How we work

Gavilea Littoralis – Daniel Hotz

We fund organisations, programmes and projects around the world that not only contribute to ecological conservation, protection, and restoration but also create dynamic economic, social, and cultural opportunities for local communities, particularly indigenous peoples.

We are led by our Board of Trustees and are supported by a small team and our networks to develop our strategic grant-making priorities. We make direct grants each year to initiatives we identify through research and aim to develop long-term partnerships with our grantees. We offer unrestricted support whenever possible, and test new relationships with smaller, shorter-term project grants. We do not accept unsolicited applications for funding.

We participate in a small number of collaborative funding initiatives, often with other grant-making foundations, to address large-scale challenges and maximise impact.

In addition to our strategic grants, we sometimes offer discretionary funding to organisations in which our Board members have a personal interest.

Sister
organisations

  • Arcadia

    The Arcadia Fund is a UK charity organisation founded by Dr. Lisbet Rausing and Dr. Peter Baldwin.

    Established in 2001, the organisation provides grants on a worldwide basis. Arcadia supports work to preserve endangered cultural heritage, protect endangered ecosystems, and promote access to knowledge.

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  • Sigrid Rausing Trust

    The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making foundation established in 1995. The Trust runs three grant-making programmes on human rights and the rule of law; open societies; and environment.

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