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Through our grant-making, we contribute to a safer, fairer, and more sustainable world. 

Find out more about our partners and their work here.

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    Working with communities and the land in Zimbabwe

    Oak grantees in Southern Africa are using regenerative agriculture for the benefit of both people and wildlife. 

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    100,000 steps toward a brighter future: MiracleFeet’s journey to end clubfoot

    MiracleFeet is on a mission to ensure that no child experiences the pain and stigma of clubfoot, and remains dedicated to its goal of ensuring that every child born with this treatable disability has access to the care they need to thrive. 

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    Learning Differences Programme / Partner story

    Cultivando mentes brillantes: supporting children with learning differences in the US

    This programme for families of school-aged children helps increase understanding of learning differences and the mental health challenges that often accompany them. 

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    Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story

    Keeping children safe online

    Our partner Safe Online is working to ensure that the digital world offers spaces where all children can safely explore, learn, and thrive. 

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    Housing and Homelessness Programme / Partner story

    Housing Rights Initiative: making homes affordable for New Yorkers 

    Housing Rights Initiative is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to ensure that people pay a fair rent. 


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 2024 annual report is here!

You can download the PDF version of the report or visit our interactive site, including videos, by clicking on the buttons below.


Our grant-making in 2024

411

Number of
programme
grants

40

Number of
countries

466

Total
grant-making
in USD millions



Our latest stories

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    Environment Programme / Partner story

    Working with communities and the land in Zimbabwe

    Oak grantees in Southern Africa are using regenerative agriculture for the benefit of both people and wildlife….

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    Special Interest Programme / Partner story

    100,000 steps toward a brighter future: MiracleFeet’s journey to end clubfoot

    MiracleFeet is on a mission to ensure that no child experiences the pain and stigma of clubfoot, and remains dedicated to its goal of ensuring that every child born with this treatable disability has…

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    Organisational strengthening and effectiveness / Article

    How we strengthen the capacity of our grantees

    As a donor, Oak Foundation wants to invest in our grantees. We want to help them strengthen their internal organisational capacity and thus become more resilient and effective so they can weather cris…

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    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Article

    Welcoming our new IAWP director

    Dr. Julie Broome joined us as the new director of our Issues Affecting Women Programme in April 2025. We sat down together to find out a bit more about her background, vision for the programme, and wh…

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    Learning Differences Programme / Partner story

    Cultivando mentes brillantes: supporting children with learning differences in the US

    This programme for families of school-aged children helps increase understanding of learning differences and the mental health challenges that often accompany them….

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    Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story

    Keeping children safe online

    Our partner Safe Online is working to ensure that the digital world offers spaces where all children can safely explore, learn, and thrive….

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


Watch our latest videos

Oak Foundation’s grantees work to find solutions for economic abuse in the US and the UK, by building an ecosystem of support to ensure that survivors have the resources to get safe, heal, and prevent future harm; and by seeking to raise awareness of, and transform responses to economic abuse.

The Zimbabwe Women’s Bureau is a not-for-profit organisation based in Harare, Zimbabwe, that provides training to rural women farmers in conservation agricultural practices, business entrepreneurship, and livelihood support. It also provides women with financial and material support.

’A Vision to Zero’ brings together a new global community dedicated to ending child sexual violence, and it offers a roadmap for protecting children everywhere. This collective power brings a shared vision and hope.

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