This project was designed to improve the protection of wild tigers by strengthening and supporting small but dedicated NGOs working at the grass roots level. WPSI selects NGOs that have first hand information on forest conditions, tiger movements, poaching, and the effect of human activities on the habitat, and provides them with modest funds.

After obtaining government clearances in 1999, WPSI supported the following NGOs with such items as office equipment, awareness posters and copies of the Brief Guide to The Wild Life (Protection) Act.

Aranyak (Assam)
Wildlife Society of Orissa (Orissa)
Rhino Foundation for Nature (Assam)
Friends of Forests (Maharashtra)
North Eastern Society for Preservation of Nature and Wildlife (West Bengal)
Nature's Beckon (Assam)
Nature Conservation Society Amravati (Maharashtra)
The Friends of the Doon (Uttaranchal)
Bali Nature and Wild Life Conservation Society (West Bengal).