In this Scotland edition of our Where the Green Grants Went 9 research, we’ve distilled what our grants dataset tells us about funding for environmental work in Scotland. We also included two case studies of funders based in Scotland that environmental fundraisers often tell us showcase progressive and effective approaches to grantmaking.
In February 2023, the Environmental Funders Network (EFN) and Climate 2025 launched the Climate Activist Speaker Fund pilot to support young global climate activists. This publication shares insights into important elements in the approach taken during the selection process.
Our report aims help funders and environmental organisations better understand the philanthropic funding landscape, and trends, in Scotland, amplify the insights and aspirations of the leaders of environmental organisation in Scotland and showcase some of the many inspiring environmental activities.
Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and the planet we call home. We believe a key reason for inaction on climate change by potential funders is the difficulty both in understanding the issue and in finding effective solutions. This resource pack was developed to help funders overcome these challenges.
Explore the opportunity for UK funders to achieve global conservation impacts in the UK Overseas Territories.
A collection of donors’ stories of success. Some gave a few thousand pounds to support local action. Others gave seven figure gifts and created whole new organisations and ways of working. In each case, the effect on the environment was transformative.
Welcome to stories of fifteen remarkable lives. Inside are interviews with people who have devoted themselves and their fortunes to addressing the greatest crises ever to have faced humanity: the dual prospects of climate change and ecological collapse. These people are not just forces of but forces for nature.
In 2013 and 2014, we interviewed ten environmental donors about what motivates them to give, what strategies they have adopted for their philanthropy and how they ensure that their donations have the most impact possible. We think you will be inspired and motivated by what they had to say.