Rainforest Foundation UK
Key takeaways
- Rainforest Foundation UK says it is not a grant-giving organisation and cannot respond to specific funding requests, so a standard grant application is unlikely to get a response.
- Neither the annual report nor its website publishes an application process, and no grant figure or grant range is stated, so there is no typical grant size to aim for.
- Your work may still be relevant if it concerns rainforest protection, community land rights, human rights or forest livelihoods in one of the priority countries it names, because it passes funds to local partner organisations through partnership agreements rather than an open programme.
- If you think you fit that partner role, the only published step is to use the contact shown to get in touch, and do not submit a funding request expecting a grant.
Overview
Rainforest Foundation UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1138287).
Rainforest Foundation UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that supports Indigenous Peoples and other communities in the world's rainforests to protect their environment and fulfil their rights to land, life and livelihood. Its work covers community land rights, rainforest protection, destructive industries, forest management and sustainable livelihoods. It delivers projects through its own staff, especially for technical and project management support, research and advocacy, and through local partner organisations, which it helps to build capacity in designing, implementing and monitoring projects. Its work combines local community-led action with advocacy for national and international laws and policies.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Rainforest Foundation UK supports Indigenous Peoples and other communities of the world's rainforests to protect their environment and fulfil their rights to land, life and livelihood. Its work addresses community land rights, rainforest protection, destructive industries, forest management and sustainable livelihoods. It delivers projects directly through its staff, especially technical and project-management support, research and advocacy, and through local partner organisations. The partnership model places substantial emphasis on building local capacity in project design, implementation and monitoring; partners are autonomous. Work combines local community-led action with advocacy for national and international laws and policies. It is not a grant-making organisation; funds passed to partners are part of partnership agreements and implementation, rather than an open grant programme.
Themes
- Rainforest protection
- Community land rights
- Human rights
- Forest livelihoods
Geographic Focus
Priority: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ghana; Peru; Republic of Congo; Kenya.
What they don't fund
- Is not a grant-giving organisation and is therefore unable to respond to specific requests for funding
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
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Peru
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £2,043,049 | £2,015,295 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £3,003,068 | £2,490,391 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £2,831,094 | £2,571,727 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £2,925,718 | £2,794,727 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £2,610,108 | £2,918,796 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
— 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
- rainforestfoundationuk.org
- rainforestfoundationuk.org/about-us/mission · read on 30 October 2026
- rainforestfoundationuk.org/contact · read on 30 October 2026
- rainforestfoundationuk.org/our-projects/where-we-work · read on 30 October 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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Contact
- +44 (0) 20 7485 0193source
- Rainforest Foundation UK, Suite 201, Pill Box Studios, 115 Coventry Road, London, E2 6GG, United Kingdomsource
- rainforestfoundationuk.org
- Contact form
Applying to Rainforest Foundation UK?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- +44 (0) 20 7485 0193source
- Rainforest Foundation UK, Suite 201, Pill Box Studios, 115 Coventry Road, London, E2 6GG, United Kingdomsource
- rainforestfoundationuk.org
- Contact form