Founded in 2000, the Arcus Foundation is a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues. The Foundation’s mission is to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and race, and to ensure conservation and respect of great apes. Arcus Foundation has a longstanding relationship with AWF. Most recently, Arcus Foundation has supported AWF’s work in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lomako Yokokala Faunal Reserve to ensure the continued protection and monitoring of wildlife and their habitat, the development of sustainable livelihoods for local communities, and the development of an effective management plan for the Reserve. Through the Arcus Foundation's support, the percentage of land coverage under patrol in the Reserve has increased, and likewise, wildlife densities have increased year over year.