The funding community for the planet.
Environmental Funders Network works to transform environmental philanthropy in the UK: increasing funding levels, improving effectiveness and supporting people and organisations helping to create a thriving planet.
Who We Support
New Givers
New to green giving? We’ll help you get started. Whether you want to start funding environmental initiatives or want to develop your existing giving, we can provide support, make connections and share knowledge and resources on effective approaches to tackling environmental issues.
Funders
We help environmental funders make sure their giving is as effective as possible. Through events, research and networking, you will learn about key issues, approaches and best practices, connect with other funders and better understand the landscape of environmental funding.
Advisors
More and more wealth-holders want to use their resources to take environmental action and be part of solving the environmental crisis. We can help support you and your clients to get started with funding environmental initiatives or develop their existing giving.
Fundraisers
We support fundraisers and environmental groups to be as effective as possible. Through our Green Fundraisers Forum, learning programmes and research, we help those in the environmental sector bring in more funds, strengthen their communications and improve their resilience and wellbeing.
How can we improve funder-fundraiser relationships in the environment sector?
Sophia Cooke, co-author of our latest report, Increasing the effectiveness of environmental funder-fundraiser relationships, shares why we’ve researched this intersection, what we learnt and key takeaways for funders.
Blog
Latest Posts
Announcing our new Executive Director
We are thrilled to announce Nick Gardner as our new Executive Director.
WATCH | Behind the smokescreen: what role can funders play in combating global and local disinformation?
With the support of CAAD, this panel explored the challenge of disinformation and the role funders can play.
WATCH | Blue carbon: what power does it hold to protect and restore coastal and marine ecosystems?
Learn what role voluntary carbon markets and philanthropy play in protecting coastal and marine ecosystems.
A call to action: Why funders should join the UK Overseas Territories Fund
Explore the UK Overseas Territories Fund and our latest report which shows the successes of the fund so far and why funders should get involved.
Innovation in environmental funding in the UK Overseas Territories
A report from the third of four events in our funder learning series about the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), focusing on innovative approaches to financing vital conservation and restoration work.
Watch | Report Launch: Exploring the role of wealth and philanthropy advisors in green giving
This is the launch event to highlight the key findings from our new report, Exploring the role of wealth and philanthropy advisors in green giving.
What happens when you bring together 100 funders and fundraisers for a one-day conference?
Oscar Brennecke-Dunn, our Events Coordinator, shares his reflections on our one-day conference that brought funders and fundraisers together to discuss how we can make environmental philanthropy work more effectively for everyone.
Watch | Creating the ‘Comic Relief’ for climate
With our partner, Big Give, we share more about the Green Match Fund, it’s future ambitions and how funders can get involved.
How can we improve funder-fundraiser relationships in the environment sector?
Sophia Cooke, co-author of our latest report, Increasing the effectiveness of environmental funder-fundraiser relationships, shares why we’ve researched this intersection, what we learnt and key takeaways for funders.
Watch | Eating our way to net zero: what does consumption look like in a sustainable food system?
In this event, we explore consumption, diet shifts, regenerative farming practices and more, from the perspective of what needs funding and how it might work going forward.
Watch | Report Launch: Where the Green Grants Went 9
Watch our launch event for Where the Green Grants Went 9. Co-author Jon Cracknell and the EFN team summarises the key findings from the report and outlines clear next steps.
Watch | GFF: Centralising youth voices in the environment sector
Catch up on the November Green Fundraisers Forum meeting. In this session, we covered the importance of including young people in environment and climate action.
Watch | Innovation in environmental funding in the UK Overseas Territories
Watch the third event in the UKOTs Learning Series run in partnership with the John Ellerman Foundation.
Watch | What goes up must come down – the art and science of carbon removals
Watch our latest exploration in carbon removals and what it means for funders and future action.
Funding the UK’s most biodiverse regions – what’s working and what isn’t?
The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are at the forefront of the world’s biodiversity and climate crises. Yet many UK environmental funders are not aware of the UK’s responsibility for them, or that they host 94% of the nation’s biodiversity.
Watch | Environmental Impact Investing Group learning programme
EIIG members can find all the recordings from the learning programme here.
Announcing our new report: Where the Green Grants Went 9
Where the Green Grants Went 9 reveals that environmental grants from UK-based foundations have almost tripled since our last report in 2021 Yet, the report highlights worrying trends in environmental philanthropy that need addressing for the sector as a whole to maximise its potential.
Watch | Funding the UK’s most biodiverse regions: what’s working and what isn’t?
Watch the second event in the UKOTs learning series in partnership with the John Ellerman Foundation.
Lessons and reflections from 15 years in the climate community
Tom Brookes updates his ‘Ten – reflections on a decade in the climate community’ from June 2019, which shared key lessons on joining the climate movement. Now five years further on, Tom looks back on what he wrote and presents us with a revised and powerful: 14 reflections on 15 years in the climate community.
Watch | GFF: Increasing the effectiveness of environmental funder-fundraiser relationships
Catch up on the September Green Fundraisers Forum meeting – in this session, Sophia covers our new report: Increasing the effectiveness of funder-fundraiser relationships.