The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.
The Greta Thunberg Foundation works to support sustainability from a holistic perspective, promoting ecological, climatic and social sustainability.
The Foundation was founded in 2019 to create a transparent way of distributing funds from awards, royalties or donations linked to the Foundation's activities and Greta's activism to organisations and movements working for a just and sustainable world. The mission of the Foundation is to work globally for a sustainable climate, a socially sustainable society, a good environment, preservation of biodiversity, human rights and animal rights in the long term. The mission has been shaped to ensure it is aligned with Greta's values.
The Foundation donates funds to support projects and organisations in line with its mission, to support sustainability from a holistic perspective, promoting ecological, climatic and social sustainability.
Any money associated with awards or prizes Greta receives is donated to the Foundation. The Foundation donates all such funds to support causes in line with its mission. As per October 2022, the Foundation has received EUR 1,235,000 in award and prize money and donated EUR 1,235,000 (taking exchange rates and bank transfer fees into account). Below you can find a list of the Foundation's outgoing donations.
Essential running costs such as administration, due diligence, accounting, auditing and legal services are covered by a part of the received donations and royalties.
The full financial information is available in the annual reports:
Annual report 2022:
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Annual report 2021:
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Annual report 2019-2020:
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Donated
EUR 44,827
May 2023
The Foundation is donating EUR 44,827 to Climate2025 in order to support climate activists from Fridays For Future to go the 2023 Bonn intersessional sessions which are held in preparation for the next COP. This donation aims to help climate justice voices be heard early in the COP28 process.
Funding source
Received donations/book royalties
Donated
EUR 275,000
October 2022
The Foundation is donating EUR 275,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for their work supporting the needs of people displaced by climate-driven extreme weather, especially in Pakistan and Somalia. In Pakistan, IOM aims to reach over 1.3 million persons affected by the catastrophic floods. In Somalia, IOM has reached over 400,000 people displaced internally by the historic drought caused by four consecutive failed rainy seasons.
Funding source
EUR 1,000,000
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
July 2020
and received donations/book royalties
Donated
SEK 2,000,000 (~ EUR 184,000)
September 2022
The Foundation is donating SEK 2,000,000 to the Indigenous Jåhkåganska Sámi community in Jokkmokk municipality in the north of Sweden. The financial donation will support the Sámi communities legal fight against the Swedish government's decision to allow an iron mine in Gállok. Indigenous peoples comprise less than 5% of the world population, but safeguard 80% of the Earth's biodiversity.
Funding source
Received donations/book royalties
Donated
EUR 100,000
September 2022
The Foundation is donating EUR 100,000 to Climate 2025 to support youth climate activists from MAPA (Most Affected People and Areas) to attend COP27 in Egypt. This donation aims to help voices to be heard from the areas most affected by the climate crisis, as they are historically underrepresented in the climate debate.
Funding source
Received donations/book royalties
Donated
EUR 275,000
September 2022
The Foundation is donating EUR 275,000 to support UNICEF's work to tackle the global malnutrition crisis. The donation will help children get access to food, clean water, health care and sanitation in areas affected by climate-driven extreme weather, conflict and rising food prices, for example in the Horn of Africa and in Pakistan.
Funding source
EUR 1,000,000
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
July 2020