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| # | Program | Source | Status | Relevance | Updated | Last Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | DBU General Project Funding (Projektfoerderung) (14) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 09:18Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.65, 10 tags
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| 12 | Lighthouse Foundation (12) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 09:14Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — organization homepage. Lighthouse Foundation implements its own ocean conservation projects globally; no open call or grant application process found.
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| 11 | German Marine Conservation Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz) (11) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 09:14Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — organization homepage. Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz funds its own projects through partnerships; no open grant call or application process found on the website.
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| 367 | Robert Bosch Stiftung - Climate Change and Environmental Conservation (367) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 07:10Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article/story about Robert Bosch Stiftung signing the International Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change; no open call or grant program described)
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| 364 | Allianz Foundation - Climate and Environment Grants Program (364) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 07:09Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.25, 9 tags
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| 361 | Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz (DSM) - German Marine Conservation Foundation (361) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 07:06Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (foundation homepage — Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz operates as a project-implementing foundation partnering with specific organizations; no open grant call or application process found on the website)
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| 358 | Michael Otto Foundation for Sustainability - Marine Biodiversity and Climate (358) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 07:04Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (foundation homepage without open call; focus is Liberal Democracy, Human Rights, Biodiversity, Education — no marine plastic or circular economy grants visible)
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| 374 | DBU Marine Nature Conservation Fund - North and Baltic Sea Protection (374) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 07:02Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.88, 9 tags
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| 371 | Greenpeace Environmental Foundation (Umweltstiftung Greenpeace) - Marine Conservation Grants (371) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 07:01Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.65, 8 tags
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| 369 | German Ocean Foundation - Sustainable Ocean Use and Development (369) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:57Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage for German Ocean Foundation - no open grant programs with application processes found)
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| 441 | The Plastic Solutions Fund (441) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:29Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Dead domain - plasticsolutionsfund.org could not be resolved
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| 485 | Global Seagrass Challenge Fund (Project Seagrass) (485) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:26Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Press release announcing a seagrass challenge fund launch — not an open call or program page with application details
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| 484 | Amazon Right Now Climate Fund - Seaweed Farming Investment (484) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:26Irrelevant |
irrelevant
News article/press release about Amazon Right Now Climate Fund investments — not an open call for applications
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| 514 | Stiftung Meeresschutz – Förderung Plastik im Meer (514) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:21Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (informational/advocacy page about plastic in the ocean; no open grant call)
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| 492 | GreenWave Ocean Farming Hub (492) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:21Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (online learning/community platform for ocean farmers, not a grant or call for proposals)
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| 491 | GreenWave Kelp Climate Fund (491) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:21Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage — GreenWave main website, not a specific grant call)
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| 613 | Deutsche Postcode Lotterie - Environmental Project Funding (613) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 06:05Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.45, 9 tags
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| 603 | Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation (BaltCF) (603) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 06:03Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.75, 9 tags
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| 604 | Allianz Foundation - Climate & Environment Grants (604) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:02Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) - Allianz Foundation focuses on arts, democracy, and civil society with only a minor planet pillar; no marine conservation or plastic circular economy focus; current open calls are for arts residencies and journalism
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| 608 | Heinz Sielmann Foundation - Biodiversity Conservation (608) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:00Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Organization homepage - land/biodiversity conservation foundation managing own nature reserves; no open grant program for external applicants found; no marine plastic or circular economy focus
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| 607 | Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein - Land Conservation (607) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:00Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a grant program for external applicants - organization homepage for land conservation foundation that manages its own nature reserves
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| 766 | Katholischer Fonds - Foerderrichtlinien (766) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:32Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — German Catholic church fund for development education events and seminars held in Germany; no ocean, plastic, or marine scope; NGO budget cap EUR 15K; OPF ineligible (not church-affiliated, Danish not German)
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| 1574 | NOAA Restoration Center - Oyster Reef Grants (1574) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:38Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page returned 404 error (NOAA Fisheries Restoration Center page not found)
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| 1573 | TNC SOAR - Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration (1573) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:38Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page returned 404 error (TNC SOAR page not found)
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| 1599 | Realdania - Investments in Circular Plastics Recycling and Green Transition Startups (1599) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article / press release about investment activity behind a cookie wall)
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| 1708 | Bloomberg Philanthropies - Environment Program (1708) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:18Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — organizational homepage for Bloomberg Philanthropies Environment program; no open grant application process, operates through invitation and partnerships
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| 1692 | Infosys Foundation Ecological Renewal and Environmental Projects (1692) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:17Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — news article about Infosys Foundation lake rejuvenation project at Doddathoguru, not an open grant call
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| 1741 | Porticus Foundation - Green Investment and Circular Economy Hubs (1741) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:14Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page unresolvable - Oxford ODID hostname could not be resolved; PDF annual report not a funding program
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| 1846 | Dow Investment in Mr. Green Africa - Plastic Recycling (1846) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:59Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — 2022 press release about Dow corporate investment in Mr. Green Africa recycling startup. No open calls for grant applications.
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| 1821 | NABU Meere ohne Plastik (Seas without Plastic) (1821) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:57Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — NABU news article about volunteer coastal cleanup activities (Coastal Cleanup Day retrospectives). No grants offered.
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| 1819 | KIMO International - Fishing for Litter Programme (1819) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:56Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — this is KIMO International description of their own Fishing for Litter initiative (volunteer fishermen collect litter). No grants offered.
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| 1872 | Second Muse - Social Innovation Accelerator (1872) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (SecondMuse organization homepage with no open call mechanism)
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| 1871 | The Incubation Network - SE Asia Waste & Circular Economy (1871) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page returned 404/domain not resolved (theincubationnetwork.com could not be resolved)
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| 1908 | New Plastics Economy Global Commitment - Ellen MacArthur Foundation (1908) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:50Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page inaccessible / dead URL (404 Not Found on Ellen MacArthur Foundation global-commitment-2024 page)
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| 1905 | Adessium Foundation - Circular Economy and Sustainable Living (1905) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:46Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (Dutch foundation homepage, no open calls visible); programs focus on informed society, nature/environment, and social justice - no specific plastic/circular economy grant program
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| 1904 | KR Foundation Denmark - Climate and Sustainability (1904) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:46Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (foundation homepage); KR Foundation focuses exclusively on fossil fuel phase-out with no plastic or waste angle - all profile scores < 0.1
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| 1903 | Laudes Foundation (formerly C&A Foundation) - Circular Fashion (1903) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:46Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (foundation homepage); Laudes Foundation focuses on fashion/textile circularity which is explicitly out of scope for OPF
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| 1902 | European Climate Foundation - Circular Economy and Climate (1902) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:45Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (2018 PDF summary report from ECF, not a grant call; page also returned connection error)
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| 1901 | Stiftung Mercator - Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Projects (1901) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:45Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (funder projects catalogue listing page, not a specific grant program)
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| 1921 | Pew-Gerstner Fellowships in Ocean Plastics Research (1921) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:37Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Individual researcher fellowship (Pew-Gerstner Ocean Plastics Research Fellowship) - out of scope for OPF-v2 which explicitly excludes individual scholarships/fellowships. Also a news article announcing selected fellows, not an open call.
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| 1918 | Pew Charitable Trusts - Preventing Ocean Plastics Project (1918) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:36Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program - this is a 2020 research report/article (Breaking the Plastic Wave) about ocean plastic findings, not a grant or funding call
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| 2094 | Velux Fonden (VELUX Foundation): Ocean and Marine Environment Grants (2094) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
No open call for plastic/marine pollution grants: project ideas not being accepted; only open call is about sustainable shipping (unrelated to OPF plastic waste focus)
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| 2107 | Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) (2107) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 01:22Enriched |
enriched
top: plastic-circular=0.42, 8 tags
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| 2101 | Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) — Partnership Programme (2101) | Foundation | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 01:19Enriched |
enriched
top: plastic-circular=0.75, 13 tags
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| 2100 | OceanHub Africa / Coca-Cola Foundation: Bold Ideas in Plastic Circularity (2100) | Foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:18Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2115 | Closed Loop Partners — Circular Plastics Fund (2115) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:09Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2): US and Canada only investment fund for circular plastics recycling infrastructure; geographic focus entirely excludes OPF target regions (Denmark, Baltic, Africa, SE Asia, India)
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| 2119 | PepsiCo Foundation (2119) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (PepsiCo Foundation corporate sustainability page - no open call or grant program for external applicants)
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| 2122 | Mondelez International — Sustainable Futures (2122) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (Mondelez International corporate sustainability overview page, no open grant call)
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| 2116 | Ellen MacArthur Foundation — Plastics Pact Network (2116) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (network membership page - Ellen MacArthur Foundation Plastics Pact Network is a multi-stakeholder network, not a grant program)
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| 2118 | Coca-Cola Foundation / World Without Waste (2118) | Foundation | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (blog article about Coca-Cola/Plastic Bank corporate collaboration)
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