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Support Wildlife Trackers Around the World
Your contribution funds training, certification, equipment, and opportunity for trackers worldwide, from indigenous, local, and community practitioners to naturalists, students, and researchers.
Why give
Trackers carry knowledge that science depends on
Tracking is humanity's oldest science. Yet the people who carry that knowledge, often indigenous, local, and community practitioners, rarely have the institutional support to practice it, teach it, and be recognized for it.
The Tracker Empowerment Foundation changes that by backing trackers directly. Your gift goes straight to programmes: funding certification toward CyberTracker Senior Tracker and Evaluator status, granting the equipment trackers need, supporting field research that proves the value of tracking to science, and building independent, locally-led certification capacity worldwide.
Every gift, at any level, helps a tracker do their best work.
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The Foundation has applied for federal tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). That status is not yet granted. Once it is confirmed, we will be able to issue documentation for tax purposes to our donors.
More ways to help
Other ways to give
Bank transfer / wire
Prefer to give by bank transfer or wire? We're glad to arrange it. For larger gifts of $5,000 and over, giving directly by bank transfer means more of your gift reaches the work, as it reduces processing fees. Contact us at kersey@originalwisdom.com and we'll send our account details.
In-kind & equipment
Cameras, GPS units, field optics, and other tracking equipment make a direct difference in the field. Reach out to discuss an in-kind contribution.
Employer matching
Many employers match charitable gifts, doubling your impact. Matching details are being confirmed; contact us and we'll help you set it up.
Transparency
Where your gift goes
We believe the people who fund this work deserve to see exactly how it's put to use. Our reporting and governance documents are published openly.
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