Protect Nature & Support Communities

Our goal is to find solutions to the environmental crisis that also empower women and local communities, planting seeds that will grow into a healthier way of caring for the earth and each other.

 
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We focus on the Congo, Colorado and the Amazon River Basins—three regions that are vitally important for stabilizing climate change and protecting biodiversity and human health.

 
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We fund projects that protect and restore forests and rivers—the lungs and lifeblood of our earth.

 
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We build deep relationships with grassroots groups on the ground, looking for local communities who are best positioned to protect nature.

 
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We work with women to co-create and lead all initiatives, as well as invest in solutions that benefit women, their families and their community.

 
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We measure our impact by listening and understanding. What are the needs of women, and what is their vision for the future? What have we done to heal the earth and fix the systems that harmed it in the first place?

With Women For Conservation, we’re training women from rural Colombian communities—many with no prior opportunities for career training—to be forest rangers and naturalists.

With Women For Conservation, we’re training women from rural Colombian communities—many with no prior opportunities for career training—to be forest rangers and naturalists.

In the Colorado River Basin, we are working with Indigenous and local women on water protection and habitat conservation, partnering with groups like Indigenous Women's Leadership Network, Sonoran Institute, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society,

In the Colorado River Basin, we are working with Indigenous and local women on water protection and habitat conservation, partnering with groups like Indigenous Women's Leadership Network, Sonoran Institute, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Forever Our Rivers and more.

In 2020, we helped expand the Tití Nature Reserve in Colombia, preventing a mining operation from destroying habitat for the critically endangered Cotton-top Tamarin.

In 2020, we helped expand the Tití Nature Reserve in Colombia, preventing a mining operation from destroying habitat for the critically endangered Cotton-top Tamarin.

We teamed up with One Tree Planted to plant more than 20,000 trees with women in Africa. And we've supported women to grow their agroforestry businesses in Rwanda through Kula's Fellowship Program.

We teamed up with One Tree Planted to plant more than 20,000 trees with women in Africa. And we've supported women to grow their agroforestry businesses in Rwanda through Kula's Fellowship Program.

In Uganda, we are partnering with Conservation Through Public Health to invest in projects that improve the livelihoods of local women and reduce human impacts on endangered mountain gorillas and their forest habitat.

In Uganda, we are partnering with Conservation Through Public Health to invest in projects that improve the livelihoods of local women and reduce human impacts on endangered mountain gorillas and their forest habitat.

Over the last four years, Planet Women has provided faculty salaries and scholarships for female students to attend Djolu Technical College in the remote Congo Rainforest. These students major in environmental science, public health and sustainable a

Over the last four years, Planet Women has provided faculty salaries and scholarships for female students to attend Djolu Technical College in the remote Congo Rainforest. These students major in environmental science, public health and sustainable agriculture, graduating with the opportunity to become influential local leaders in this biodiverse region.

In 2023, Planet Women offered a grant to the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN), which spurred the creation of a new program—the Indigenous Women’s Fire Learning Exchange. In June 2023, IPBN invited Indigenous women to apply for $5,000 grants

In 2023, Planet Women offered a grant to the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN), which spurred the creation of a new program—the Indigenous Women’s Fire Learning Exchange. In June 2023, IPBN invited Indigenous women to apply for $5,000 grants to gather in-person on Native lands to maintain and enrich cultural burning practices across the world. In 2024, four exchanges were hosted with Native women from across the U.S.

In 2024 and 2025, Planet Women made grants to Legado for Futuros Vivos, a collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples and local communities stewarding Megantoni National Sanctuary and Machiguenga Communal Reserve in the Amazon Basin in Peru. Legado's l

In 2024 and 2025, Planet Women made grants to Legado for Futuros Vivos, a collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples and local communities stewarding Megantoni National Sanctuary and Machiguenga Communal Reserve in the Amazon Basin in Peru. Legado's local team is working with the people (and children!) of Saniriato to create a legacy plan that will inform how they protect their biodiverse home and care for their community over the coming decades.