THE ECOLOGY TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£2.0m
Grants listed (FY2025)
24
Listed grants total
£1.5m
Accounts grants total
£1.9m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: At this time, the trust is unable to respond to unsolicited funding applications. We proactively contact organisations working on issues aligned with the resources donated to the Trust.
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Transnational Institute | — | £86k |
| new | Friends of the Earth Europe | — | £64k |
| new | Climate Action Network Europe | — | £63k |
| new | Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) | — | £60k |
| new | Environmental Paper Network (EPN) | — | £50k |
| new | Latindadd | — | £44k |
| new | European Trade Justice Coalition (via Transnational Institute) | — | £42k |
| new | Handel Anders! (via Transnational Institute) | — | £35k |
| up | Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari (OIC) | £86k | £151k |
| down | Rainforest Action Network (RAN) | £134k | £50k |
| not listed | Perkumpulan Kaoem (PT) | £30k | — |
| not listed | Global Justice Now | £16k | — |
| not listed | FERN | £6k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL) | FY2025 | £226k | Projects and core organisational running costs for protecting rainforests, peatlands and wildlife of northern Sumatra |
| Yayasan Hutan Alam Dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAkA) | FY2025 | £211k | Projects and core organisational running costs for the protection and restoration of the Leuser Ecosystem |
| Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) | FY2025 | £152k | Projects and core organisational running costs for orangutan conservation |
| Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari (OIC) | FY2025 | £151k | Projects and core organisational running costs for orangutan and forest conservation in Sumatra |
| Canopy Planet Society | FY2025 | £86k | Reforming the market for forest fibre, and developing more conservation-based economies |
| Transnational Institute | FY2025 | £86k | Core costs for its work on ISDS and investment |
| Friends of the Earth Europe | FY2025 | £64k | Trade justice work, both on investment agreements and in relation to environmentally damaging free trade deals |
| Climate Action Network Europe | FY2025 | £63k | Work of their trade team, focused on trade agreements that will undermine progress on climate mitigation, and on investment agreements including ISDS clauses |
| Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) | FY2025 | £60k | Work with local communities living in or adjacent to rainforests |
| Environmental Paper Network (EPN) | FY2025 | £50k | Core organisational running costs, plus workstreams related to Indonesian forests and the expanding use of biomass energy |
| Rainforest Action Network (RAN) | FY2025 | £50k | International forests programmes |
| Latindadd | FY2025 | £44k | Support work on investment arbitration and ISDS |
| European Trade Justice Coalition (via Transnational Institute) | FY2025 | £42k | Core costs of the coalition |
| Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat (Pusaka) | FY2025 | £40k | Advocacy work plus trainings for local communities |
| Handel Anders! (via Transnational Institute) | FY2025 | £35k | Core funding grant to support work on investment agreements |
| Banktrack | FY2025 | £34k | Nature campaigns with a focus on forest protection |
| Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network | FY2025 | £31k | Raising awareness of the harm caused by ISDS |
| Baldon Avocats | FY2025 | £30k | Legal research into the incompatibility of first-generation Bilateral Investment Treaties with rulings from the European Court of Justice |
| Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia (WCS) | FY2025 | £28k | Programmes in northern Sumatra |
| Plataforma TROCA – Por um Comércio Internacional Justo (via CIDAC) | FY2025 | £17k | Core costs of the coalition, in particular in relation to ISDS and investment agreements |
| PowerShift | FY2025 | £13k | Production of communications materials relating to free trade agreements being negotiated by the European Union |
| GRAIN – for Bilaterals.org | FY2025 | £12k | ISDS platform which includes case studies of controversial ISDS lawsuits |
| Nagy Tavak Es Vizes Elohelyek Szove | FY2025 | £5k | Costs of a forests conference held during the civil presidency |
| UK NGO Forest Coalition | FY2025 | £5k | Core running costs |
| Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL) | FY2024 | £237k | Projects and core organisational running costs |
| Yayasan Hutan Alam Dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAKA) | FY2024 | £147k | Projects and core organisational running costs |
| Rainforest Action Network (RAN) | FY2024 | £134k | International forests programme and finance sector campaigns |
| Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) | FY2024 | £123k | Projects and core organisational running costs |
| Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari (OIC) | FY2024 | £86k | Projects and core organisational running costs |
| Canopy Planet Society | FY2024 | £61k | Projects and core organisational running costs |
| Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat (Pusaka) | FY2024 | £35k | Advocacy work plus legal rights trainings for local communities |
| Banktrack | FY2024 | £32k | Nature campaign with a focus on forest protection |
| Perkumpulan Kaoem (PT) | FY2024 | £30k | Effective environmental policy and governance, community-based forest monitoring |
| Global Justice Now | FY2024 | £16k | Organise a meeting in London for experienced trade justice campaigners |
| FERN | FY2024 | £6k | Hosting a delegation of experienced forest advocates from the Global South |
| Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat | FY2023 | £37k | Support to indigenous peoples affected by the development of palm oil plantations in Indonesia. The grantee undertakes investigative research and helps local communities to assert their land rights. |
| Hutan Alam Dam Lingkungan Aceh | FY2023 | £26k | Support to various conservation strategies in Sumatra, including legal and policy work alongside practical wildlife protection, plus work to empower local communities and grow a grass roots environmental movement. |
| Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari | FY2023 | £23k | Work with policymakers and local communities, on practical management plans geared to protecting and restoring an important wildlife corridor that connects an area of peat swamp forest to the Gunung Leuser National Park in Sumatra. The corridor supports the movement of many species, including elephant, tiger, honey bears and orangutans. |
| Wildlife Asia | FY2023 | £18k | The grantee’s mission is to protect Asia’s tropical forests and key regions of wildlife habitat including the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra. The grant enabled Wildlife Asia to continue to continue its work in partnership with local Indonesian NGOs, with a particular focus on rhino and elephant conservation. |
| Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari | FY2023 | £18k | This grant was used to provide training to eco-tourism guides working in Sumatra, and to support general operating costs at the grantee, whose mission is to conserve wild orangutan populations by engaging local communities and decision makers in work to protect and restore their forest homes. |
| Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari | FY2023 | £18k | Support to conservation science programme, including the monitoring of forest health and collection of data on orangutan populations, with the outputs used to identify priority areas for protection. |
| Lembaga Bantuan Hukum | FY2023 | £11k | Outreach to communities living near a wildlife reserve in the Sumatran rainforests, to map their socioeconomic needs, explore opportunities for developing sustainable livelihoods, and use legal education to help them engage in the management of the adjacent nature reserve. |