Billion Baby Turtles supports community-based turtle conservation organizations around Latin America.

Billion Baby Turtles Partners & Grants

Billion Baby Turtles supports sea turtle conservation organizations that work to protect sea turtle hatchlings across around the world. The funds go towards paying local residents to patrol important turtle nesting beaches, protecting turtles that come up to nest and ensuring that the eggs are protected, and guiding the hatchlings to the sea.

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Current Stats:

(through 2023)

13 million+ hatchlings saved
$1 million+ given in 250+ grants
60+ nesting beaches in more than 20 countries
5 species of sea turtles supported

Below are the organizations, locations, amount of funding, and approximate hatchlings saved for each grant. Below are the organizations, locations, amount of funding, and approximate hatchlings saved for each grant.

2023 Grants

42 grants totaling $177,000, saving an estimated 4,286,000 hatchlings

Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $6,000 / 1,000

Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica) (3 beaches): $14,500 / 5,300
Turtle Love Project (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 76,000
Provita (Venezuela): $4,000 / 8,900
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,000 / 11,500
Tortugas de Osa (Costa Rica): $5,000 / 62,500
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Costa Rica): $4,000 / 400,000
Reef Guardians (Malaysia): $3,000 / 12,000
Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (Papua New Guinea): $8,000 / 1,200
Chelonia (Puerto Rico, USA): $500 / 600
Ecosystem Impact Fund (Indonesia): $10,000 / 7,700
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico) (3 beaches): $7,000 / 19,000
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $10,000 / 3,488,000

PAMaLi (Indonesia): $4,500 / 19,500
Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $5,000 / 9,600
Indonesian Sea Turtle Foundation: $10,000 / 47,600
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama & Costa Rica) (three beaches): $15,000 / 148,000
Turtle Foundation (Indonesia) (2 beaches): $13,000 / 5,800
Sos Nicaragua: $2,000 / 1,500
Ayoticali (Mexico): $3,500 / 16,500
Conservation des Especes Marines (Ivory Coast): $3,000 / 9,600
Ashanti (Ghana): $3,000 / 4,300
Campamento Tortuguero Palmarito (Mexico): $5,000 / 4,800
Equipo Tora Carey (Costa Rica): $2,500 / 1,700
RASTOMA (Africa): $20,000 / 15,000
Ashanti (Kenya): $3,000 / 4,200
Campamento Mayto (Mexico): $2,000
GROBIOS (Mexico): $2,000

2022 Grants

51 grants totaling $287,000, saving an estimated 3,200,000 hatchlings

Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $10,000 / 13,700

Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica) (3 beaches): $15,000 / 14,000
Turtle Love Project (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 80,000
Provita (Venezuela): $4,000 / 8,000
Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute (Persian Gulf): $3,000 / 1,000
ProTECTOR (Jamaica): $10,000 / TBD (new project)
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $5,000 / 35,000
Ecosystem Impact Fund (Indonesia): $10,000 / 62,500
Tortugas de Osa (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 385,000
ARCAS (Guatemala): $2,000 / 4,000
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 428,500
Reef Guardians (Malaysia): $3,000 / 3,100
Everlasting Nature of Asia (Indonesia): $5,000 / 14,000
Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (Papua New Guinea): $4,000 / 1,000
Chelonia (Puerto Rico, USA): $3,000 / 3,700
Fundacao Tartaruga (Cabo Verde): $10,000 / 28,500
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico) (3 beaches): $15,800 / 33,000

PAMaLi (Indonesia): $4,000 / 6,000
Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (Indonesia): $1,000 / 250
Palawan Biodiversity Conservation Advocates: $1,000 / TBD
Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $5,000 / 7,500
Asociacon Salvemos Las Tortugas de Parismina (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 6,000
ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 10,000
Indonesian Sea Turtle Foundation: $10,000 / 16,000
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama & Costa Rica) (three beaches): $22,000 / 1,025,000
Mar Alliance (Panama): $3,000 / 8,000
Turtle Conservation Project (Sri Lanka): $10,000 / 16,600
Turtle Foundation (Indonesia) (3 beaches): $23,000 / 66,350
Sos Nicaragua: $2,000 / 1,400
Ayoticali (Mexico): $3,000 / 8,500
Fauna & Flora International (Nicaragua): $5,000 / 1,100
Conservation des Especes Marines (Ivory Coast): $5,000 / 10,000
Ashanti (Ghana): $3,000 / 1,000
Campamento Tortuguero Palmarito (Mexico): $5,000 / 7,000
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $10,000 / 320,000

2021 Grants

36 grants totaling US $173,000, saving 1,890,000 hatchlings (10.9 hatchlings saved per dollar)

Equipo Tora Carey (Costa Rica): $2,000 / 680

Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $3,000 / 4,000
Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $10,000 / 13,700
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica) (3 beaches): $14,000 / 10,000
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico) (3 beaches): $6,265 / 13,050
Turtle Love Project (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 83,300
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,500 / 25,000
Las Tortugas Research Station (Costa Rica): $2,000 / 1,300
Provita (Venezuela): $4,000 / 8,000
Turtle Conservation Project (Sri Lanka): $10,000 / 16,600
Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center (Nicaragua): $2,000 / 1,515
Fundacion Tortugas del Mar (Colombia): $2,000 / 300
Mar Alliance (Panama): $2,000 / TBD (new beach)
Everlasting Nature of Asia (Indonesia): $5,000 / 14,000
Mexiquillo Beach (Mexico): $5,000 / 1,400
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $10,000 / 320,000

Reef Guardians (Malaysia): $2,000 / 2,000
Ecosystem Impact Fund (Indonesia): $7,000 / 43,750
Indonesian Sea Turtle Foundation: $7,000 / 11,475
Tortugas de Osa (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 356,000
Fauna & Flora International (Nicaragua): $5,000 / 1,700
Quelonios (Mexico): $4,000 / 4,700
ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 10,000
Turtle Foundation (Indonesia) (3 beaches): $12,000 / 47,400
University of Michoacan (Mexico) (2 beaches): $15,000 / 750,000
Barbados Sea Turtle Project: $3,000 / 9,000
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 425,000
ARCAS (Guatemala): $2,000 / 4,000
Sos Nicaragua: $2,000 / 1,400
Ayoticali (Mexico): $2,000 / 5,700
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama) (two beaches): $9,000 / 25,000
Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership (Gabon): $3,000 / 2,500
Kuztari (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 700
COBEC (Kenya): $3,000 / 800

2020 Grants

32 grants totaling $140,850, saving 1,140,477 hatchlings

(8 hatchlings saved per dollar donated)

ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 10,000 hatchlings
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $14,500 / 35,000
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $8,000 / 320,000
Las Tortugas Research Station (Costa Rica): $1,000 / 667
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $5,000 / 5,000
Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $10,000 / 42,000
Quelonios (Mexico): $4,000 / 4,700
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,500 / 17,500
Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $3,000 / 4,500
Fauna & Flora International (Nicaragua): $5,000 / 1,700
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico): $9,250 / 57,800
Reef Guardians (Malaysia): $3,000 / 2,500
Turtle Love Project (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 90,900
Tortugas de Osa (Costa Rica): $6,500 / 224,000
Everlasting Nature of Asia (Indonesia): $5,000 / 14,000
Turtle Foundation (Indonesia): $5,500 / 11,700
Sos Nicaragua: $2,000 / 1,400
Turtle Conservation Project (Sri Lanka): $10,000 / 16,600
Asociacon Salvemos Las Tortugas de Parismina (Costa Rica): $2,000 / 3,300
Red Tortuguera (Mexico): $1,000 / 6,250
Environment Society of Oman: $2,500 / 100,000
Local Ocean Conservation (Kenya): $2,000 / 2,900
Barbados Sea Turtle Project: $2,500 / 10,000
ARCAS (Guatemala): $2,000 / 4,000
Grupo Tortuguero Comcaac (Mexico): $1,000 / 260
Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (Papua New Guinea): $3,000 / 700
Fundacion Kuemar (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 15,000
Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership: $5,000 / 5,200

2019 Grants

27 grants totaling $115,560, saving 1,176,580 hatchlings

(10 hatchlings saved per dollar donated)

ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 14,000

Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $9,000 / 24,200
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $10,000 / 400,000
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $6,000 / 5,600
Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $5,000 / 38,500
Quelonios (Mexico): $5,000 / 3,500
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,000 / 30,000
Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $3,000 / 4,500
Fauna & Flora International (Nicaragua): $5,000 / 2,300
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico): $7,060 / 44,000
Equipo Tora Carey (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 900
Reef Guardians (Malaysia): $7,500 / 5,500
Turtle Love Project (Costa Rica): $10,000 / 200,000
Tortugas de Osa (Costa Rica): $6,500 / 360,000
Everlasting Nature of Asia (Indonesia): $5,000 / 26,000
Turtle Foundation (Indonesia): $5,000 / 10,600
Sos Nicaragua: $1,000 / 700
Haiti Ocean Project: $2,500

Fundacion Tortugas del Mar (Colombia): $1,000 / 200
Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) Tobago: $3,000 / 2,100
Leatherback Project (Panama): $1,000 / 1,470
Bocabarra Project (Mexico): $1,000 / 900
Mexiquillo (Mexico): $5,000 / 580

2018 Grants

13 grants totaling $55,470, saving 475,550 hatchlings

(8.5 hatchlings saved per dollar)

ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 14,000

Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $3,000 / 4,200
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $8,000 / 320,000
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $2,000 / 2,000
Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $8,000 / 61,500
Quelonios (Mexico): $2,000 / 2,100
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,000 / 30,000
Vida Marina (Puerto Rico): $6,500 / 8,200
Fauna & Flora International (Nicaragua): $5,000 / 1,650
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico): $4,000 / 25,000
Paso Pacifico (Nicaragua): $2,000 / 400
Sos Nicaragua: $4,970 / 10,000

2017 grants

9 grants totaling $39,100, saving 405,725 hatchlings

(10.4 hatchlings saved per dollar)

ProCosta (El Salvador): $5,000 / 10,000

Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $3,000 / 4,200
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $5,000 / 200,000
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $1,000 / 500
Ocean Spirits (Grenada): $10,000 / 77,000
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $9,600 / 96,000
Pronatura Yucatan (Mexico): $2,500 / 15,625
Sos Nicaragua: $1,000 / 2,000
Fundacion Tortugas del Mar (Colombia): $1,000 / 400

2016 grants

ICAPO (Nicaragua & El Salvador): $10,400 / 20,800
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $2,000 / 3,000
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $5,000 / 7,000
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $6,500 / 65,000
Flora, Fauna y Cultura (Mexico): $5,000 / 16,500
Fundacion Kutzari (Mexico): $2,000 / 1,500
Corcovado Foundation (Costa Rica): $1,000 / 10,000
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $7,000 / 175,000

2015 Grants

ICAPO (Nicaragua & El Salvador): $11,500 / 23,000
Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $3,000 / 1,500
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $5,000 / 7,500
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $3,500 / 35,000
Flora, Fauna y Cultura (Mexico): $5,000 / 12,500
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $5,000 / 150,000
Paso Pacifico: $1,500 / 300

2014 grants

ICAPO (Nicaragua & El Salvador): $3,000 / 6,000

Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $5,000 / 9,100
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $5,200 / 7,000
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $4,500 / 45,000
Flora, Fauna y Cultura (Mexico): $4,000 / 3,800
Las Tortugas Research Station (Costa Rica): $6,000 / 11,000
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $4,000 / 53,000

2013 grants

ICAPO (Nicaragua & El Salvador): $10,000 / 20,000

Latin American Sea Turtles (Costa Rica): $5,000 / 9,100
Sea Turtle Conservancy (Panama): $5,000 / 6,500
Guanahacabibes National Park (Cuba): $2,000 / 14,200
Flora, Fauna y Cultura (Mexico): $3,000 / 2,850
Las Tortugas Research Station (Costa Rica): $5,800 / 5,700
University of Michoacan (Mexico): $3,000 / 40,000
Paso Pacifico (Nicaragua): $4,000 / 4,000
ARCAS (Guatemala): $1,000 / 2,400

Photo credits: Neil Ever Osborne, Pro Peninsula, Michael Liles