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| # | Program | Source | Status | Relevance | Updated | Last Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | Save Our Seas Foundation Grants (211) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-14 02:45Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 687 | Save Our Seas Foundation - Keystone Grants (687) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-14 02:45Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 88 | Adaptation Fund - Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation (88) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:50Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.4, 10 tags
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| 90 | Climate Investment Funds - Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) Program (90) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:47Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — PDF factsheet about CIF NPC investment plan for Fiji (knowledge document, not an open call)
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| 121 | GEF MedProgramme - Mediterranean Marine Ecosystem Management (121) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 08:42Expired |
expired
GEF MedProgramme 2020-2024 is a completed project with fixed end date of 2024. The project page on Plan Bleu confirms it ran from 2020 to 2024 and is no longer open for activities or applications.
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| 97 | International Climate Initiative (IKI) - Marine and Coastal NbS (97) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:42Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a specific funding program (IKI funder homepage). German International Climate Initiative covers climate mitigation/adaptation for developing countries; no plastic waste angle. Direct ODA applications not possible via this page.
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| 94 | GEF Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) (94) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:42Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a direct funding program (GEF SCCF topic page). Climate adaptation fund focused on SIDS and developing countries - no plastic waste angle. Below relevance threshold for all OPF profiles.
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| 129 | Global EbA Fund - Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Climate Resilience (129) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:36Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about IUCN NAbSA brief series launch)
|
| 179 | Hatch Blue Accelerator (179) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:19Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Organization homepage — Hatch Blue is an aquaculture startup accelerator platform; active programs (AquaScale, Atlantic Canada 2026) target aquaculture technology startups, not NGOs focused on plastic value chains; no program relevant to OPF profile
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| 178 | Global Ocean Innovation Challenge (TNC/Newlab) (178) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:18Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.55, 9 tags
|
| 177 | Fish 2.0 Competition (177) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:17Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not an open call — Fish 2.0 homepage shows no active competition or application period; organisation is seeking sponsors for future regional programs, not accepting business applications
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| 176 | Experiment.com Ocean Solutions Fund (176) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:17Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.35, 10 tags
|
| 175 | Synchronicity Earth Ocean Program (175) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:16Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not an open call — Synchronicity Earth Ocean Programme is a grantmaker programme description with no public application process or deadline; funding is by invitation/relationship only
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| 173 | The Earthshot Prize (173) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:15Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.45, 8 tags
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| 174 | Ocean Impact Accelerator (174) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:14Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Dead domain — www.oceanimpact.co could not be resolved
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| 172 | 1% for the Planet (172) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:13Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (corporate membership network homepage — no open grant call or application process for nonprofits)
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| 171 | GlobalGiving Accelerator Program (171) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 08:13Expired |
expired
Accelerator program with deadline July 2021 — permanently expired, no future rounds indicated
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| 182 | National Geographic Society Grants and Investments (182) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — NatGeo grants fund individual explorers (science, storytelling, education); OPF is a membership org building plastic waste value chains and is ineligible as a membership organisation rather than an individual explorer; no plastic/recycling/circular economy focus in any current RFP
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| 189 | Rolex Awards for Enterprise (189) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program with open call — Rolex Awards for Enterprise homepage shows 2023 laureates only; no active application round open; biennial award with no announced next cycle
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| 188 | StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator (VentureWell/Scripps) (188) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — US-only accelerator for startups/university teams; OPF (Danish NGO) ineligible; ocean tech focus not plastic value chain
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| 186 | Schmidt Ocean Institute (186) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — Schmidt Ocean Institute provides ship time (in-kind) to researchers, not cash grants; no plastic/circular economy relevance; OPF ineligible
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| 187 | Katapult Ocean Accelerator (187) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (Katapult Ocean is a VC impact investor homepage — equity investment for startups, not grants for NGOs)
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| 185 | WildLabs - Conservation Technology Community (185) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (WildLabs is a community platform for conservation technology networking, not a grants program)
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| 184 | National Geographic Meridian Grants 2026 (184) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (press release announcing Meridian Grant awardees — not an open call)
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| 183 | Conservation X Labs (183) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage — Conservation X Labs, no open call listed)
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| 181 | Ocean Startup Project / Ocean Startup Challenge (Canada) (181) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:12Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (startup accelerator umbrella homepage — Ocean Startup Project Canada, for startups not NGOs)
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| 180 | UNESCO IOC Ocean Literacy Programme (180) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:11Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization/programme homepage — UNESCO IOC Ocean Literacy portal with no open grant call)
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| 201 | Whitley Fund for Nature (Whitley Awards) (201) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:07Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.25, 12 tags
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| 196 | The Ocean Foundation Grantmaking (196) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:06Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.55, 10 tags
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| 190 | Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) - Oceans Stream (190) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:06Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.2, 7 tags
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| 214 | Rolex-Explorers Club Grant (214) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:01Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.2, 7 tags
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| 213 | 10% for the Ocean Grant-Making (213) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:01Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.5, 6 tags
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| 210 | 11th Hour Racing (210) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 08:01Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.6, 6 tags
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| 215 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Ocean Exploration and Education Grants (215) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 07:58Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — 2023 news article/press release announcing past grant recipients, not an active open call
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| 212 | David and Lucile Packard Foundation Ocean Initiative (212) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 07:58Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — Packard Foundation Ocean Initiative is a foundation strategy/program page with no open public applications; grants are made by invitation to specific grantees only
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| 440 | NOAA Sea Grant Marine Debris Investments (440) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:41Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not an active funding call: NOAA Sea Grant PDF is a FY2024 awards list documenting past grants already disbursed (July 2024). US federal program, US-only eligibility, and no open call visible. Also out of scope geographically for all active profiles.
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| 438 | Norwegian Development Programme to Reduce Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter (438) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 06:41Enriched |
enriched
top: plastic-circular=0.88, 13 tags
|
| 490 | Joint SDG Fund - UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund (490) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:28Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Organization homepage (UN Joint SDG Fund) without a specific open call — fund operates through UN country teams, not direct NGO applications
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| 488 | North Sea Farmers - Non-Profit Seaweed Farming Network (488) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Organization homepage (European Seaweed Association / North Sea Farmers) — no open grant call visible
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| 486 | Safe Seaweed Coalition - Supported Projects (486) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Past grantee showcase page — no open call. Past calls (2021, 2022, 2023-24) are all closed.
|
| 673 | Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Initiative (673) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:56Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a current funding program — MFF general homepage with no active calls; last call for proposals was in 2014; programme appears dormant. Mangrove/coastal conservation focus unrelated to plastic waste value chains.
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| 669 | Adaptation Fund - SIDS Marine Projects (669) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:55Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a specific funding program — Adaptation Fund general homepage. Fund operates via accredited implementing entities and national implementing entities; not accessible for NGOs like OPF without accreditation. Climate adaptation focus, no plastic or marine conservation specificity.
|
| 665 | MAR+Invest (MAR Fund) (665) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:55Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — MAR+Invest is a blended finance mechanism for coral reef-positive commercial ventures in the Mesoamerican Reef region, not relevant to plastic waste value chains or North/Baltic Sea marine conservation
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| 660 | Blue Action Fund Grant Programme (660) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 05:55Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.6, 10 tags
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| 637 | Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) (637) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:53Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — MAR Fund organization homepage, no open grant call or application process. Has a Small Grants Program but this URL is the general homepage.
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| 634 | CCRIF - Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (634) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:52Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — CCRIF is a parametric insurance facility for Caribbean/Central American governments, not an open grant call for NGOs
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| 624 | World Bank PROBLUE Ocean Trust Fund (624) | International | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 05:52Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — press release about World Bank PROBLUE trust fund extension, no open grant call or application process
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| 705 | Schmidt Ocean Institute - Research Vessel & Grant Program (705) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 05:51Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.35, 7 tags
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| 689 | Save Our Seas Foundation - Small Grants (689) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 05:50Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.2, 7 tags
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| 688 | Save Our Seas Foundation - Conservation Fellowship (688) | International | Enriched | – | 2026-05-07 05:49Enriched |
enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.15, 7 tags
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