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$10M – $100M+
The Bezos Earth Fund provides grant funding for climate and nature work through a $10 billion commitment to be disbursed by 2030. It supports organizations working globally, including in Africa, across areas such as nature conservation, food systems, environmental justice, energy and industry decarbonization, climate technologies, and monitoring and accountability. Existing data indicates a typical grant size of $10 million to $100 million or more. The fund also includes targeted commitments such as $1 billion by 2030 for carbon-absorbing, climate-resilient crops and food system transformation.
Grant funding
The Bezos Earth Fund has a $10 billion grant commitment to fight climate change and protect nature, to be disbursed by 2030.
Conserving & Restoring Nature
Program area focused on protecting and restoring nature.
Future of Food
Program area focused on transforming food systems and developing nutrient-rich, climate-resilient crops.
Environmental Justice
Program area focused on environmental justice.
Decarbonizing Energy & Industry
Program area focused on reducing emissions in energy and carbon-intensive industries.
Economics, Finance, & Markets
Program area focused on economic, finance, and market solutions.
Next Technologies
Program area focused on advancing new technologies for climate and nature.
Monitoring, Data, & Accountability
Program area focused on data, monitoring, and accountability tools for climate and nature.
Protecting 30% of the Planet by 2030
Supports initiatives working to protect 30% of the planet’s natural resources by 2030.
Satellites for Climate and Nature
Supports satellite tracking and other technology to show how human activities impact climate and nature.
Electric Buses for Health and Climate
Supports efforts to modernize and electrify school bus fleets across the U.S.
Carbon-absorbing Crops
Investing $1 billion by 2030 to help transform food systems and create nutrient-rich, climate-resilient crops.
Transforming Carbon-Intensive Industries
Partners to establish green industrial hubs and help trigger net-zero transformation of industrial sectors.
Reaching Positive Tipping Points
Works to create large-scale shifts that accelerate climate solutions.
Jeff Bezos-funded climate foundation ($10B commitment). $1B+ deployed. Focus on systemic climate solutions. Large grants for proven climate solutions. Africa climate justice focus.
Climate change expertise, scale funding, climate justice focus, systems thinking support
Large grants only. Proven climate solutions. Systemic change focus.
Applications should align clearly with one of the fund’s stated program areas and show how the work contributes to climate mitigation, nature protection, or both. Given the typical ticket size of $10 million to $100 million+, this appears best suited to large-scale initiatives with measurable outcomes and strong implementation capacity.
2020
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple global and African climate organizations