Environmental Conservation: Conservation and Financial Markets Initiative Grants

Environmental Conservation: Conservation and Financial Markets Initiative Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Gordon E And Betty I Moore Foundation
Amount: US $100,000 - US $8,000,000
Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Summary

The Gordon E. And Betty I. Moore Foundation offers grants to support innovative projects that address environmental conservation, specifically in the financial markets and high-impact food commodities. Their focus includes transforming production practices to minimize ecological harm while meeting rising global food demands. The Foundation emphasizes collaboration with private sector partners to ensure sustainable practices in resource management and supports initiatives that enhance resilience in supply chains, aiming to decouple environmental impacts from commodity production.

Overview

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited grant proposals. Because of our tightly-defined grantmaking strategies, many worthwhile projects fall outside the scope of our funding priorities. However, if you have thoughts or inquiries related to our work that you would like to share, you may send us a brief, ~100-word email. Please understand that due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we are only able to commit to reviewing those inquiries that adhere to the ~100-word guideline. Background Feeding humanity in 2050 will require at least a doubling in global food production. Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen producers and innovative companies prove it is possible and profitable to meet rising demand while preserving habitats, biodiversity and other ecosystem impacts. Now, it’s about getting to scale. Today, companies are increasingly incentivized to pay attention to the business risks and opportunities stemming from natural resource use to increase resilience in their supply chains. They are setting more stringent purchasing standards and investing in shifting the practices of producers. To address these needs with the urgency and scale required, we work with value chain actors to drive behavior change and reshape markets for high-impact food commodities and specific minerals. By transforming how these globally traded commodities are produced, sourced and financed, we can mitigate the environmental threats posed by rising international demand. Together with our grantees, we are engaging with the private sector in: High-impact food commodities – Decoupling food commodity production, trading and financing from environmental impacts such as deforestation, habitat conversion, overfishing, water use and greenhouse gas emissions. Transition minerals – ensuring that the impacts of mining on nature’s ecosystems are accounted for, trade-offs are made transparent, and new mines for high-demand minerals are developed in ways that minimize harm without slowing the energy transition. Finance — supporting financial institutions in driving the food sector away from production practices that degrade natural ecosystems, in collaboration with the Finance Hub - created to advance sustainable finance.

Eligibility

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