The Crop Trust welcomes donations from all sectors. Current donors include developing and developed country governments, civil society (foundations), the private sector, farmers’ organizations and individuals. Together donors have pledged over USD 440 million to the Crop Trust’s work.
The Crop Trust is extremely grateful to the following donors for their support:
- ARIA Foundation
- Aurora Borealis Foundation
- Australia (AusAID)
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – ACIAR
- Bayer: Division CropScience
- Brazil (EMBRAPA)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/UN Foundation
- Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzuechter (BDP)
- Canada (CIDA)
- CGIAR Centres
- CGIAR Fund Council
- Colombia (Ministry of Agriculture)
- CropLife International
- Czech Republic
- DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred
- Egypt (Ministry of Agriculture)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Ethiopia
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Germany
- Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation
- Grains Research and Development Corporation
- India (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – INRA
- International Seed Federation
- Ireland (Irish Aid)
- Italy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Japan
- KWS SAAT AG
- Leibniz Institute (IPK)
- Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
- Moore Foundation
- Netherlands (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture, and Innovation)
- New Zealand (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
- Norway (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Republic of Korea
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Sam Spiegel Foundation
- Slovak Republic
- Spain
- Sweden (Sida)
- Switzerland (SDC)
- Syngenta AG
- Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
- Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme
- Unilever
- United Kingdom
- United Nations Foundation
- United States of America (USAID)
- World Bank – CGIAR
We are grateful to all our donors for their continuing support. Funds raised have gone to support the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund, the Crop Wild Relatives Project, the Global Genebank Partnerships, rescue operations, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, and operating costs of the Crop Trust secretariat. Download the PDF below to see the full details of our funding.
ENDOWMENT FUND STATUS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020
Donors |
RECEIVED US$ |
| Australia | 20,165,706 |
| Bill Gates Foundation/UN Foundation | 8,003,118 |
| Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter | 25,735 |
| CropLife International | 43,726 |
| Czech Republic | 40,000 |
| Dupont/ Pioneer Hi-bred | 2,000,000 |
| Egypt | 25,000 |
| Ethiopia | 25,000 |
| Germany | 62,267,631 |
| India | 456,391 |
| International Seed Federation | 80,785 |
| Ireland | 4,144,250 |
| KWS SAAT AG | 35,589 |
| Netherlands | 489,000 |
| New Zealand | 1,453,800 |
| Norway | 31,491,161 |
| Republic of Korea | 442,556 |
| Slovak Republic | 20,000 |
| Spain | 2,629,650 |
| Sweden | 11,886,620 |
| Switzerland | 10,992,704 |
| Syngenta AG | 1,000,000 |
| United Kingdom | 19,468,582 |
| United States – before Farm Bill | 42,825,073 |
| United States – US Farm Bill* | 16,975,120 |
| Sub Total | 236,987,198 |
| Concessional Loan ** | 64,328,141 |
| Sub Total | 64,328,141 |
| Grand Total | 301,315,339 |
*Amount authorized for the CropTrust by US Congress under the 2014-2018 US Farm Bill
** Concessional Loan is comprised of EUR 50m from KfW plus grants from BMZ and the Government of Netherlands as a contribution towards the interest costs of the Concessional Loan
PROJECT FUND STATUS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020
Donors |
RECEIVED US$ |
| Australia | 140,007 |
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – ACIAR | 92,164 |
| European Commission | 3,051,958 |
| CGIAR Fund Council | 174,370,216 |
| CGIAR – GIZ | 4,275,301 |
| Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. | 80,000 |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | 50,000 |
| FAO | 285,600 |
| FELCO SA | 47,142 |
| Gates Foundation/UN Foundation | 21,909,108 |
| Germany | 5,619,032 |
| Grains Research & Development Corp | 5,000,000 |
| Finland | 614,803 |
| Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – INRA | 22,371 |
| Ireland | 105,989 |
| Japan | 508,427 |
| Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust | 1,000,000 |
| Netherlands | 3,126,895 |
| Norway | 46,245,077 |
| Oak Spring Garden Foundation | 27,000 |
| Pepsico Inc. | 40,000 |
| Switzerland | 2,721,333 |
| Syngenta AG | 95,220 |
| Syngenta Foundation | 30,000 |
| Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF) | 1,413,862 |
| Unilever | 62,715 |
| Total | 270,934,219 |
OPERATIONAL FUND STATUS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020
Donors |
RECEIVED US$ |
| 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 |
| Gatsby Charitable Foundation | 1,057,573 |
| Germany | 546,452 |
| Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation | 20,000 |
| 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 Spiegal Foundation | 5,000 |
| Individual/Sundry Donations | 158,323 |
| Sweden | 438,096 |
| Switzerland | 125,000 |
| Syngenta Foundation | 221,732 |
| Systemwide Genetic Resources Program | 255,000 |
| United Nations Foundation | 775,000 |
| United States – before Farm Bill | 2,500,000 |
| United States – US Farm Bill* | 2,987,159 |
| World Bank | 200,000 |
| Total | 21,117,102 |
