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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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    Oak Foundation Denmark / Partner story

    How a Danish food initiative is transforming lives

    Junkfood provides warm, nutritious meals to people experiencing homelessness in Copenhagen. 

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    Oak Foundation / Career

    Temporary Grants Administrator 100% (7 months)

    Our Temporary Grants Administrator will play a pivotal role in ensuring our impactful grants reach their recipients, collaborating with a small team while engaging with a large scope of Oak’s programme work. Could this be you? 

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    Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story

    Community cohesion: a driver for child safety and survival

    Bantwana Initiative Uganda is transforming child abuse prevention strategies by using holistic and community-based approaches. 

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A voice for wildlife in North Carolina

    North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is a not-for-profit organisation that works to protect, conserve, and restore North Carolina wildlife and habitats for all. From the mountains to the coast, it helps native species return to the landscape. 

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    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Partner story

    Remembering children of war in Bosnia

    Forgotten Children of War empowers survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and their children in Bosnia through advocacy, education, and art. 

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    Learning Differences Programme / Partner story

    CAST: Forty years of learning without limits

    “We envision a world where all learning – whether in school, work, or life – is designed to elevate strengths and eliminate barriers. This gives everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive,” says Lindsay Jones, CAST CEO. 


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 2023 annual report is here!

A photograph showing the front page of the Annual Report 2023.

You can either download the PDF version of the report or visit our online version by clicking on buttons below.


Our grant-making in 2023

438

Number of
programme
grants

40

Number of
countries

474

Total
grant-making
in USD millions



Our latest stories

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    Oak Foundation Denmark / Partner story

    How a Danish food initiative is transforming lives

    Junkfood provides warm, nutritious meals to people experiencing homelessness in Copenhagen….

  •  
     
    Oak Foundation / Career

    Temporary Grants Administrator 100% (7 months)

    Our Temporary Grants Administrator will play a pivotal role in ensuring our impactful grants reach their recipients, collaborating with a small team while engaging with a large scope of Oak’s progra…

  •  
     
    Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story

    Community cohesion: a driver for child safety and survival

    Bantwana Initiative Uganda is transforming child abuse prevention strategies by using holistic and community-based approaches….

  •  
     
    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    A voice for wildlife in North Carolina

    North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is a not-for-profit organisation that works to protect, conserve, and restore North Carolina wildlife and habitats for all. From the mountains to the coast, i…

  •  
     
    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Partner story

    Remembering children of war in Bosnia

    Forgotten Children of War empowers survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and their children in Bosnia through advocacy, education, and art….

  •  
     
    Learning Differences Programme / Partner story

    CAST: Forty years of learning without limits

    “We envision a world where all learning – whether in school, work, or life – is designed to elevate strengths and eliminate barriers. This gives everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive,”…

Would you like to read more stories like this? Please visit our “Stories” page.


Watch our latest videos

Foundation for Change, based in the UK, helps people in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse live meaningful and active lives. Its mission is to work towards a more just, equal, and inclusive society where people with histories of trauma can live with dignity and are able to fulfill their potential.

In a remote corner of Zimbabwe lies Gonarezhou National Park. Here, a special field-based leadership course takes place covering effective biodiversity conservation. Novice and veteran conservationists gather from around the world to take part in this training initiative facilitated by Nuestros Espacios Protegidos (NEP), and the Frankfurt Zoological Society.

Uncommon, a not-for-profit organisation founded in Zimbabwe in 2017, believes in a future in which everyone can learn how to code. The organisation teaches children valuable coding skills, focusing on training them for the global tech workforce.


Would you like to see more videos? Please visit our YouTube channel.