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Top Ten Funders of Environmental Issues Worldwide

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In this resource guide you will find the "Top Ten Funders of Environmental Issues," an exclusive look at a comprehensive mapping initiative conducted in fundsforNGOs' Premium Donor Database , a service that connects NGOs all over the world to international and local donors that match your programs and area of interest. Our fundsforNGOs Premium service also offers thousands of donor profiles with specific funding information, how-to resource guides to build fundraising capacity, funding deadline calendar featuring major donors, proposal database and more! To see more of each donor profile found on this resource guide as well as numerous other resource guides, please visit https://fundsforngospro.com/ to sign up for a Premium account. FundsforNGOs also offers exclusive deals on fundraising, training webinars. Visit http://fundsforngos-webinars.com for more information and to register.

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Top Ten Funders of Environmental Issues Worldwide

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1. Rockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation develop services and strategies to protect those with the least means from an imperiled environment and changing global climate. The Foundation also works with a select group of leading regional agriculture research and development institutions in Africa to help them develop their own internal adaptation programs so that small-scale farming can become more productive, profitable, sustainable and stable.

2. Waterloo FoundationThe Asia Foundation’s Environment programs support Asian initiatives to ensure the sustainability of the environment and natural resources critical to Asia’s development and future well-being. The Foundation’s Environment programs address and prioritize critical issues that benefit from a coordinated understanding of the broad political, social, and economic dynamics of environmental governance reform.

Top Ten Funders of Environmental Issues Worldwide

Welcome to FundsforNGOs Premium’s Exclusive Guide to the top ten funders of environmental issues. Below are trusts and charities interested in funding organisations working in environmental issues around the world.

The following trusts and charities represent just a small selection of donors identified by a search on the FundsforNGOs Premium Donor Database. Simply click on the name of the funder to be taken to their donor profile.

3. Foundation for Environmental EducationThe mission of the Foundation for Environmental Education is to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. FEE is mainly active through its environmental education programmes including Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment and Learning about Forests.

4. The William and Flora Hewlett FoundationWilliam and Flora Hewlett recognized the importance of protecting the environment and made this a cornerstone of the Hewlett Foundation’s grantmaking. Today, their commitment is expressed through the Foundation’s efforts to tackle complex environmental problems at home and abroad, from creating new Bay Area parks to shifting to clean energy in the United States, Europe, China, and India.

5. The Asia FoundationThe Asia Foundation’s Environment programs support Asian initiatives to ensure the sustainability of the environment and natural resources critical to Asia’s development and future well-being. The Foundation’s Environment programs address and prioritize critical issues that benefit from a coordinated understanding of the broad political, social, and economic dynamics of environmental governance reform.

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6. The Aga Khan Development NetworkThe Aga Khan Development Network believes the challenge of improving environmental conditions lies not in an inherent conflict between humans and the natural world, but in the penury of natural resources that often forces people to consume the few environmental assets available to them. These conditions often create a downward spiral that results in deeper poverty, depleted soils, deforested hills, polluted water and disease.

7. The Energy FoundationThe mission of The Energy Foundation is to promote the transition to a sustainable energy future by advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy. Over the past two decades, the Energy Foundation has supported and coordinated sophisticated and effective networks of grantees and allies who share our vision of a prosperous and healthy future powered by clean, reliable, and secure sources of energy.

8. Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA)The MCFEA promotes environmental conservation, education and research into the environment and poverty alleviation through charitable grant-making. Since its inception, the MCFEA has made donations to environmental and developmental projects in Europe and Africa, working with a range of partner organizations.

9. Global Environmental FacilityThe Global Environment Facility unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.

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Top Ten Funders of Environmental Issues Worldwide

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10. The Ford FoundationThe Ford Foundation supports the development of natural resource policies and programs that give poor communities more control over these resources and a stronger voice in decision making on land use and development. They focus our efforts on poor rural communities, indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities and women, in particular.