Context

1. The FGC is a long-term financing mechanism whose vision is to contribute to healthy and interconnected marine-coastal ecosystems in the Gulf of California and the North Pacific to provide ecosystem goods and services. The FGC is comprised of non-endowment and endowment assets. 

   
   

   In 2009, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Conservation International, through the Global Conservation Fund, and the Marisla Foundation, through the International Community Foundation, contributed to the FGC's endowment resources. The interests support management and conservation efforts in four priority marine protected areas of the Gulf of California: Bahía de los Ángeles Biosphere Reserve, Canales de Ballenas and Salsipuedes, and the Cabo Pulmo, Isabel Island and Marietas Islands National Parks.
   

   
   

   On the other hand, the FGC's non-endowment resources mainly come from a financing mechanism linked to nature tourism. Thanks to the leadership of the Lindblad Expeditions cruise company and its partnership with the National Geographic Society, passengers on cruises that travel through the Gulf of California make donations to support conservation efforts. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and FMCN provide matching funds that triple the donations from travelers.

   
   

   The funded initiatives are selected through open calls every three years. The objective is to build resilient communities and link sustainable use activities to conserve the network of marine-coastal ecosystems of the Gulf of California and the North Pacific.
   
   
   
   
   The lines of work that guide the actions of the Gulf of California Fund are:
   
   
   1. Territorial governance.
   2. Sustainable initiatives.
   3. Conservation of habitats and priority species.
   4. Resilience to climate events.