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Our approach

Our approach

Focus areas

We focus our funding on three interconnected areas where we believe philanthropy can have the greatest impact:

Our funding principles

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Find high-impact partnerships
  • Collaborate to co-design and co-fund high-impact strategic projects
  • Empower First Nations to lead and make decisions on projects, recognising their deep knowledge and expertise 
  • Build long-term relationships with partners based on trust and transparency 
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Unlocking scalable solutions through pilots and early-stage action
  • Focus on first-mover projects that test and prove models for policy shifts and future investment 
  • Use philanthropy to de-risk and unlock larger capital flows for nature-based solutions  
  • Fund legal challenges, policy reform, early research and prototype financial mechanisms that address barriers to biodiversity and climate action 
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Advocacy, policy reform and movement building efforts 
  • Fund policy advocacy, public campaigns, and regulatory engagement to influence government and corporate decision-making  
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How we assess partners

We apply a comprehensive impact framework to all grant proposals, considering the organisation's theory of change, project outcomes, alignment with our focus areas, relevant expertise and the impact and scalability of the project.

See how we assess grants