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Top 25 Conservation nonprofits based in South Africa

Name: Conservation nonprofits based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 144 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 144 conservation nonprofits headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,280 professional contacts across them, including 1,098 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers conservation nonprofits headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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3,280Contacts tracked

1,098Verified emails

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The 25 largest conservation nonprofits based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 144 conservation nonprofits based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to conservation nonprofits: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Wilderness	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	982 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a world leading conservation and hospitality company, we are the proud custodians of our planet's most significant wild places, each chosen to be part of our Collection for a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	African Parks Network	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	625 contacts →
	Partial evidence “African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on responsibility for the long-term management of protected areas in partnership with governments and local…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Peace Parks Foundation	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	178 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1997 by President Nelson Mandela, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Greenpeace Africa	Indirect evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	169 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, protect and conserve the environment and promote peace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	WWF South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	136 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WWF’s mission is to build a future in which people and nature thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Nature Connect	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nature Connect is dedicated to preserving South Africa’s biodiversity through various educational and conservation initiatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	TWO Oceans Aquarium Foundation	Indirect evidence	Waterfront, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation, in partnership with the Two Oceans Aquarium.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Malamala Game Reserve	Indirect evidence	Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MalaMala Game Reserve is the Safari Industry’s blueprint to the luxury photographic safari.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Birdlife South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BirdLife South Africa strives to conserve birds, their habitats and biodiversity through scientifically-based programmes, through supporting the sustainable and equitable use of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Greenpop	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Greenpop Foundation NPC is a leading environmental non-profit organisation (NPO#: 151-411 NPO; PBO#: 930050622) based in Cape Town, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Conservation South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Conservation South Africa supports economic development that values nature because people need nature to thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Lessons In Conservation	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lessons in Conservation (LiC) is a youth led non-profit organization that aims to educate the youth of Southern Africa about conservation and the environmental issues we are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Wild Bird Trust	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Wild Bird Trust is a Southern Africa–based conservation organisation working across Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa through a network of locally governed entities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Wildlife ACT	Partial evidence	South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wildlife ACT is an award-winning wildlife conservation organisation that consists of a team of experienced conservationists, who have been getting their hands dirty since 2008…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Wild Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wild Africa aims to be Africa’s most effective conservation communicator by amplifying African voices through powerful media networks-making conservation accessible and driving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Dinokeng Game Reserve	Indirect evidence	Hammanskraal, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Duct Rivers	Partial evidence	Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DUCT is an NPO that is dedicated to environmental conservation and restoration, with a focus on rehabilitating rivers and promoting sustainable livelihoods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Sustainable Finance Coalition	Indirect evidence	Regional, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Sustainable Finance Coalition FINDS, DESIGNS and MOBILISES tailormade finance solutions for nature through collective action.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	I AM Water Ocean Conservation Foundation	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “I AM WATER believes in ocean conservation through human experience and works under the ethos of we protect what we love and we love what we have experienced.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Green Development Foundation	Indirect evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Green Development Foundation is an NPO that is committed to sustained upliftment of communities and preservation of the environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Sabine Plattner African Charities Spac	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sabine Plattner African Charities (SPAC) focusses on the protection of nature, with an emphasis on the rainforest in the Congo-basin, through education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	painteddog.tv	Indirect evidence	Hoedspruit, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Embrace the African wild virtually and in person.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Mabula Ground Hornbill Project	Indirect evidence	Bela-bela, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At present, Southern Ground-hornbills are considered internationally as "Vulnerable" throughout their sub-equatorial range in Africa by the IUCN, but within South Africa and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Protect The West Coast	Indirect evidence	Kommetjie, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Protect the West Coast fights for an alternative and sustainable future for the South African West Coast by defending the region’s rich biodiversity and cultural heritage against…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Sharescreen Africa	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ShareScreen Africa is a Pan-African conservation-based tutorial initiative to the benefit of universities, researchers, colleges, conservation departments and related training…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: conservation nonprofits. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names conservation nonprofits.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of conservation nonprofits, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name conservation nonprofits. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Conservation nonprofits based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

33.5%Verified-email coverage

22.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

16.0%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 144 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among conservation nonprofits, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “conservation nonprofits”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names conservation nonprofits), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among conservation nonprofits, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,098 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names conservation nonprofits, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many conservation nonprofits are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 144 conservation nonprofits headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Wilderness, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most conservation nonprofits?

Cape Town leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (18) and Hoedspruit (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,098 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 144 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.