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Oak Foundation

Overview

Principal Office: Switzerland

Key Words: marine conservation, climate change

Website: Link

The Oak Foundation addresses issues of global social and environmental concern, particularly those that have impacts on the lives of the disadvantaged. Since 1998, the Foundation has made over 2,000 grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the world.

Among several program areas funded by the Oak Foundation, the one of principal importance in the Terra Viva Grants Directory is “Environment.”
Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources

Environment. This program has a theme in marine conservation, and another in climate change.
  • Marine Conservation -- This theme has three focus areas: (i) Marine reserves and sustainable economic development related to the Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem (i.e., Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico); (ii) Policies for ecosystem management of coastal resources in the Bering Sea and North Pacific; and (iii) Support for the European Common Fisheries Policy.
  • Climate Change -- Grants support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the power and transport sectors of developed and emerging economies. Activities include policy analysis, awareness raising, coalition building, advocacy campaigns, and related initiatives.
About the program. – Link

The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations of various kinds (foundations, institutes, NGOs, associations, educational organizations, and others).

Grants in the Environment program generally range from US$100 thousand to US$1 million, with a few grants that are larger.


APPLICATION:    Most grant applications are invited by the Foundation’s staff, but the Foundation does accept unsolicited Letters of Enquiry.

Grant seekers are requested to study the Foundation's grant-making criteria, and to review previous grants in its grants database.

Applicants that meet the Foundation’s general requirements can submit Letters of Enquiry according to the relevant program guidelines. Each program area (e.g., Marine Conservation; Climate Change) has its own goals, geographic scope, and funding restrictions.

Letters of enquiry may be submitted at any time.

About how to apply. – Link

Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries

Worldwide

Note: Oak’s programs in marine conservation are regional in scope, while the program for climate change is more global.
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The Oak Foundation posts an annual report. In 2010, the Oak group of foundations made 289 grants in 41 countries for a grants expenditure of US$117 million (all programs). -- Link

Oak provides a grants database. – Link

The Foundation’s main office is in Geneva, Switzerland. It maintains affiliate offices in Belize, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ethiopia, UK, USA, and Zimbabwe. – Link1   Link2
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February 2012

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