Science Based Targets Initiative

Registered charity 1205768 · since 2023sciencebasedtargets.org·England, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£365k

Annual giving, year to 26 December 2024

From the Charity Commission register

Key takeaways

The funder describes its grants as small, so a modest request matches how it says it gives, though no typical or largest grant amount is given.
Its stated themes are environmental conservation and climate change education, so a project should clearly sit within one of them.
Only not-for-profits are listed as eligible, so a for-profit organisation should not apply.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so contact the funder through the contact it shows and ask about process and timing before writing a full proposal.
Its subgrants have covered staff costs held by partners and project work supporting the workplan of its Technical Team, so a request tied to that kind of work is worth framing that way.

Overview

Science Based Targets Initiative is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1205768).

The Science Based Targets Initiative is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that makes small grants to not-for-profits in furtherance of its charitable objectives. It exists to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and to advance education in climate change. It was initially founded as a collaboration between CDP, United Nations Global Compact, We Mean Business Coalition, World Resources Institute (WRI), and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Its annual giving was £365,483 in its latest reported year.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 26 December 2024) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 23 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation makes small grants to not-for-profits in furtherance of its charitable objectives. Those objectives include protecting and improving the physical and natural environment, and advancing public education on climate change, including research and making its useful results available to the public. Its wider work develops standards, tools and guidance to help companies and financial institutions set greenhouse-gas reduction targets in line with science. Its subgrants support its charitable activities, covering staff costs held by partners and project-specific work supporting the workplan from its Technical Team.

Themes

Environmental conservation
Climate change education

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.

Who can apply:

Not-for-profits

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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1 year of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 26 December 2024	£22,199,368	£9,882,497	£365,483	Accounts for year to 26 December 2024

Grants paid, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

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.