Verified. Seems likely, but nobody has confirmed it from a reliable source yet.
At a glance
| Kind | Funder |
| Based in | Not yet known |
| Website | Not yet known |
| Role | Matched funding for the Greyton Nature Programme [MS] |
| Link to the valley | Direct. It funds work in the Greyton Nature Reserve |
| Contact with the Forum | Not approached |
What it does
No public description from the Foundation itself has been found yet.
How its work reaches the valley
The Greyton Nature Programme covers reserve management, trails and signs, rangers who help people and wildlife (including baboons) live side by side, environmental education, clearing of invasive plants, and biodiversity monitoring [MS]. Every donation to it is matched by the Foundation [MS].
Where it touches this site
What is still open
- Where the Foundation is based, and its website.
- Since when it has matched donations.
Have your say
If you know more about Sophia Foundation’s work in the valley, contact the moderators via How to Submit.
Related
References
- Ward 2 Development Forum. Greyton Conservation Society. The society’s own account of the matched funding.