Through our grant-making, we support others to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live.
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Zimbabwe Programme / Partner story
Empowering students through technology education: an uncommon story
Working in Zimbabwe, Uncommon provides technology training and computer programming classes to young adults and children. Read more to learn about their remarkable story.
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Housing and Homelessness Programme / Partner story
Responding to the US and UK housing emergency
Oak partners campaign for policy change, support housing accessibility, and defend everyone’s right to a safe a secure home. Find out more here!
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
Shaping the vision of tomorrow: construction begins on new eye health centre
New technologies to address eye diseases are flourishing, which is good news for more than two million people in the UK who are living with sight loss. Modern facilities to host the scientists working at the cutting edge of eye health technology are
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
Facing cancer together
Cancer Support Switzerland works to ensure that no-one experiencing cancer in Switzerland faces it alone. Read on to find out more.
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Oak Foundation / Career
Temporary HR Generalist
The temporary HR Generalist position represents an exciting mission for a seasoned HR professional. They will embrace a wide spectrum of HR activities on a small team of dedicated professionals, supporting Oak staff across the globe. This is based in
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Brazil Programme / Partner story
Shifting perspectives: Marco Zero and the evolution of journalism in Brazil’s northeast
Marco Zero Conteúdo is an online independent news source covering human rights and socio-environmental stories in Pernambuco, Brazil. Read on to find out how they are transforming the media landscape of the region.
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Learning Differences Programme / Partner story
Ensuring diverse learning experiences through multimedia storytelling
Cultivating empathy among peers, parents, and teachers has been shown to increase the emotional wellbeing of students with learning differences. Learn more about Understood.org’s unique approach.
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Environment Programme / Partner story
Data for change: measuring the contributions of small-scale fisheries
Small-scale fisheries make crucial contributions to global food security and support sustainable development. Learn more about how our partners are highlighting this impact.
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
Growing strong Latinx communities in North Carolina
The North Carolina Collaborative for Strong Latinx Communities (NCCSLC) works to resource and connect various community-based organisations that are part of a vibrant grassroots movement empowering Latinx communities to access services, affirm their
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Environment Programme / Partner story
Creating a global network of biodiversity champions
In a remote corner of land-locked Zimbabwe lies Gonarezhou National Park, 5,053 square kilometres of pristine, protected wilderness known as the “Place of the Elephants.” Here, a very special field-based leadership course took place.
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
From ‘addiction’ to understanding – the radical new approach behind Foundation for Change
Foundation for Change helps people reframe their struggles with substance use, with compassion and a change in perspective.
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Environment Programme / Partner story
From campus to crop fields: regenerative agriculture project launched in Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe
Agricultural Research Trust will soon launch an exciting project, which aims to regenerate degraded soils in collaboration with local smallholder farmers, transforming the land into a fertile terrain able to support growing food.
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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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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
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!
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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Zimbabwe Programme / Partner story
Empowering students through technology education: an uncommon story
Working in Zimbabwe, Uncommon provides technology training and computer programming classes to young adults and children. Read more to learn about their remarkable story….
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Housing and Homelessness Programme / Partner story
Responding to the US and UK housing emergency
Oak partners campaign for policy change, support housing accessibility, and defend everyone’s right to a safe a secure home. Find out more here!…
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
Shaping the vision of tomorrow: construction begins on new eye health centre
New technologies to address eye diseases are flourishing, which is good news for more than two million people in the UK who are living with sight loss. Modern facilities to host the scientists working…
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Special Interest Programme / Partner story
Facing cancer together
Cancer Support Switzerland works to ensure that no-one experiencing cancer in Switzerland faces it alone. Read on to find out more….
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Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme / Partner story
Reforming Statutes of Limitations: justice shouldn’t have an expiration date
Around the world, Oak partners are bringing justice to survivors of sexual abuse. Read on to learn how….
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Oak Foundation / Career
Temporary HR Generalist
The temporary HR Generalist position represents an exciting mission for a seasoned HR professional. They will embrace a wide spectrum of HR activities on a small team of dedicated professionals, suppo…
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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.
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