Vision

Revive & Restore was founded in 2012 and incubated by The Long Now Foundation, a Bay Area organizati

Goals

1. 1.As field builders and proven leaders, we work to create the community and the infrastructure for genetic rescue. Having established genetic rescue as a conservation discipline by creating an ecosystem of innovation, we will continue to collaborate with nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, governmental agencies, and for-profit companies to co-create solutions to the extinction crisis.
2. 2.As catalytic funders, we support high-risk innovation. We will continue to fund breakthrough innovations where traditional conservation funding falls short. Using program-specific criteria, we will evaluate the scientific strength, conservation impact potential, likelihood of securing post-catalytic funding, and partnership pathways.
3. 3.Through active program management, we co-design, manage, and evaluate research projects according to their unique goals and trajectories. We advance research projects to the point where they can deliver the greatest impact—whether that means generating critical knowledge, demonstrating feasibility, supporting adoption in the field, or positioning it for transition to partners.