Cool Earth

Registered charity 1117978 · since 2007coolearth.org·Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Peru·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£194k
Annual giving, year to 31 January 2026
From filed accounts
£97,139
Typical grant (median)
2 published grants

Key takeaways

  • Cool Earth's work fits best with groups that protect rainforest alongside forest communities or in-country NGOs in Peru, Papua New Guinea or Cameroon, as its stated focus and locally led partnerships suggest.
  • Its annual report gives total annual giving of £194,277, but no typical grant size or grant range, so keep any request modest and ask the charity what it usually supports.
  • No application process is published, so start with a short enquiry through the contact the charity shows for getting in touch, explaining how the local communities you work with set your project's priorities.
  • Nothing published gives deadlines or says how competitive its giving is, so ask about timing when you make contact.
  • Nothing published excludes any type of applicant, so the question is fit rather than eligibility.

Overview

Cool Earth is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1117978).

Cool Earth is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that exists to promote sustainable development by preserving, conserving and protecting the environment, relieving poverty and improving conditions of life in disadvantaged communities, and promoting sustainable economic growth and regeneration. It was created to provide grant funding to rainforest communities and NGOs that work alongside them, backing Indigenous peoples and local communities who protect forest and fight the climate crisis. Its Unconditional Cash Transfers funds support grants to communities, federations and individuals who protect rainforest. Its Peru Hub is made up of nine partnerships that include three indigenous groups, with a team of 20 staff and 8 consultants, and its PNG Hub is composed of five partnerships with 6 staff and 15 consultants.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Cool Earth backs Indigenous peoples and local communities living in rainforests to protect forest and fight the climate crisis. It provides direct cash, data and training for projects that reduce pressure on forests and improve community health, income and resilience. Its approach is locally led: communities set priorities, with Cool Earth working alongside them and Indigenous leaders and in-country NGOs. Its work includes unconditional cash transfers, forest monitoring and locally led projects that build sustainable incomes; these initiatives also address food security, water access, healthcare and education. It supports rainforest communities and NGOs that work alongside them, combining traditional knowledge with data and tailoring projects to local needs.

Themes

  • Rainforest protection
  • Indigenous and local communities
  • Sustainable livelihoods
  • Forest monitoring
  • Community health

Geographic Focus

Peru; Papua New Guinea; Cameroon.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • Partnerships are locally led, with communities setting priorities and Cool Earth working alongside them.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

  • Cameroon
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Peru

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Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £97,139

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • Cameroon CCREAD
    £144,277year to 31 January 2026
  • Go Conscious Earth
    £50,000year to 31 January 2026

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 January 2022£3,868,402£3,052,175£1,090,626Accounts for year to 31 January 2022
year to 31 January 2023£6,096,861£6,009,586—Accounts for year to 31 January 2023
year to 31 January 2024£4,885,615£4,350,991—Accounts for year to 31 January 2024
year to 31 January 2025£4,848,211£3,913,598£275,068Accounts for year to 31 January 2025
year to 31 January 2026£3,855,011£3,840,396£194,277Accounts for year to 31 January 2026

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022
£1.1M grants
YE 2025
£275k grants
YE 2026
£194k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 31 January 2022; year to 31 January 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 31 January 2026: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 January 2026)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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