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Since 1993, Global Greengrants Fund has been one of the leading organizations in the world supporting grassroots-led efforts to protect the planet and the rights of people. Together with our diverse community of people on the frontlines and our supporters, we’ve impacted the lives of millions of people.
How do we do it? We let local people take the lead.
Global Greengrants Fund is different from other international organizations in that we don’t try to dictate an agenda from afar. Instead, we trust local people to advance solutions and strategies that will best fit their needs, providing them the resources to make their ideas a reality.
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By Laura García, President & CEO, Global Greengrants Fund Philanthropy often behaves as though change begins where it becomes visible. Living systems tell a different story. A river does not begin at its mouth. It is sustained by countless tributaries—some visible, others hidden—whose relationships give the whole its strength. Watersheds remind us that resilience […]
Indigenous Peoples are already solving today’s climate and environmental crises—and the new Global Greengrants Indigenous Peoples Advisory Board provides a powerful model for philanthropy to meaningfully support and partner with Indigenous leaders. For millennia, from frigid Arctic tundra to lush Congo Basin rainforest, Indigenous Peoples have tended careful relationships with the land, rooted […]
During London Climate Action Week, Global Greengrants Fund, Mongabay, and Blue Ventures brought together conservation practitioners, Indigenous leaders, funders, policymakers, and journalists for a timely conversation: What would conservation look like if human rights were truly at its center? Hosted at Toynbee Hall in London, Reimagining Conservation Through Human Rights explored how conservation can […]
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