Donors and Funding Status
The Crop Trust is extremely grateful to all of its donors, past and present, for their support:
- Ag Fund
- ARIA Foundation
- Aurora Borealis Foundation
- Australia
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
- Bayer: Division CropScience
- Bezos Earth Fund
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation
- Brazil
- Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzuechter (BDP)
- Canada
- Cary Fowler
- CGIAR - GIZ
- CGIAR Centers
- CGIAR Fund Council
- Colombia
- CropLife International
- Czech Republic
- Dr. Schaer
- Dupont Pioneer Hi-bred
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- European Commission
- FELCO SA
- Finland
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Germany
- Geoffrey Hawtin
- Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation
- Google Ireland Limited
- Grains Research & Development Corporation
- Groupe Limagrain
- India
- Individual Donations
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-INRA
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- International Seed Federation
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Republic of Korea
- KWS SAAT AG
- Leibniz Institute (IPK)
- Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
- Moore Foundation
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oak Spring Garden Foundation
- Pepsico Inc.
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Sam Spiegel Foundation
- Slovak Republic
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syngenta AG
- Syngenta Foundation
- Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme
- Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF)
- Unilever UK Central Limited
- United Kingdom
- United Nations Foundation
- United States
- Viking
- World Bank - CGIAR
Endowment Fund Status as of 30 June 2026
| DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
| Australia | 20,165,706 |
| Bezos Earth Fund | 460,000 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation | 8,003,118 |
| Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzuechter (BDP) | 25,735 |
| Cary Fowler | 100,000 |
| CropLife International | 43,726 |
| Czech Republic | 40,000 |
| Dupont Pioneer Hi-bred | 2,000,000 |
| Egypt | 25,000 |
| Ethiopia | 25,000 |
| Geoffrey Hawtin | 50,000 |
| Germany | 83,217,631 |
| Groupe Limagrain | 278,991 |
| India | 559,950 |
| International Seed Federation | 80,785 |
| Investment Gains from Loan | 5,470,041 |
| Ireland | 4,144,250 |
| Korea, Republic of | 442,556 |
| KWS SAAT AG | 35,589 |
| Netherlands | 489,000 |
| New Zealand | 6,600,200 |
| Norway | 33,766,496 |
| Slovak Republic | 20,000 |
| Spain | 2,629,650 |
| Sweden | 11,886,620 |
| Switzerland | 10,992,704 |
| Syngenta AG | 1,000,000 |
| United Kingdom | 28,283,286 |
| United States | 81,470,193 |
| Total Endowment Fund | 302,306,225 |
Project Fund Status as of 30 June 2026
| DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
| AgFund | 170,000 |
| Australia | 140,007 |
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) | 92,164 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation | 21,909,108 |
| Cary Fowler | 100,000 |
| CGIAR - GIZ | 8,271,461 |
| CGIAR Fund Council | 187,459,059 |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | 50,000 |
| European Commission | 6,631,664 |
| FELCO SA | 47,142 |
| Finland | 614,803 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | 476,450 |
| Germany | 28,515,230 |
| Google Ireland Limited | 2,000,000 |
| Grains Research & Development Corporation | 5,000,000 |
| Individual Donations | 500 |
| Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-INRA | 22,371 |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) | 36,072 |
| Ireland | 2,275,186 |
| Japan | 508,427 |
| Korea, Republic of | 36,000 |
| Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust | 1,000,000 |
| Netherlands | 3,126,895 |
| Norway | 85,977,984 |
| Oak Spring Garden Foundation | 27,000 |
| Pepsico Inc. | 40,000 |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | 80,000 |
| Switzerland | 2,721,333 |
| Syngenta AG | 95,220 |
| Syngenta Foundation | 30,000 |
| Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF) | 1,850,000 |
| Unilever UK Central Limited | 62,715 |
| United Kingdom | 722,225 |
| Total Project | 360,089,016 |
Operational Fund Status as of 30 June 2026
| DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
| ARIA Foundation | 10,000 |
| Aurora Borealis Foundation | 10,625 |
| Australia | 379,790 |
| Bayer: Division CropScience | 11,117 |
| Brazil | 30,000 |
| Canada | 9,013,812 |
| CGIAR Centers | 210,000 |
| Colombia | 35,802 |
| Dr. Schaer | 89,521 |
| Gatsby Charitable Foundation | 1,057,573 |
| Germany | 602,758 |
| Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation | 20,000 |
| Individual Donations | 169,931 |
| Italy | 989,096 |
| KWS SAAT AG | 5,482 |
| Leibniz Institute (IPK) | 5,605 |
| Moore Foundation | 200,000 |
| Norway | 681,438 |
| Rockefeller Foundation | 305,000 |
| Sam Spiegel Foundation | 5,000 |
| Sweden | 438,096 |
| Switzerland | 125,000 |
| Syngenta Foundation | 221,732 |
| Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme | 255,000 |
| United Nations Foundation | 775,000 |
| United States | 5,487,160 |
| Viking | 12,368 |
| World Bank - CGIAR | 200,000 |
| Total Operational Funds | 21,346,907 |
| Total Endowment, EU Concessional Loan, Project & Operational Funds | 683,742,148 |
| Total Excluding EUR Concessional Loan Fund | 683,742,148 |