Global Canopy
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Global Canopy's stated work is corporate transparency, data and tools for leaders, and sustainable land use in forest jurisdictions, so a small nonprofit whose project sits within one of those themes will have the clearest case.
- Its annual giving was £364,000 according to the annual report, but no typical grant size or grant range is stated, so size the request to the project rather than to a published band.
- Its organisational grants have gone to a zoological society, a university and an institute, though the purposes of those grants are not given.
- The annual report, its register entry and its website publish no application process, so the only route published is to get in touch through the contact shown before sending anything, and nothing published says how it selects grants or how competitive it is.
Overview
Global Canopy is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1089110).
Global Canopy is a registered charity in England and Wales that describes itself as an innovative environmental organisation targeting the market forces destroying tropical forests. All of its activities are directed towards a transition to a nature-positive global economy. Its work falls into three areas: holding companies to account through greater transparency, providing the data and tools that enable leaders to act, and supporting forest jurisdictions to transition to sustainable land use. Its annual giving was £364,000 according to the annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Global Canopy targets the market forces destroying nature and describes its work as providing open-access data, metrics and actionable insights to companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. Its approach is to mobilise data to enable leaders, hold laggards to account and change rules on market impacts on nature. Its activities focus on corporate transparency, data and tools for leaders, and helping forest jurisdictions move towards sustainable land use. Its organisational grants have gone to a zoological society, a university and an institute; the grant purposes are not specified in the listed rows.
Themes
- Corporate transparency
- Data and tools
- Sustainable land use
Geographic Focus
Priority: The world.
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.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Global Canopy.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Zoological Society of London£296,000year to 31 March 2025
- University of York£54,000year to 31 March 2025
- Institute Kabu£14,000year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £2,359,427 | £2,530,045 | £190,707 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £4,489,711 | £3,389,783 | £300,722 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £5,162,939 | £4,590,243 | £462,040 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £7,053,017 | £5,838,405 | £1,107,968 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £4,622,607 | £5,633,596 | £364,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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
Registers and filings
Other sources
- globalcanopy.org
- globalcanopy.org/about-us/our-strategy · read on 30 October 2026
- globalcanopy.org/about-us/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
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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Contact
- +44 (0)1865 724333source
- info@globalcanopy.orgsource
- press@globalcanopy.orgsource
- development@globalcanopy.orgsource
- 3 Frewin Chambers Frewin Court Oxford OX1 3HZ United Kingdomsource
- globalcanopy.org

Applying to Global Canopy?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- +44 (0)1865 724333source
- info@globalcanopy.orgsource
- press@globalcanopy.orgsource
- development@globalcanopy.orgsource
- 3 Frewin Chambers Frewin Court Oxford OX1 3HZ United Kingdomsource
- globalcanopy.org