Greenpeace Environmental Foundation: General Funding
Funding of direct environmental and peace protection projects by the Greenpeace Environmental Foundation with flexible durations and ongoing application submissions.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The Greenpeace Environmental Foundation uses the proceeds from its capital to support direct measures for the protection of nature and the environment as well as peace efforts. Both one-time initiatives and multi-year projects by Greenpeace itself and external organizations worldwide are funded.
Eligible expenses
- Reimbursement of material costs
- Reimbursement of personnel costs
Non-eligible expenses
- Humanitarian aid projects
- Institutional ongoing funding of organizations
- Commercially oriented projects
- Artistic works without direct environmental protection relevance
- Individual measures for environmental education of children and youth
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Eligible to apply
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Recognition as a non-profit organization
- Content alignment with one of the five thematic funds (peace work and research, forest & biotope protection, marine conservation, biodiversity, climate protection and environmental technology)
- Fulfillment of the foundation's formal funding requirements
- Feasible and well-planned projects with long-term impact
Evaluation criteria
- Compliance with formal criteria
- Quality and content of the project proposal
- Balanced distribution within the thematic funds
- Availability of annual funding
Description
The Greenpeace Environmental Foundation offers non-profit organizations throughout Germany a continuous opportunity for seed funding and implementation of environmental, nature, and peace protection projects. With the returns from its capital, it supports both one-time initiatives and multi-year projects situated within one of the five thematic funds: peace work and research, forest & biotope protection, marine conservation, biodiversity, as well as climate protection and environmental technology. As a grant provider, the foundation reimburses both material and personnel costs and promotes models that promise long-term impact. The flexible funding structure, without a maximum duration and with ongoing submissions, allows project-related ideas to be submitted at any time and further developed in coordination with the foundation.
Only legally recognized non-profit entities such as associations, foundations, or public sponsors that present feasible projects with sound planning and strategic concepts are funded. Selection is based on formal requirements, content quality, and a balanced distribution across the thematic funds. Since the annual funds are limited, project diversity is also considered to ensure an appropriate funding rate. Interested organizations submit their project idea in a standardized manner via an online procedure and subsequently work together with the foundation on a detailed funding application. A multi-stage approval process ensures transparency and planning security from application submission to final report. In this way, the Greenpeace Environmental Foundation contributes to sustainably strengthening local and international actors in climate and environmental protection.