PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS
These organisations provide crucial support to our core team, enabling us to direct and implement global research, education, and conservation efforts through our Global Strategy and Action Plan.
The Save Our Seas Foundation has supported the Manta Trust from the charity’s foundation, not only providing funding and guidance for its projects but also facilitating international cooperation among mobulid ray researchers to forge a global conservation plan of action.
Since the beginning of our relationship, Carl F. Bucherer have created several stunning manta ray inspired timepieces and have generously sponsored several projects including research into the movement patterns of Oceanic Manta Rays in the tropical eastern Pacific ocean, creating our How to Swim with Mantas film and conducting an unprecedented Research Expedition into the far north Maldives atolls.
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation is supporting the Manta Trust’s core team and charitable aims; enabling us to work towards our vision of a world where stable and recovering manta and devil ray populations thrive in healthy and diverse marine ecosystems.
EDUCATION
These organisations are supporting our work towards creating a diverse and inclusive global network of ocean guardians which are taking positive action for the marine world.
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust have been supporting our educational initiatives for many years, including the running of our Maldives Marine Education Programme, the creation of our Education Portal and all the teaching resources that it promotes, and providing free educational outreach sessions to less-privileged schools across the UK to improve ocean and climate literacy.
Once A Year is supporting our development and implementation of a new Education & Diversity Strategy that will guide our efforts to engage and inspire people around the world with the marine environment, educate them about blue issues and their impact on wildlife, and empower them to act for the oceans.
RESORTS
Our partnerships with these resorts in the Maldives and French Polynesia are invaluable to the Manta Trust, supporting us financially and providing our researchers with accommodation, salaries, access to the field and to labs, and the opportunity to engage tourists with marine issues.
MALDIVES
FRENCH POLYNESIA
OTHER SUPPORTERS
Manta Expeditions is a UK registered company closely affiliated to the Manta Trust, with a mission to raise awareness and provide education on manta ray conservation through eco-minded thematic trips. These trips offer our researchers vital access to the field, and profit generated through Manta Expeditions is donated to the Manta Trust.
We also receive vital funds each year from individual donors and organisations with whom we are not officially partnered, but to who we are extremely grateful. We recognise and thank all these donors in our annual Impact Reports.