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Through our grant-making, we support others to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live.

Find out more about our partners and their work here.

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    Supporting those experiencing homelessness in Winchester

    The Winchester Beacon was founded in the heart of Winchester city in the south of England in 1988 to provide emergency shelter to people experiencing homelessness during the winter months. Today, The Beacon is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week shelter supp 

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    Organisational strengthening and effectiveness / Partner story

    Protecting women and children: the story of WAVE’s safeguarding guidelines 

    Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) has released new child safeguarding guidelines. Learn about how organisations working with women can protect children here. 

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    Training the next generation of conservation biologists in Gorongosa, Mozambique

    Goronogosa National Park is home to the world’s only Master’s in Conservation Biology held entirely in a national park. Graduates are international scientists at the forefront of global conservation efforts in Mozambique and beyond. Read our story to 

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A creative outlet for military families

    Our Military Kids, a US-based not-for-profit organisation, funds activities and programmes to serve school-aged children while their parents are deployed. From music lessons to soccer camp, martial arts training to cooking classes, military children 

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A safe haven for children in the heart of central London 

    With a large playground, afterschool activities, a sports development programme, and more, Coram’s Field offers a safe place of play and recreation for children in central London. Read about the work of our partner below: 

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    Global air quality report reveals new hope for green growth

    Exciting news – The Clean Air Fund has just released a new report showing positive shifts in the state of worldwide air quality. Click here to read more. 

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    India Programme / Partner story

    Justice and change-making for survivors of human trafficking

    Across India, the not-for-profit organisation Kamonohashi is working to stamp out trafficking. To this end, it funds anti-trafficking projects that encourage network-building across regions, connecting survivors and grassroots groups with researchers 

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    Genetic breakthrough rebuilds Galápagos tortoise populations

    Iniciativa Galápagos has been working to repopulate the islands’ giant tortoises for 20 years. An exciting scientific discovery reveals new hope for this near extinct species. 

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    Oak Foundation Denmark / Partner story

    Helping people live well and thrive in Denmark through healthcare support 

    Red Cross clinics across Denmark provide basic healthcare services, free of charge, to anyone unable to access the public health system. Today, the clinics have grown to help thousands of people each year. 

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    Charles Francis Feeney

    It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Charles Francis “Chuck” Feeney, an extraordinary philanthropist whose life’s work has left a lasting mark on the world. Chuck’s example of generosity and compassion is cherished by all of us at 

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    Learning Differences Programme / Partner story

    From podcasts to progress: How stories are reviving the science of reading

    In 2017, journalist Emily Hanford began investigating how children are taught to read. The stories that followed would spark a movement that is bringing the science of reading to schools across the US – and improving the life prospects of millions 

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    Oak Foundation Denmark / Partner story

    100 years of support for Denmark’s parents and children

    In towns and cities across Denmark, families have somewhere to turn if they need a helping hand. Whether they need the friendship of coffee mornings and playtime, or advice on seeking counselling, Mothers’ Aid (Mødrehjælpen in Danish) is there for 

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    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Partner story

    Uniting for equal rights in Moldova  

    Thanks to the work of the National Coalition for a Life without Violence, there are more services, better standards and stronger support for women and their children facing domestic violence across Moldova. Click below to find out more. 

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    Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story

    Project Arachnid: Getting child sexual abuse material off the internet 

    The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has been at the forefront of the fight to get child sexual abuse material off the internet using state-of-the-art tools – on the open internet and the dark web. Click below to find out more. 

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    “The ship has reached the shore”: New treaty to protect ocean life in the High Seas 

    Thanks to the efforts of Oceans 5 and the High Seas Alliance, in March 2023, UN member states agreed to the High Seas Treaty, which aims to safeguard life in oceans beyond countries’ national waters. Click below to find out more. 

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    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Partner story

    From tomatoes to Hollywood: Improving workers’ rights in the fields and beyond 

    Add a Florida-grown tomato to your salad, and the chances are it’s picked by a worker with some of the highest human rights protections in US agriculture. This is because at least 90% of tomato production in Florida is now part of the Fair Food Pro 


Discover our programmes

Oak Foundation has seven global and four country programmes. Through these programmes, we support others to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live. Visit the programme pages to learn about our grant-making strategies. 


Our 2022 annual report is here!

You can either download the PDF version of the report or you can go to our online version.


Our grant-making in 2022

413

Number of
programme
grants

35

Number of
countries

482

Total
grant-making in
USD millions



Our latest stories

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    Supporting those experiencing homelessness in Winchester

    The Winchester Beacon was founded in the heart of Winchester city in the south of England in 1988 to provide emergency shelter to people experiencing homelessness during the winter months. Today, The…

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    Organisational strengthening and effectiveness / Partner story

    Protecting women and children: the story of WAVE’s safeguarding guidelines 

    Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) has released new child safeguarding guidelines. Learn about how organisations working with women can protect children here….

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    Training the next generation of conservation biologists in Gorongosa, Mozambique

    Goronogosa National Park is home to the world’s only Master’s in Conservation Biology held entirely in a national park. Graduates are international scientists at the forefront of global conservation e…

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A creative outlet for military families

    Our Military Kids, a US-based not-for-profit organisation, funds activities and programmes to serve school-aged children while their parents are deployed. From music lessons to soccer camp, martial ar…

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    Foundation

    Oak’s revised programme strategies

    In the last few years, we have taken some time to realign our grant-making to current realities. Our recent grantee perception survey also helped us understand areas of strength, as well as those need…

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A safe haven for children in the heart of central London 

    With a large playground, afterschool activities, a sports development programme, and more, Coram’s Field offers a safe place of play and recreation for children in central London. Read about the wor…

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Founded in 2010 by Argentine conservationists, Rewilding Argentina seeks to reverse the extinction of local species, to recover the functioning of ecosystems and to promote the wellbeing of local communities. Working with veterinarians, park rangers, governments and residents, “rewilding” is one of its most important tools.

​No Means No Worldwide (NMNW) is an international not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to end sexual and gender-based violence against women and children globally. The No Means No programme was set up in 2021 in Mukaraba, a small community in Kikuube District, 20 kilometres from Hoima District in Western Uganda.

La Asociacion de Propietarios Forestales Valle del Arrago (the Association of Forest Owners of Valle del Arrago), based in the Cáceres province of western Spain, aims to plant more than 130,000 trees over 216 hectares of forest land to help stop forest fires in the region.


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