Group 5: Cross-Cutting Funders



These are grant makers which work across multiple themes, or which fund programs that are defined very broadly as “sustainable development.”
- African Development Bank
- African Union
- Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Commonwealth Foundation
- Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)
- European Commission — Development and Cooperation
- European Commission — Environment
- European Commission — Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
- European Commission — Research and Innovation
- Global Environment Facility
- Inter-American Development Bank
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- OPEC Fund for International Development
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Union for the Mediterranean
- United Nations Development Program
- United Nations Environment Program
- World Bank
- Australia — Australian Agency for International Development
- Austria — Austrian Development Agency
- Belgium — Belgian Development Cooperation
- Belgium — Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs
- Brazil — Brazilian Cooperation Agency
- Canada — Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development
- Canada — International Development Research Center
- Chile — Chile International Cooperation Agency
- Cyprus — CyprusAid
- Czech Republic — Czech Development Agency
- Denmark — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Estonia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Finland — Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- France — French Development Agency
- France — French Global Environment Facility
- France — French Research Institute for Development
- Germany — German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Hungary — Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Iceland — Icelandic International Development Agency
- India — Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program
- Ireland — Development Cooperation Ireland
- Italy — Italian Development Cooperation
- Japan — Japan Fund for Global Environment
- Japan — Japan International Cooperation Agency
- Latvia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Lithuania — Lithuanian Development Cooperation
- Luxembourg — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Malta — Ministy for Foreign Affairs
- Mexico — Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation
- Netherlands — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- New Zealand — New Zealand Aid
- Norway — Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
- Poland — Polish Aid
- Portugal — Portuguese Institute for Cooperation and Language
- Slovakia — Slovak Aid
- Slovenia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- South Korea — Korea International Cooperation Agency
- Spain — Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
- Sweden — Swedish International Development Agency
- Switzerland — Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- Taiwan — Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund
- Turkey — Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency
- United Arab Emirates — Dubai International Award
- United Kingdom — Department for International Development
- United Kingdom — Newton Fund
- United Kingdom — Scottish International Development Fund
- United States of America — African Development Foundation
- United States of America — Environmental Protection Agency
- United States of America — Inter-American Foundation
- United States of America — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- United States of America — U.S. Agency for International Development
- Addax and Oryx Foundation
- Aga Khan Foundation
- Alcoa Foundation
- Alstom Foundation
- Associated Country Women of the World
- Awesome Foundation
- Beit Trust
- Bestseller Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Both ENDS
- Bromley Trust
- Caterpillar Foundation
- Charity Entrepreneurship
- Charles Hayward Foundation
- Chrysalis Trust
- Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
- Conservation Strategy Fund
- CRDF Global
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Dining for Women
- Donner Canadian Foundation
- Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
- Earth Journalism Network
- Earthwatch Institute
- Ecologia
- Energy Globe Foundation
- Eppley Foundation
- Erbacher Foundation
- Eurasia Foundation
- Explorers Club
- Filmmakers Without Borders
- Fondation Ensemble
- Ford Foundation
- Fund for Innovation and Transformation
- G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation
- Gadfly Project
- German Federal Environmental Foundation
- Global Development Network
- GlobalGiving
- Google Dot Org
- Hongkong Bank Foundation
- Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation
- International Foundation for Science
- Jephcott Charitable Trust
- King Baudouin Foundation
- Kitchen Table Charities Trust
- Kopernik
- Korea Green Foundation
- La Caixa Foundation
- Land Matrix
- Lemelson Foundation
- Lush Retail, Ltd.
- McKnight Foundation
- Melania Development Foundation
- Misereor
- Bayer Fund (former Monsanto Fund)
- Network for Social Change
- New England Biolabs Foundation
- NextWorldNow
- Nippon Foundation
- Noel Buxton Trust
- Oak Foundation
- One Percent for the Planet
- Orskov Foundation
- Patagonia Environmental Grants Program
- Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation
- Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
- Purley Overseas Trust
- Rainforest Action Network
- Rescued Tools Foundation
- Right Livelihood Award Foundation
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Roddenberry Foundation
- Rolex SA
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Royal Foundation
- Royal Geographical Society
- Royal Society
- Sacred Fire Foundation
- Sahee Foundation
- Saint Andrews Prize for the Environment
- Seeding Labs
- Shuttleworth Foundation
- South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics
- Stockholm Resilience Center
- The Big Give
- The International Foundation
- The Pollination Project
- Thousand Currents
- Tiffany & Co. Foundation
- Tinker Foundation
- Tools with a Mission
- Toyota Foundation
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- Triodos Foundation
- Turing Foundation
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- Tzedek
- Urgent Action Fund for Africa
- Vibrant Village Foundation
- V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Volvo Environment Prize Foundation
- Wallace Global Fund
- Waterloo Foundation
- Whole Systems Foundation
- William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust
- Women First International Fund (formerly Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund)
- Woodard and Curran Foundation
- World Academy of Sciences
- World Habitat (formerly know as Building and Social Housing Foundation)
- Het X-Y Actiefonds
- Xperedon
- ygap
- Zayed International Foundation for the Environment
- Zayed Sustainability Prize