WHO CAN APPLY

The Foundation is a pro-active foundation and most of the grants are awarded to either strategic project development partnerships (to identify solutions to known problems) or to the launching and managing of the Foundation’s own projects.

Projects must be non-profit and support restoration and conservation of nature and biodiversity. Applications should be submitted in English from internationally recognized and operating NGOs, preferably with a strong network of locally based staff, organisations/offices, and who have a close cooperation with other NGOs operating in the same area/field.

CRITERIA

  • Embedded locally Capacity building
  • Collaboration with and inclusion of many stakeholders
  • Empirically sound/best science-practies (knowledge learning, dissemination and experience)
  • Documenting long term impact
  • Disseminate gathering of knowledge
  • Outreach
  • Ecosystem approach (not single species)
  • Good governance – international NGO as responsible partner
  • Sustainable

OUR GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS

Aage V. Charity Foundation will primarily support projects in the focus areas below:

  • Denmark
  • Greenland, Faroe Islands and Arctic area
  • Balkan, East & South Mediterranean Basin; Focus is on collaboration and partnerships with other Foundations and Donors and on creating and funding Donor’s Initiatives like DIMFE.
  • Global – focus is on areas of global importance for nature that need protection including some of the world’s most important Key Biodiversity
    Areas

    • Coastal areas in Central and South America
    • Coastal states in Central West Africa
    • The area between Rift Valley and Eastern Arc in Eastern Africa
    • South-East Asia and Indonesia

WE DO NOT SUPPORT

  • Individual persons or local NGOs
  • NGOs in developed countries that travel to other countries to undertake local nature projects there
  • Universities
  • Climate projects
  • Ecological projects
  • Single species projects
  • Agricultural projects
  • Cultural and social projects
  • Commercial projects

HOW TO APPLY

  • Projects in Denmark should be submitted through the Danish website:  www.avjnf.dk
  • Projects in Greenland, the Faroe Islands and other European countries: By AVJCF invitation only
  • Other projects – global ( see below)

The application must include an account of how anticipated continued results are ensured upon expiry of the project period.

Applications should be submitted in English from internationally recognized and operating NGOs.

We do not have a formal grant application form, so if applying for a grant you should submit the following information by email to contact@avjcf.org:

  • Organisation name
  • Project title
  • Project summery
  • Budget
  • Contact person

DIMFE

Donors’ Initiative For Mediterranean Freshwater Ecosystems

Call for projects 2024 is now closed.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Foundation places great emphasis on projects that support UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Foundation’s work falls specifically within #14 (Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources) and #15 (Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss) and #17 Partnerships to achieve the Goal.